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Of course there is no need to learn British English and nobody said it was better
than American English. My argument is with those posts that make suggestions such
as "remove your British input" and similar. When I hear suggestions like that, I
think those who propose them are unhinged. And please don't anybody suggest I am
misunderstanding anything because that is just patronizing. I am a well-educated
and intelligent native speaker and if I have misinterpreted anything any of you have
said then it is because you have not expressed it clearly enough.
One final thing I would like to say on this topic: When I (or other native speakers)
talk about learners having American (or British) accents, we don't usually mean that
you talk exactly like a native speaker. We simply mean that you have picked up the
American intonation and a few of the phonemes. We can hear the American in your
accent but what you have is a hybrid accent which reveals that you have studied from
an American teacher and is generally less attractive than the accent you started
with - at least to non-Americans.
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well think either british or either american english, one of them has to be selected
as international standard english. one standard english, because u know its prettey
confusing our text our language our vocab everything is influenced by both of thm
and at times its so irritating so better to choose one doesn't matters which one
but please stick to one
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If you want to speak American English you don't really need to learn British Pronunciaton
but it would help if your learn Canadian pronuciation.
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In my oppinion American English is by far much better than British as most people
speak american and the only place where the British is spoken is in Britain.
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It is controversial to say that American is 'better' than British or vice versa.
If more people speak American than British, then this is a fact and this fact can
be stated instead of writing that American is 'better'.
I wonder if anybody will find my usage of 'better' controversial:
I would say that British is better than American for reading aloud The Lord of The
Rings.
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o.k you are right I maybe didn't use the right word as I don't express myself in
English very well, what I wanted to say is that becouse of American English is more
spoken everywhere you maybe could understand American English better than British
English(that's my case).
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British and American english do have many differences, but one is not easier to understand
than the other...they are not THAT different!!!! And american english came from
british english so dont bash it!!!
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There is a difference between the two.I intereact with both Americans and
the English everyday.To me,the Americans sound more clear than the Brits.
Infact,I've had a training in American accent in India.
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I study english filology and everybody speaks british english.Why?
they look at me as if i was from other planet.I speak maybe not pure but still american
englishmand I have only problems.On Sunday i have a test wiyh phonetic and I should
use british transcription.why?
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I think that accent is a matter of style. Just that.
The real important point of English is his universality.
As a good jeans, can be straight style, or loose style, but hey, the main point
for jeans is to protect our body from the environment and to be comfortable wearing
it.
The style? Who knows, it is up to you.
For me?, I love the way the Elizabeth Hurley's british accent sounds, she sounds
elegant.
or the serious tone of JAmes Earl Jones....
So?. Understand both accents, but Learn the accent that you want , and try to be
consistent using this accent.
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I didn't follow this thead completely, so someone might already write a similar post.
In that case, please for give me.
I think a learner of English language doesn't have to be nervous about the difference
of British and Amercan accents unless he or she wants to be mistaken for a British
or an American. If one's purpose is to communicate mostly with Americans, it's better
of course for him to learn American accents. However, even in that case, I think
it's not a problem that he mixed some British accents in his English as long as the
British accents are standard ones.
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I feel more comfortable when I speak English in a British accent especially when
I pronounce the letter (R) where I think it is a bit difficult to pronounce that
letter in the same way Americans do.
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can someone please tell me how i can tell the difference between british accent and
english(european; not american) accent? i am very interested in this. thanks
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Personally, I don't think you need to learn or be familiar with British English in
order to speak American English because the prenunciation is very different between
both dialects but one thing a person should know before learning American English
is that American Enlish evolved from British English.
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