Everybody say the "best" english is spoken in London/Oxford and americans speak rash and wrong. Probably that´s true, but why british people don´t pronounce "R" in "father, future, shower"? Is wrong say this kind of words like an american?
2007-12-30 11:09:37 · 34 answers · asked by beaver 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Mark Twain said
" I don't give a damn for a man who can only spell a word one way". Speach is similar, you speak as your parents did or was common in local culture.
The importance is in the communication, that is expressed in the way a word is spoken, rather than the accent.
The smashing thing about people is that
we are all original, unique, special, different.
Why try to put any part of our life into a straight jacket of correct and incorrect, who is to judge.
In a very small country, we have a huge variety of accents, dialects and local words that will mean something totally different 50 miles away. Every area has its own history.
2007-12-31 06:56:46 · answer #1 · answered by jimgdad 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ironically, the "best" English is probaby spoken in the MidWest American States. Linguists observe that when a large population of people are "relocated" (such as when so many English emigrated to the "Colonies"), their language and accent typically stop evolving, whereas at home (back in England in this case), the language continued to evolve.
You will never hear an American say "innit" (for "isn't it"), refer to his friend Barry as "Bazzer", or end every sentence with "yeh?" or "nart-amien?". English is a "living" language, and its speakers in England have become extraordinarily lazy. The Welsh, the Irish, and the Scots, for the most part, speak better English than the English do!
2007-12-30 11:25:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
There are different accents in all parts of the US and England.
To say that one is better than the other is usually based on the wealth of the people speaking rather than the innate worth of the speaker.
All Americans do not pronounce all "R''s, in New England its quite common to drop the "R" sound.
My personal preference is for standard Television Newscaster English. It has the least noticeable accent.
I have yet to hear an Englishman speak his native tongue in a manner both clear and simple.
The Queen has excellent diction, but few seem to speak as she does.
Mores the pity.
2007-12-30 11:21:20 · answer #3 · answered by justa 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, english stopped evolving in America around the colonial America, while British English continued to, so American English, especially in the Mid-West, is "better English" than British English. However, I hardly think accents are wrong- if anything, they enrich a language.
2014-10-23 14:18:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All nations version of English is correct. Many English people speak English pronounce their Rs and many Americans don't.
In England to not pronounce your Rs (a non-rhotic accent) is high prestige. The opposite is true in America.
2015-10-02 13:17:58 · answer #5 · answered by Felix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, who says the British speak the best English. That is a load of RUBBISH! LoL
English is spoken by many people.... and we all pronounce things differently. None is better than the other. Just different. SMILE
2007-12-30 11:13:29 · answer #6 · answered by Beachgirl123 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
it's not WRONG but since english is originally from England and not the USA people in London are supposed to speak 'better' english than americans!
I've lived both in the UK and the USA, but my native language is Spanish. Just imagine what the H*** can come out of that language salad! (my accent actually changes depending on who I'm talking to)
2007-12-30 12:23:38 · answer #7 · answered by strawberryfields 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what part of the US you come from - the north-eastern area pronounces those words much like the British, with more of an "ah" sound than an "er". As you move west, the R becomes more pronounced. In the south, many Rs are "ah" as well, but usually more in the center of the words.
So, it depends on where you are as to how it is pronounced.
2007-12-30 11:19:44 · answer #8 · answered by PuterPrsn 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
American pronounces "introduce" as "innroduce"? Of course, that's American accent. T disappears when N and T are close. More example like "internet" American pronounces "inner net"; "printer" becomes " prinner"; and so on..
2016-04-02 02:58:54 · answer #9 · answered by Mary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just an accent I guess.
=)
It's not wrong to say these words like an American. But, it would be sort of weird if you started talking in British English, and then switched to American English in the middle of your sentence.
xD
2007-12-30 11:13:03 · answer #10 · answered by ^^PaperHeart^^ 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What I've noticed is that British English speakers might not pronounce the "R" at the end of "father, future, or shower", yet many ADD an "R" sound at the end of such words as the name "Amanda"( I've heard "Amanderr")
2007-12-30 11:15:00 · answer #11 · answered by maccrew6 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋