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British English vs American English
To be honest I’ve always found more difficult to understand the Brits than the Americans (unless they are from the southern nations of USA like Texas) though I’ve been only studying British English since I was a kid and I’ve never been to USA, whereas I stayed in UK for a while.
The countless idioms and phrasal verbs British people use while speaking are still putting a strain in my comprehension and the pronunciation and the fact they often eat the words to boot.
While my experience with American people has always been more positive, I haven’t never felt gorlmess or clueless talking to them. And the same happens also for British films and American ones.
I can easily guess from the accent if a guy is from UK or USA and, more and more, watching Tv series I’m becoming aware of the slight, but at times, significant differences in the vocabulary.
Then again this doen’t mean that I can easily understand American English, it’s only a bit easier than British English for me, and I’m terribly curious about how the Brits and the Americans get by with their different accents and slangs.
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Hi Chiara, I’m quite surprised to hear that. I thought it would be the opposite for you! I’m glad that you are noticing the vocabulary and accent differences. (Great job on using some of the new vocab – esp this phrase: while speaking are still putting a strain in my comprehension and the pronunciation and the fact they often eat the words to boot.)
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