From espressoEnglish.net you might be able to recognize a British accent or an American accent.

But do you know the details of the pronunciation differences?

This lesson will teach you some of the major differences between British and American English.

Although there are some variations depending on what region of the country the speakers from

British and American English have some differences

in the stress of certain words. Listen to the pronunciation.

First the British English and then the American English.

adult adult

ballet ballet

brochure brochure

garage garage

vaccine vaccine

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hospitable hospitable

Some words ending in ''i'', ''l'', ''e'' are also different.

agile agile

fertile fertile

hostile hostile

mobile mobile

versatile versatile

The sound of the letter ''a'' is also different in some words

where the British pronounce it ''a'' and the Americans pronounce it ''a''.

listen to the differences.

bath bath

laugh laugh

class class

chance chance

ask ask

after after

can't can't

example example

The sound of the letter ''r'' is also a little bit different.

The ''r'' is pronounced stronger in American English.

Listen to the differences.

hard hard

were were

ear ear

pure pure

more more

chair chair

bar bar

Words ending in ''ization'' are also pronounced differently.

civilization civilization

organization organization

authorization authorization

globalization globalization

The verb form of all these words

''n'' and ''i'' in both British

and American English is pronounced globalize, but

British English continues this same pronunciation

in the noun form globalization

and American English changes the sound

the letter ''i'' globalization

Finally the ''t'' sound in the middle of the word can be different

in British and American English in this situation

Americans often pronounce the letter ''t'' like

a quick ''d'' sound. Listen to the difference.

better better

water water

hated hated

writing writing

bottom bottom

native native

artificial artificial

notice notice

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