US English VS British English?

Question

I can't understand why there's so many pronunciations of a word. For example, the word "dance". Americans pronouce it as DAN-ce while the Britains pronouce it as DA-nce, same goes for the word "chance".

Another example would be the word "demand". Americans pronouce it as de-mand while the British pronouce it as de-mund.
It's pretty confusing.

can someone explain why and which one should I follow?

I'm studying British English.

Answer 1

i didnt know people studies British English, but there is a huge range of accents, the one you are probably talking about is probably found in Kent, Sussex and other counties around London, do you mean like when you say Frànce quickly, but we go like Fraance and do the long 'a' found in father. and demand is pronouned damaand. when you go up north, or ireland or almost anywhere else, they pronounce it the same as americans do. but also in British English, we pronounce the letter 't' and not make it sound the same as 'd', so we would make a difference between the word 'ladder' and 'latter', plus many other differences, like mum and mom, good luck studying!!

Answer 2

The language is the same regardless of how it's pronounced. Different regions of the US pronounce the same words differently. Listen to any southern person talk to someone from Boston, for instance. I'm sure that's true in other parts of the world. I think as long as you're understood and using the correct grammar, that's good enough. As far as which to follow, it depends on where you live and who you're trying to communicate with.

Answer 3

The Queens English of course

Answer 4

The way words are pronounced are regional. In the United States and Britain, there are different ways to say words. It's really rather charming and interesting, I think. It shows diversity in areas.

Answer 5

British English is original English. American English is butler English

Answer 6

You answered your own question. You're studying BRITISH English. So that's the way to go.

I like Spanish. I study the Spanish N and S America, and not that of Spain.

I speak the French of Canada, and not that of France...my own choice.

Answer 7

the only thing thats different is that they have an accent when they talk and they say "Bloody" all the time. you should learn American English instead. British English is really annoying.

Answer 8

If you want to be understood and seen as educated, use British vernacular.

Yanks say and _write_ "would of" instead of "would have", "gonna" instead of "going to" (even on news broadcasts), and spell "lose" as "loose". Even the deplorable "I is going" has become commonplace.

It's better to be a British "muh-choor wite hyuman" than a Yank "immuh-toor hwite yooman".

My only annoyance with British speakers are those who pronounce ending "-a" syllables as "-er", eg. saying "banarner" instead of "banana", "Azi-er" instead of "Asia".


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Answer 9

i think you should use what is required or preferred by your professor. It is also advisable to use the language that is more practiced in your area. Well, if its still hard to determine what to use, then just use the language that fits you. I mean, a language that won't require much from you.

Answer 10

u must follow british eng as its sure shot and every thing published nowadays that is books , flims r in brt eng. american eng is shortened they have made short cuts.