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For those that are curious, this article is more about the differences in pronunciation, as opposed to the differences in spelling. The former is more nuanced
by herodoturtle 5y ago
For those that are curious, this article is more about the differences in pronunciation, as opposed to the differences in spelling.
The former is more nuanced than the latter.
Interesting piece - particularly for those of us British English speakers travelling to the US for the first time.
- JdeBP 5y agoIt's worth pointing out on both sides that it is a lot more nuanced. British people will point out that even what is in this article is very superficial and wrong as a generalization to "British English". The "Leicester" accent does not use ə for the -er endings discussed, for just one example. And "sounding like the Queen" isn't "ectually" the same as Received Pronunciation. U.S. people will similarly point out that it is far from the case that everyone speaks General American.
- Doctor_Fegg 5y agoAnd British dialects are so wonderfully localised. Leicester, as you say, has the “Lestah” pronunciation. Peterborough has the ubiquitous glottal stop (sorry, Pe’erborough has the ubiqui’ous glo’al stop). Rutland has neither. It’s 20 miles from Leicester to Rutland and another 20 from Rutland to Peterborough. When I lived there I could often pinpoint a Rutland accent to within a group of villages, though I don’t think I could do so today.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoI don’t think US people will point it out as much, though. Regional accents in the US don’t seem terribly strong these days, at least in my experience. Even the southern accent seems to be slowly fading, especially in bigger cities.