British vs American pronunciation
These words sound noticeably different on each side of the Atlantic. Each one links to clips of American and British speakers, so you can compare them directly.
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schedule
UK often SHED-yool, US SKED-jool.
Your sleep schedule fits with society’s schedule.
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tomato
UK tuh-MAH-toh, US tuh-MAY-toh.
Tomato Tomato. a plant.
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vitamin
UK VIT-uh-min, US VY-tuh-min.
it is just vitamin D vitamin A vitamin B vitamin C I mean even
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garage
UK GARR-ij or GARR-ahzh, US guh-RAHZH.
a garage desperate garage presented carriage garage wood garage you garage get garage michael garage parkinson
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privacy
UK PRIV-uh-see, US PRY-vuh-see.
with built-in privacy so privacy and say application and data privacy for users is
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leisure
UK LEZH-er, US LEE-zher.
Repent at leisure. good.
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route
UK ROOT, US ROOT or ROWT.
is always route 66. no one says Route 66 Route 60
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either
EYE-ther and EE-ther are both heard in each country.
either either end of the spectrum.
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neither
NY-ther and NEE-ther are both heard in each country.
so I was neither, neither/or.
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mobile
UK MOH-byle, US MOH-bul.
on all mobile devices, including mobile phones and tablets.
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missile
UK MIS-ile, US MIS-ul.
the missile missile missile exchanges, small exchanges, this, that, talk, non-talk.
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zebra
UK ZEB-ruh, US ZEE-bruh.
is no Z stays zebra wanted a zebra yeah but zebra nothing wrong and zebra you
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herb
UK says the h; US usually drops it: ERB.
important herb and uh herb paste in Palestinian cooking.
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advertisement
UK ad-VER-tis-ment, US AD-ver-tize-ment.
ADVERTISEMENT AFTER ADVERTISEMENT PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.
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controversy
UK often kun-TROV-er-see, US KON-truh-ver-see.
Just scandal. I'm not not controversy controversy.
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laboratory
UK luh-BORR-uh-tree, US LAB-ruh-tor-ee.
I want to do sex by laboratory age group by laboratory location by laboratory specimen by
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aluminum
US uh-LOO-mih-num; the UK says and spells it aluminium.
-High-specification aluminum tubes, smuggle aluminum tubes.
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water
UK WAW-tuh; in US speech the t becomes a quick d: WAH-der.
of water. And we look at the water meter
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bath
UK BAHTH, US BATH (the vowel of “cat”).
Do you like a bath? I a bath.
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dance
Southern UK DAHNSS, US DANSS.
dance and learning new dance moves?
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process
UK PROH-sess, US PRAH-sess.
process with the process id of five i'd pass in the process identifier as the first
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yogurt
UK YOG-urt, US YOH-gurt.
so loved yogurt always loved yogurt
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basil
UK BAZ-ul, US BAY-zul.
basil basil say it basil fresh basil fresh basil okay Mike you want to play
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oregano
UK orr-ih-GAH-noh, US uh-REG-uh-noh.
fresh uh oregano thyme oregano stop right there oregano nice oregano for that on top of
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tomorrow
UK tuh-MORR-oh, US tuh-MAR-oh.
Will it be tomorrow? Not tomorrow, but imminently.
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often
Both say OFF-en; the t is heard more in the UK.
during the lockdown working alone often often freelance um often doing a repetitive task
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