American English Accent: Pronunciation Lesson

>>> We link together words by making the final T change into a D: In New York CiTy, he wore an exiTing sweaTer because thaT always made him saTisfied. T = D

Here we have at T between two vowel sounds like I mentioned and it's changing to a D. This also happends between words. This isn't always done but it's often done when native speakers are talking quickly. >>>

>>> it really is the perfect example of an American accent. It uses the T changing to a D.

A couple years ago I had a British friend who I always teased because whenever I asked him to speak in an American accent the only thing he would say is "Water bottle, water bottle..." again and again and again and it was so funny because >>>

>>> It might be RS RD any word that has an R plus a consonant. It's going to sound like "Err". Let's listen to a sample sentence that uses this a lot: The fiRSt woRD that you leaRNed is the one you heaRD the most.

The second way to sound more American when you speak is to use the colored R. What in the world is that? Well it's the middle of the word where there is an R plus a consonant. A consonant is any letter that's not A E I O U. >>>

In the lettER, he wrote, "RemembER to watER the flowERs."

My next tip for soundind American is to include in an E R at the end of your words. This is really typical in American English (...) and this is going to really test your R pronunciation. We used it in the previous tip and now we're using it ER again.

Well in this case ARY at the end of words is going to indicate that in American English we're going to pronounce the full word: library, secretary, military etc.: At the librARY, the secretARY read a book about the militARY.

My fourth and final tip is a specific contrast with British English. It is the ending ARY. Again we're talking about R because R is essential in English and it's essential in a lot of different languages.