 British English versus American English pronunciation 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 speaker is 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 Ballet Brochure Garage Vaccine Advertisement Advertisement 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 ah and the Americans pronounce it ah. Listen to the difference. 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 difference. Hard Hard Wur Wur Ear Ear Pure Pure More More Chair Chair Bar Bar Words ending in izzation are also pronounced differently. Civilization Civilization Organization Organization Authorization Authorization Globalization Globalization The verb form of all these words ends in izz. In both British and American English it's pronounced globalize. But British English continues this same pronunciation in the noun form. Globalization And American English changes the sound of 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 Bottom Bottom Native Native Artificial Artificial Notice Notice If you want to improve your pronunciation and spoken English in the next 30 days register for the American English Pronunciation course. Beginning April 15th at espressoenglish.net