Because there are still huge differences in accents between regions within a country, such as the differences between residents in the north and south of the United States, the differences between London accent and upper-middle class accent, here we only compare the RP accent between "ordinary Americans" and southern Britain.
1. Compared with British pronunciation, the biggest feature of American pronunciation is that in American pronunciation, except Mrs, every R sound in a word will be reflected (no matter where it is), with special emphasis on the rolling tongue sound of the R at the end of the word, such as teacher, car and neighbor. It is particularly obvious that people in American TV dramas speak the R sound.
However, British accents generally don't pronounce every R. For the above words, they are all neutral, unstressed and tonal pronunciations: teacha, ca, neighba. Personally, I think this difference is the most obvious and easy to judge when talking with a foreigner.
2. The unstressed letter E is often pronounced as /e/ in American English and /i/ in British English. For example, Americans pronounce it except as/ekseparate/, and British pronounce it as /ikseparate/.
3. When the unvoiced consonant /t/ is sandwiched between two vowels, the former is stressed and the latter is lightly read. Americans are used to making unvoiced consonants muddy, so the pronunciation of writer and rider is almost the same.
Similar examples are the latter and the ladder; Petals (petals) and pedals (pedals).
4. Other common pronunciation differences are: herbal is pronounced erbal in American English, and H is omitted; The stressed syllables of many words are also different from British English.
5. The intonation of American English is relatively stable, with little register change, which sounds supple and comfortable, while the intonation of British English is cadence, sonorous and powerful, with great register change and a little more momentum.
Second, spelling.
Some common rules:
1. In American English, the u in the letter combination our in British English is usually omitted, such as favorite/favorite；; Neighbors/neighbors; Color/color
2. American English usually uses Z instead of S in British English, for example
Capitalization/capitalization
Recognize/recognize
When word formation, British English words should be written with the last consonant letter, but American English doesn't need it, such as traveler/traveler; ; To be labeled/labeled
3. In British English, some words in the form of nouns have to be changed into S in the form of verbs, but this is not the case in American English. They all use C. For example, practice/practice is a noun in British English and a verb in American English. Another example is the British English license and the American English license.
4. Some words ending in re in British English end in er in American English, such as centre/center；; Meter/meter.
Some words in British English end in gue, but all words in American English end in G, such as dialogue/ dialogue, catalog/ catalogue.
Third, the use of words.
I used to go to the bookstore to buy an eraser and asked if I had an eraser. People laughed and asked me to go to the drugstore to buy it, so I went to the drugstore and asked you if you had any rubber. As a result, people brought me a box of condoms. I pour! Eraser means condom in America, eraser is used for eraser, and eraser is used in British English. Others are:
Gasoline, called gasoline in the United States and gasoline in Britain (gasoline was once a password used by the US military to identify mixed-race German soldiers during World War II, and gasoline was called to arrest them all);
Taxis, American taxis, British taxis.
French fries are called French fries in the United States and chips in the United Kingdom (and chips in the United States means potato chips, which is equivalent to potato chips in British English)
Garbage, American garbage, British garbage.
Line up, America line up, Britain line up.
Jelly is called jello in America and Jelly in England (Jelly in America means jam just like JAM in English).
Pants are called pants in America and Pants in Britain (Pants in English means underwear, which is equivalent to American underwear).
Candy is called candy in America and sweet in England.
Cookies are called cookies in America and cookies in Britain.
Movies are called movies in America and movies in Britain.
Autumn is called autumn in America and autumn in Britain.
Besides these, there are some irregular differences, such as tires made by Americans, tires made by British people, pajamas made by Americans, pyjama made by British people, aluminum made by Americans, aluminum made by British people, moustache made by Americans and moustache made by British people.
Extended data:
British English (BE, UK-E) is also called British English, which is called British sound for short. This is a form of English used in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is the most important language in Britain.
British English (British English; BrE), also known as British English, mainly refers to the English rules of English people living in the British Isles, and is the official language of the British mainland and Commonwealth countries. British English is not recognized by all British people. In some non-English speaking areas, especially? Scotland, Wales and Ireland advocate the existence of different dialects.
They think that forcibly unifying English is tantamount to unreasonable humiliation. However, for the British, they just take the evolution of dialects too seriously. British English is also a symbol of the nobility and elegance of the British people, and it is loved by many English learners because of its clear pronunciation characteristics.
American English (American English or American English (America? English), AE, AmE), also known as American English, referred to as American English. This is a form of English used in America. It is the most important language in America.
According to the census of 1990, 97% American residents can use English "very well" or "very well", and only 0.8% people don't use English at all, compared with 3.6% in 1890. So far, two-thirds of native English speakers use American English. ?
American English standardized the first generation of British English, which is the second generation of American English in the history of modern English development. American English and British English laid the foundation for the emergence of the third generation of international English.