One of my teachers came from the UK and he has a different way to pronounce the 'r' sound... somewhat between 'l' and the Spanish trill sound (e.g. tomolow, loll in, lemember, clime etc.)... then I watched tons of UK movies and discovered other Britons do the same, though when I look up a British English dictionary the Received Pronunciation/BBC pronunciation of 'r' is exactly the same as the American one.
Can anyone tell me how to pronounce the British 'r' or even better gimme the IPA letter?
By the way what British accent(s) do most of the Britons speak? Is it Brummie or Tony Blair's accent or Cockney or the NW accent or what? And how do they actually pronounce place names the British way (like Lancashire, Doncaster, Leicestershire etc.)? Are there any good books on British English our there?
P.S. Which has more advantage in the future? American or British English? It seems East Asia (including China) prefers AmE but India and most European countries still stick to BrE.
Thanks.
2007-03-10
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