American Accent Undergoing Great Vowel Shift Professor William Labov, a University of Pennsylvania linguist and author of the new book Atlas of North American English Phonetics, Phonology and ...

your spanish sounds american because of diphthongs. In addition to pure vowel sounds, there are diphthongs, where the sound moves from one target to another. American English is full of them.

Learning English Vocabulary. British and American English. Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic. 6 mins ...

The Oatmeal, a web comic, summed up how British English sounds to Americans: “I remember my days at Oxford, we’d often dabble in a little rumpy-pumpy before dingbangling a fresh todger, haha!” ...

A row of Oxford English dictionaries in a school classroom on February 11, 2022 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. American ...