American and British English pronunciation differences
In the following discussion
?superscript A2 after a word indicates that the BrE pronunciation of the word is a common variant in AmE.
?superscript B2 after a word indicates that the AmE pronunciation of the word is a common variant in BrE.
?superscript A1 after a word indicates that the pronunciation given as BrE is also the most common variant in AmE.
?superscript B1 after a word indicates that the pronunciation given as AmE is also the most common variant in BrE.
Contents
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? 1 Stress
o 1.1 French stress
o 1.2 Verbs ending in –ate
o 1.3 Miscellaneous stress
? 2 Affixes
o 2.1 -ary,-ery,-ory,-mony,-bury,-berry
o 2.2 -ile
o 2.3 -ine
? 3 Weak forms
? 4 Miscellaneous pronunciation differences
o 4.1 Single differences
o 4.2 Multiple differences
? 5 Notes
6 References
Related endings -ility, -ilize, -iliary are pronounced the same in AmE as BrE.
/ɑ?/ /??/ qu a rk AB2, Ut ah AB2 /ɑ?(r)/ /?r/ qu ar k AB2,
/?/ /?/ f e mme fatale A2
/a?/ /e?/ Is ai ah
/a?/ /u?/ n ou s A2
/??/ /?/ f a lcon A2
/?/ /?/ kümmel
/?/ /u?/ B u ddha A2
/?/ /?/ br u sque, h u mmus /u?/ /a?/ r ou te A1,[232]
/o?/ /u?/ br oo ch A2
/u?/ /o?/ cantal ou p(e)
/?/ /o?/ c o vert AB2
/??/ /u?/ mili eu
/??(r)/ /?r/ connoiss eur A2, entrepren eur A2
/??z/ /u?s/ Betelg euse, chant euse, chartr euse A2, mass euse
/z/ /s/ Au ss ie A2, blou s e (noun), complai s ant A2, cre sc ent, diagno s e A2, era s e, Gla s gow A2, par s e, vali s e, tran s-AB2 (in some words)
/s/ /z/ a s thma
/ts/ /z/ pia zz a A2
/e/ /θ/boo th B2
/?/ /?/ A si a B2, disper si on B2, excur si on B2, Per si a B2, ver si on B2
/t/ /θ/An th ony AB2
/si?/ /?/ ca ssi a A2, Ca ssi us A2, he ssi an
/zi?/ /?/ tran si ent A2, nau se a A2
/zi?/ /?/ Fra si er, Pari si an, Malay si a, Tuni si a
/di/ /d?i/ cor di ality·