British vs American English Pronunciation: 3 Words that Americans Don’t Understand when I Say Them

Get your fluency book here: (it’s FREE to download!) This English lesson explains the difference between British and American pronunciation. The three words that Americans (sometimes) don’t understand in a British accent are: 1. Jack 2. water 3. can’t JACK: VOWEL LENGTH The difference here is the length of the vowel. Listen here: WATER: /T/ & DROPPED /R/ Did you notice that the American version uses the /d/ sound while the British version uses the /t/ sound. Additionally, in British English, the /r/ sound is often dropped and replaced by the schwa. Listen here: CAN’T: DIFFERE...NT VOWEL SOUND In American English, the vowel sound for CAN and CAN’T is the same. In British English, it’s different. Listen here: ENGLISH FLUENCY PROGRAM: My program gives you the method that will dramatically improve your speaking, grammar, and pronunciation and the materials you need to follow this method. I would love to have you. This method works and if you are ready to FINALLY speak English with confidence, I would love to have you. Learn more here: Sign up here: COMMON QUESTIONS: Q: Where are you from? A: I grew up in Preston, Lancashire, England. Q: How long have you been teaching? A: I’ve been teaching English since 2011. I ❤️ it! Q: How can I improve my English? A: Follow my method. I have a free lesson on that here: Q: Do you have a book that I can download? A: Yes, I do. You can download it for free here: Q: What camera do you use? A: I use this and love it: Q: What books do you recommend? A: I recommend graded readers. Learn more about this here: Q: Do you have any conversational videos? A: Yes! Here is a playlist: *********** FOLLOW ME HERE: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: Want to send me a message? Do that here: (you’ll also get messages from me!) Subscribe to this channel and turn on notifications to get all my latest lessons. And get my book here:

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