Why the Britishs speak so weird?

Question

Hi, I'm learning English, I'm trying to understand english pronunciation, but I find the Standard American English easier to understand than the British English.

I heard that the Standard British English is considered the "neutral" english accent, but it seems strange to me.

EXAMPLE:

American: wateR (strong R)
British: I hear with a very tiny "r" sound, like "wata"

American: Harry PoTTER
British: Harry Pota

If British English is the "Standard" and proper English, then why it sounds like if they don't pronounce all the letters of a word correctly? I'm confused :-/

Although I also know that the Americans invent words:

EXAMPLE: Gotcha, gonna, gotta.

And the American Southern Accent sounds strange, I can't follow a southern woman speaking quickly.

Can you give me an advice?
And if you are british, can you tell me why it sounds like if there's no "T" and "R" when you pronounce some words?

Answer 1

as someone else said ,England is the home of the English language ,All other forms of English are evolved from ours ..which is why it`s so much easier for us to understand for example the way Americans speak ,than it is for them to understand us



about "T" and "R" ..letters can be pronounced in different ways depending on where they are in a word . "R" at the beginning of a word is a strong consonant ,while the"R" at the end of a word is a soft one

Answer 2

Humans are naturally lazy, so their use of language, any language, gets steadily worse. If they can drop a sound and still be understood, sooner or later they will do so. And since each generation has to learn the language anew, it will also distort it, even just a little, to show its rebellion against the behaviour of its seniors, which especially increases the rate of language change when there is great social change (e.g. with the Industrial Revolution) or social disruption (e.g. the collapse of the Roman Empire, or the decay of the English class system during WW2). A higher population density will also speed up linguistic change (Greater London or NYC versus the Scottish Highlands or the wide open spaces of the American Mid-West).

Southern England and parts of Dixie have dropped R except before a vowel, but freelu introduce an obtrusive R to avoid hiatus, confusing "law and order" with "lore and order.". The lower classes of Southern England are in the process of turning TH into F or V, confusing "thaw" with "four.". Americans, on the other hand, voice medial consonants making "latter" sound like "ladder." They also distort short vowels and confuse "then" with "than." If you want to learn a form of English that still roughly corresponds to the way it is written (i.e. how it was pronounced in the 1500s when printing standardised spelling, find yourself a teacher from the middle classes of the Morningside district of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Answer 3

Actually they speak correct english, America is a bunch of accents combined somehow til we got to todays american english. So actually were the ones with an accent, while the english/british people sound normal.

Answer 4

umm no, sorry but what you're learning is not standard English... things like 'wata' is just a fairly modern way of pronouncing words and usually varies depending on the region on england . Wate 'R' -pronouncing the R is the correct way of saying it over here.

Answer 5

Not pronouncing T sounds more American than British. Americans sound like they say "warder" rather than water (I always insist on the T).



England is the home of the English language, so if you want to learn it properly, there is only one way.

Answer 6

There is no such term as weird. There is onl different. To them, we sound different. Each and every dialect in the world is ' different ' than any other dialect. It's a culture thing.

Answer 7

i think you should learn standard english cause American english is wrong

Answer 8

so let me guess your learning american AND english, i would just stick to english i mean i speak american and i like harry potter but that means i have to learn english so if your good with english you get harry potter.

Answer 9

Britishs???? Why are Americans unable to spell??

Answer 10

we have so many foriegners claiming benefits.parts of there language rubs off on us