Thread: Mastering general American pronunciation step by step

Originally Posted by maxmixiv

Though not being native speaker, but still.. I wonder how strong [a:] wormed itself into "box"?
Short [o] is suggested by each Internet resource I know.

Short [o] in box is how Brits pronounce them. Americans go with a strong [a:] or a strong [o:] as far as I know.

Compare American pronunciation with British one here
Listen to "box" pronunciation here at the most famous American dictionary
And here

Originally Posted by iCake

Short [o] in box is how Brits pronounce them. Americans go with a strong [a:] or a strong [o:] as far as I know.

Compare American pronunciation with British one here
Listen to "box" pronunciation here at the most famous American dictionary
And here

there are some regional variations. Seems there is a "Great lakes vowel shift" happening. Things like "block' are sounding more like 'black'!. Chicago etc.

Short [o] in box is how Brits pronounce them. Americans go with a strong [a:] or a strong [o:] as far as I know.

Terrible news. I don't understand then how the British and the Americans understand each other.

Sometimes we don't!


Scott

Originally Posted by maxmixiv

Terrible news. I don't understand then how the British and the Americans understand each other.