What are basically the main differences between the..?

Question

American pronunciation and the English one (of the English language)?

Answer 1

There are 16 different pronunciations of English...and i am too tired to write ...

Answer 2

There are many different English dialects, each with a different accent in English.
That makes that there is not ONE English pronunciation.
The same, (if less extreme,) goes for the USA.
So there is not no easy answer for this question.

Most differences are small, like pronouncing a certain letter as a or e, but most often in both countries there will be people who use the other pronunciation compared to the majority in the country.

A good dictionary has a pronunciation given for each word, and they should give the different versions.
If not, try to see an UK, and a USA dictionary, and compare them.
The main publishers have on-line versions which might help.

Sorry not to be able to help you with a better answer.

Answer 3

It is mainly on how the vowels are pronounced, and where some words (e.g. advertisement, laboratory) are stressed. I heard a radio interview with Gwyneth Paltrow where she was discussing this very thing; she had worked with a dialect coach so she could use a British accent for a movie. She said you mainly had to lengthen the vowels, and then she demonstrated it. It really was amazing.

The poster below is correct, there is not one single pronunciation for either British or American English, yet I can always tell the difference between a British versus an American accent. So there is definitely something different about the pronunciation, regardless of regional differences within the countries. Someone from Scotland sounds a lot different than someone from London, and yet they both sound British to me (even though I can hear a difference between the two). Likewise a Southerner sounds different from a Bostonian, yet they are both clearly American accents.

Answer 4

We say po-tay-to they say po-ta-toe, we say to-may-to they say to-ma-toe... =)