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  2. Comparison of American and British English - Wikipedia

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    Several pronunciation patterns contrast American and British English accents. The following lists a few common ones. Most American accents are rhotic, preserving the historical /r/ phoneme in all contexts, while most British accents of England and Wales are non-rhotic, only preserving this sound before vowels but dropping it in all other contexts; thus, farmer rhymes with llama for Brits but ...

  3. Variation in Australian English - Wikipedia

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    Australian English is relatively homogeneous when compared with British and American English. The major varieties of Australian English are sociocultural rather than regional. They are divided into 3 main categories: general, broad and cultivated. There are a number of Australian English-based creole languages. Differing significantly from ...

  4. Comparison of General American and Received Pronunciation

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    Rhoticity – GA is rhotic while RP is non-rhotic; that is, the phoneme /r/ is only pronounced in RP when it is immediately followed by a vowel sound. [5] Where GA pronounces /r/ before a consonant and at the end of an utterance, RP either has no consonant (if the preceding vowel is /ɔː/, /ɜ:/ or /ɑː/, as in bore, burr and bar) or has a schwa instead (the resulting sequences being ...

  5. Fans Can’t Get Over Prince Harry’s American Accent in Jelly ...

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    When Prince Harry joked about putting the tattoo on his “a**,” he used the American pronunciation instead of the British version (which includes an “r” before the “s”). Ethan Cairns ...

  6. American and British English pronunciation differences

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    Differences in pronunciation between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) can be divided into . differences in accent (i.e. phoneme inventory and realisation).See differences between General American and Received Pronunciation for the standard accents in the United States and Britain; for information about other accents see regional accents of English.

  7. Is Gillian Anderson's real accent British or American? The ...

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    Anderson can effortlessly use both an American and a British accent because she spent time in both countries growing up. She was born in Chicago and moved to London at age 5, according to The ...

  8. List of dialects of English - Wikipedia

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    Many of these countries, while retaining strong British English or American English influences, have developed their own unique dialects, which include Indian English and Philippine English. Chief among other native English dialects are Canadian English and Australian English , which rank third and fourth in the number of native speakers . [ 4 ]

  9. ‘Payback for Peppa Pig’: British toddler speaks with American ...

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    A British woman has shared her surprise and amusement after noticing her toddler has started to speak with an American accent from watching a popular YouTuber.. Kelly Convey, who goes by the ...