Differences between American & British English

open minded has made threads. Tom, eliminate all this disparity.

Does anyone know about Guyanese accent?

It's similar to other Carribean English accents like those in Jamaica or Barbados. Its sort of a hybrid of African dialects and Early Modern English (i.e. the English that was spoken by white slave traders in the 16th & 17th centuries).

Regarding British English and American English and our different ways of pronunciation. I have no problems with this normally but I do wince when I hear Americans pronounce the name of my home city, Edinburgh. They all seem to call it "Eddin-BURROW"! All other nationalities seem to pronounce it much nearer to the way we do: "Eddin-bruh" except the Americans. I know it's trivial but it still irritates me.

Ditto that for anyone not from the US pronouncing Maryland correctly. I'm surprised that most Americans wouldn't pronounce the g at the end.

Maryland.....that's interesting. How many ways are there to pronounce it? I would simply say "Mary" then "Land" but joined together in one word with 2 syllables. At a guess, would an American say "Murry-land" using the characteristic American "r" sound? If I was there I would try to pronouce it the way the locals do.

"Ditto that for anyone not from the US pronouncing Maryland correctly. I'm surprised that most Americans wouldn't pronounce the g at the end."

Why would anyone pronounce a "g" at the end when there is none?

I pronounce Maryland as [mer..l..n(d)], with a very soft "d" sound that is barely audible (i.e. lightly tapped).

[me..r..l..nd]

My "mar" rhymes with "air" or "mare."

That is my "mar" in the word "Maryland." In "Mars," for example, it's completely different.

Quote-''My "mar" rhymes with "air" or "mare."''. How do you pronounce ''air'' and ''mare''?

Ghoti,

I refer you to the ASCII chart, where "air" and "where" are two of the sample words.

http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-ascii.htm

*Gotti

This is fun...ok I will compromise......as it is in the US I will from now on say "mare..l..n....(d)" (the d only just teensy weensy bit audible). I'm glad I do not come from Liverpool otherwise it would be "murr...l...n..(d)"

Ghoti.....there is something fishy about your name! :-)
(groan...you've probably heard it zillions of times before)

Cheers

[e..[r]] and [me..[r]].

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