harder and harder to discern what linguists often refer to as “Standard American”‚ and as time progresses‚ these divergent dialects and accents seem to wear away at the foundations of the English language. The impact of these rogue Englishes can be clearly seen in the language today‚ and some linguists even feel that American English is threatened by these countless variations. I disagree with this view of Standard American English as an “endangered” language‚ as a language somehow at risk of disappearing
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PRONUNCIATION T SOUND IN AMERICAN ENGLISH (TRUE T‚ FLAP T‚ GLOTTAL STOP‚ OMITTED T) 1. True T: 5 main rules - At the beginning of a word: true‚ truck‚ train‚ try‚ triumph‚ triangle‚ truth‚ trim - Stressed sound (often second syllable): attach‚ pretend‚ tattoo‚ internal‚ petition‚ retire‚ Italian - St: stamp‚ suggested‚ best‚ west - Str: strong‚ street‚ construction‚ instrument - Ft: lift‚ shift‚ gift 2. Flap T (quick D sound) Rule: vowel/r sound + flap T + vowel/r (r-controlled
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Two Kinds of English Most of us are familiar with the song lyrics “You say poTAYto and I say poTAHto‚ You say toMAYto and I say toMAHto.” These lyrics exemplify one of the differences between American and British English‚ the two most widely spoken varieties of global English. Despite the seemingly endless number of similarities between the two‚ significant differences between American English and British English in three specific linguistic areas make each one quite distinct from the other.
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The Bulldog | | | The Bulldog Long ago there was a small English settlement in the American South. The people of this town made their living farming and hunting. The town’s hunters were known for having some of the best prized hunting dogs around. Rumors of a monster began sweeping through towns and villages. A massive wild bull was on a rampage; destroying crops and anything else in its path. Unfortunately no one really believed it. One day‚ a small boy asked‚ “Father may I go and play
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In this film entitled "American Tongues"‚ the basic message the viewer gets‚ is that many people have different dialects and that different people have different views about the people who speak them. Some of these views can be negative and offensive‚ while others can be positive and thoughtful. Regardless‚ we all can see that dialects have a huge impact on people’s lives. In my paper‚ I will argue that people should learn a standard form of English as long as they are comfortable with it. People
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Colonists in different areas were similar in the fact that their religious‚ economic‚ political‚ and family values differed from those held in Britain. On the other hand‚ the colonies themselves varied largely from one to the next. Although the Americans had developed their own identity up until Anglicization in the 1750s‚ it is not accurate to say the colonies had more in common with each other than with England. There were certainly differences between the colonists and the British‚ but other
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ENGLISH ESSAY Being foreign to a certain group‚ place or setting or simply being different. These are just some of the notions explored in the elective area of study‚ ‘the outsider’‚ a notion‚ which is well explored through the two studied text‚ ‘the awakening’ a nineteenth century novel by Kate Chopin and a 2002 film ‘far from heaven’ by Todd Haynes. Both texts correspondingly convey a similar idea of an individual’s self-actualisation and inner desire to breach their societal constrains obligatory
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Interactions Between English and Native Americans Members of each nation copied relationships with Indians in many different ways. Few Europeans considered Native Americans as equals‚ because of differences in religion‚ agricultural practice‚ housing‚ dress‚ and other characteristics. However‚ the French‚ Spanish‚ and Dutch sought profit through trade and exploitation of New World resources‚ and they knew that the native people would be important to their success. Europeans also wanted to convert
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The Native Americans and the Colonists have had a very close relationship throughout history. I’d say that they’ve had sort of a mutual relationship. In about 1640 the English started building colonies in in the New England colonies in colonial America. Jamestown was a common area where the Natives and the colonists had sort of mixed feelings with each other. I think the English true intentions was to use the Natives and steal their resources like their gold and their beads. The Natives
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The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England‚ who speak the English language. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin‚ when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn. England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom and English people in England are British citizens. Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles‚ Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain in the fifth century AD.[8] Historically‚ the English population is descended from several peoples — the
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