Take the word "nurse" for example.
A person from yorkshire says it like this "nerse"
Other english people say it like this "nooorse"
Scots just say "nurse" the way it's spelt.
The Scottish accent is probably the most correct out of all the UK.
Same goes for "turkey", "work" and "burger"
They say "tooorkey", "wooork" and "booorger"
2006-08-07 14:28:47 · 14 answers · asked by hardcorepunka 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
(I'm not American I'm Scottish)
2006-08-07 14:38:48 · update #1
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I teach English at a China university. There are different types of English. One point is colour or color. Will you be going to the medical center or the medical centre. It is not easy; I stay up on British, Canadian, and American English. Believe me, it is not that easy. But with that said, we are in a world that is getting smaller each day; we can adjust and accept the English from different countries.
2006-08-12 04:03:46 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As the wife of a person from Yorkshire, you are confused. My husband pronounces nurse the way it's spelled and if you ask him, it's the Americans who do not know how to speak properly. We've taken the English language and butchered it by changing spellings and pronunciations.
2006-08-07 21:37:34 · answer #2 · answered by Tanya T 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Another Grammar Critic from Scotland. oh by the way, while youre correcting others grammar . you might should think about learning to spell, also spelt is not a word.
2006-08-13 10:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are you from? You are the owner of our language, the producer and director, the rulemaker. English is from England. I don't know a language named american, so who talks properly now?
2006-08-07 21:37:35 · answer #4 · answered by Tudor_ 22 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually the English speak English correctly it's their language. I am in the states and I know the English just hate what we do to the language.
2006-08-15 04:46:32 · answer #5 · answered by hkskwa2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dialect, being taught from an older generation to another, location of residence.
2006-08-07 21:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by Angela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i cant believe that we are taught english as a child and then grow up and have to learn the correct english..this has always been annoying to me..
and i agree with Angela its dialect
2006-08-13 20:41:17 · answer #7 · answered by away right now 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I have to agree with calvin, but interjecting a little love in the language can have a beneficial effect on it."
2006-08-13 13:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't have accents. that's just the way every word sounds when it's pronounced correctly.
2006-08-07 21:33:20 · answer #9 · answered by thunderwear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its just different accents, man
different accents produce different vowel sounds
no biggie
2006-08-11 15:23:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋