Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
The main types of english - Coggle Diagram
The main types of english
Two are the main types of english
Recieved Pronounciation (RP) or British English
In United Kingdom and Ireland
And they have got a lot of differences
The General American (GA) or American English
North America and Caraibbeans
The main differences
Rhotic accent
Vowel pronunciation
Pronunciation of letter T
Rhotic accent
Do you pronounce the R or not?
The Recieved Pronunciation does not
The General American does
In most of the cases
Far: [fa:] (RP); [fa:r] (GA)
Vowel pronunciation
Change of Diphthong [əʊ] (RP) to [oʊ] (GA)
No: [nəʊ] (RP); [noʊ] (GA)
Change of [æ]
Brass: [bræss] (RP); [brɑ:ss] (GA)
Change from [ju:] (RP) to [u:] (GA)
Pronunciation of letter T
In GA there are six different ways to pronounce T:
Aspirated T
Tempting [ˈthemptɪɳ]
De-aspirated T
stop[stɑ:p]
Flapped T
What is this? [ˈwʌɾɪzˈ∂ɪz]
Glottal stop
button [ˈbʌʔn]
Glottalized stop
curtain[ˈkɜ:rtʔn]
Sometimes they do not pronunce T
center[ˈsenər]