Name: Junaid Burki

Arid number: 21-ARID-1414

Submitted to: Dr.Ismail

TOPIC:
 ACCENT(BRITISH/AMERICAN)

It’s difficult to make clear distinctions between U.S.

and U.K. accents when there is such a wide variety of
accents within both the U.S. and the U.K. A Texan and
a New Yorker are both Americans, but have very
different accents. The same goes for British accents in
London, Manchester and Glasgow.

However, some very general distinctions can be made.

Americans usually pronounce every “r” in a word,
while the British tend to only pronounce the “r” when
it’s the first letter of a word.

British vs. American pronunciation

Consonant sounds
The /r/ sound
When you hear a British person speak and then
compare that to an American’s speech, the first thing
you’ll probably notice is that they treat “r” sounds
very differently. In British English, when an “r” comes
after a vowel in the same syllable, it’s not pronounced
—this would be in words like “far,” “enter,” “market”
and “injure.”
The /t/ sound
In American English, something happens to the /t/
sound when it comes after a stressed vowel and
before a weak one: it turns into a combination of a “t”
and a “d.” You’ll hear this in words like “butter,”
“water” and “tomato” (they sound a little like
“budder,” “wadder” and “tomaydo”). On the other
hand, in standard British English, the /t/ in those
words would sound like a typical “t” sound.
British vs. American spelling
-or vs. -our
In American English, words like “favorite,” “flavor,”
“savor” and “endeavor” are always spelled with just
an “or.” However, those same words in British English
need to include a “u”: “favourite,” “flavour,” “savour”
and “endeavour.”
-ize vs. -ise
In American English, you’ll see many words ending
with “ize,” such as “organize,” “realize” and
“capitalize.” In British English, those words replace the
“z” with an “s”: “organise,” “realise” and “capitalise.”
British vs American vocabulary
American English: British English:
Apartment Flat
Attorney Barrister/Solicitor
Candy Sweets