Vowel Sound Differences and Accent Improvement: British vs American Accents

🌍 There are significant differences between British and American accents.

🗣️ Linguists use vowel names to describe accent differences.

👄 The LOT vowel and BATH vowel sound different in British and American accents.

🇬🇧🇺🇸 British and American accents differ in the pronunciation of certain vowels and consonants.

🗣️🔉 In British pronunciation, words like 'behalf,' 'passed,' and 'path' have a back vowel sound, while Americans use a front vowel sound.

🚰📢 British speakers pronounce T in the middle of words like 'water,' 'authority,' and 'fighting,' but Americans use a tap sound.

🇬🇧 🇺🇸 British and American accents differ in their pronunciation of the /j/ sound in words like 'new'.

👂 Brits tend to pronounce the /j/ sound, while Americans have dropped it.

🗣️ The word 'new' can be pronounced differently in Britain and America.

The British /dj/ sound is often pronounced as /dʒ/ in some words.

Theresa May pronounces certain words with /dʒ/ while Donald Trump uses /d/.

Brits generally do not pronounce the R sound, while most Americans do.

🗽 In traditional New York accents, the letter R is only pronounced in certain positions.

🇺🇸 Most Americans will always pronounce the letter R.

🎙️ Donald Trump's accent in New York drops the 'h' sound in words like 'human' and 'huge'.

🇬🇧🇺🇸 The video discusses the differences between British and American accents.

📚 Non-native English speakers can improve their pronunciation by taking an online course.

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