Will_Never_Marry
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Have you noticed when looking on thefreedictionary.com there are speakers with US and UK flags behind them?
If you click on the US one you hear the word in an American accent and if you click on the UK one, it's a British accent, very posh British accent I might add...most of us here don't speak like that.
Anyway I was on there recently after someone told me I was pronouncing the word 'leverage' incorrectly. I've only heard American's on TV shows use this word so I assumed us Brits said it the same way...needless to say I was wrong.
Also, the words 'either' and 'neither' are different but I thought we both used both pronunciations.
What do American's think? Are you guys surprised by the way we pronounce certain words. I know the way we say fragile and basil is funny but I think it's funny that you leave the h sound out of the word herb.
If you click on the US one you hear the word in an American accent and if you click on the UK one, it's a British accent, very posh British accent I might add...most of us here don't speak like that.
Anyway I was on there recently after someone told me I was pronouncing the word 'leverage' incorrectly. I've only heard American's on TV shows use this word so I assumed us Brits said it the same way...needless to say I was wrong.
Also, the words 'either' and 'neither' are different but I thought we both used both pronunciations.
What do American's think? Are you guys surprised by the way we pronounce certain words. I know the way we say fragile and basil is funny but I think it's funny that you leave the h sound out of the word herb.
