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Accents and Dialects
Questions and answers related to different accents and dialects of the English language.
1,457 Questions
What does the Scottish word firth mean?
The Scottish word for estuary. Where the river starts to widen as it nears the sea. The Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde are the best known.
Would the characters speak in an American accent?
I'm an American. I'm a character. I use an American accent. Sometimes I use various American accents in the same sentence just to confuse arrogant acquaintances. Unless I'm putting someone on (joking with them).
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Which English is more used in Pakistan-American English or British English?
British English.
It is prevalent since the time of the British.
What does the Scottish word linty mean?
Linty means when it has dirt produced from old or new never used items.
How different is Beijing dialect from standard Mandarin Chinese?
Beijing dialect is not too far off from standard mandarin. One the major difference is they tend to add an rrrrrr sound at the end of many words (when the word finishes a sentence)
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Mike
www.localnoodles.com - Beijing User-Generated City Guide
Is there a big difference between British English and American English?
Yes. If you get knocked up in Britain, someone's at your door. Knocked up in the US, you're pregnant.
Other examples:
Boot vs. Trunk
Jumper vs. Sweater
Petrol vs. Gas
Dustbin vs. Trashcan
'English' in a locational context, refers to things that come from, or to do with, the country of England. 'British' means things that come from, or are to do with, the island of Great Britain, and also the nation of the United Kingdom. Since Great Britain includes the countries of Wales and Scotland, something can be British without being English.
Do you have a list of American to English words?
If you mean American English to British English, the list is long. But keep in mind that most of it is slang and not technical use.
Best English pronunciation is British or American?
according to my notion the british accent is the most valid and recomendable
it is because U.K is the origion of rnglish
How many people speak English?
Mandarin Chinese while not the most widely spoken language in the world is the language spoken by the most people around the world.
It's hard to say how many people speak Mandarin world wide. Due to the countries national language or required learning languages include Mandarin Chinese the following can be assumed:
Population of China: 1.4 billion
Population of Taiwan: 23 million
Population of Singapore: 4.58 million
Total of three countries: 1.427 billion
(Figures are approximations as of June 2008)
This doesn't include the Chinese that have immigrated to other countries. Nor does it include countries where their may be other Mandarin speakers such as Malaysia. The ultimate figure would possibly be much higher.
Is the Australian version of the Simpsons in an Australian accent?
No. All characters in television shows which come from the USA retain their American accent. (Except when, for the purposes of the show, an American actor is cast as an Australian, and the resulting accent is nothing like any accent heard on Earth.)
Does bournemouth have an accent of its own?
Not any more, since WW2. However if you meet some of the rural people from the surrounding countryside you will come close to the original Bournemouth accent.
Meaning of Mafia in Sicilian Dialect?
men of honour cosa nostra gangster organization powerful mighty hefty gosh! astonishing beautiful woman
How do you pronounce Loch Lomond in Scottish?
The proper pronunciation for Loch Lomond is near impossible for non Scots but let's try.
Loch is law-then clear your throat as if you are about to spit but don't. Lomond is as it reads.
What does a Nigerian accent sound like?
Like this http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Omid+Djalili+nigerian+accent&oq=Omid+Djalili+nigerian+accent&gs_l=hp.3...15039.15039.0.15105.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.5.psy-ab.xP7AqFB8Ui8&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.d2k&fp=2ed946463a7e95bd&biw=922&bih=117
Are scousers a Catholics or protestants?
I would think the Irish descendants in Liverpool would be largely Catholic, whereas the Welsh descendants and the English would not be (in general).
Why would cows have different accents?
Maybe it comes from their ancestral home! I'd love to hear a cow with a British accent.
Do standard American speakers replace the 't' in words like 'better' with a 'd'?
Sort of.
This situation only occurs if the stress is on the vowel just prior to the t, and it's not actually a "d" sound. It's a voiced, alveo-dental flap, which is the same sound as the single 'r' in Spanish.
Even if the word contains a d, the flap is used instead for North American English. Compare the American and British pronunciations of the word "Adam."
What is the difference in Egyptian Arabic dialect and Standard Arabic?
Standard Arabic is the standard written Arabic that has been standardized throughout the Arabic-speaking nations, the language of the Muslim holy book, the Quran.
Egyptian Arabic is the spoken Arabic dialect that has been widely accepted as the easiest spoken dialect to understand throughout the Arabic-speaking nations. Yet, it is quite different in pronunciation, spelling, and grammar from the Standard Arabic.
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