I have heard that british accent and american accent are different. in what way are their accents different?

Question

I mean, when british people talk, how do they sound like and how is it different from the way american people talk? And if u have to choose, which accent do u prefer? For me, every accent is special.

Answer 1

Go rent some English movies. And you will see. ok?

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While you're at it, rent some foreign films too, and watch them, they are really educational. Like "the warrior and the princess" with Franka Potente. Amazing.

Answer 2

There is no way to verbalize an accent! The pronunciation of certain vowels, especially, is different from American to English. The New England accent is probably the closest to the London English accent. There are many regional accents in both languages. The more north you go in England, the more pronounced the accent. In the US, the more south you go, or west. Rent movies or books on tape with different accents and you will hear the difference. Oh, and most Indian and other European cultures speak English with an English/London accent because of the influence of that culture during the Victorian era.

Answer 3

a million. in all likelihood quite a even as in the past. really about a million/3 of Canada are descendents of Britons, and the large form change into in no way all that prime. human beings have immigrated from global huge because the first Vikings confirmed up one thousand years in the past. We in all likelihood in no way had a very British accent. 2. not particular what it truly is. 3. The Newfoundland accent is a mixture of West usa English, and Irish. inspite of the indisputable fact that, this is not a mix - you'll listen 2-3 words in a row with one accent, and then a surprising shift. after I travelled to Dorset in England, it change into precisely like Newfoundland for most works, yet, not for the Irish ones. the reason being historic previous - maximum Newfoundlanders ancestors are from Wessex (Cornwall, and Devon, etc.), or, eire. on the south coast, the accent is inspired by Scottish ancestors, and on the west coast, the Jackatar accent remains very accepted. it truly is a mixture of all the above, with a French accent besides - and something else uniquely theirs.

Answer 4

well, first you have to define the british accent. Here we have wildly differing accents from one town to the next. Where I am we say the word bath b..arr..th pronouncing the a as "are". But 30 min drive from here it's pronounced b a th. pronouncing the a like in Apple.
Liverpool, birmingham, london, west country, norfolk all have very very differeny acents. Many british people can't even understand other british people from other areas. I'm a london accent, and sometimes find it hard to understand a liverpool accent.

Answer 5

OMG there are so many accents all across america- Go rent a western (you'll get a southern accent) Fargo (northern almost canadian accent) good will hunting (boston accent) I know there's more but I can't think of them. Then rent Bridget jones' diary and you'll get a british accent- but there's more to british than that one movie can give you- I don't know you need someone who can do impressions I think!

Answer 6

There are several hundred distinct British accents, America has 3 or 4 new English variants which are all basically mixtures of their original English accents with later Irish immigrant's accents.

Answer 7

Though,I am an American, I really enjoy the British accent.

I think the difference mostly lies in the vowel pronounciation(long and short vowel sounds)

Answer 8

american is better for me , british accents get on my nerves

Answer 9

even though I know this question is impossible to answer in words I know because being born and raised in Great Britain I have lived in America for many years mainly it is in the way we pronounce words !