by Judy Ravin | Oct 13, 2012 | Accent Modification, American Accent, American Accent Training, American Pronunciation, British Accent, British English, Dialect, Globalization
Great Britain and America: “Two Countries Separated by a Common Language” -Oscar Wilde Last month I spoke at the 2012 NATO eLearning Conference where delegates from member nations discussed ‘best practices’ for online learning. My presentation, “Delivering Training to...
by Judy Ravin | Aug 7, 2012 | Accent Acquisition, American Pronunciation, British Accent, Globalization, Language Acquisition
We’re halfway into the 2012 Summer Olympics and the U.S. athletes have certainly done America proud. Take Michael Phelps, honoring the U.S. with his 18th gold medal, Gabby Douglas standing proud and bemedaled on the award stand, and 17-year-old boxer Claressa Shields...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 21, 2012 | American Accent, American Accent Training, American Pronunciation, British Accent, British English
How many times have you heard that the British accent is “the real” accent? If we define ‘real’ as being first then, yes, the British accent is the real deal. However, let’s consider that the way American English is spoken today is actually much...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 20, 2012 | American Accent, American Accent Training, British Accent, British English, Dialect
Even though the words accent and dialect are often used interchangeably, they actually mean two different things. An accent refers to pronunciation. A dialect refers to pronunciation and vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic phrases. Think of it this way, the Midwestern...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 19, 2012 | British Accent, Linguistic Profiling
In his June 20th article How Oil and Accents made Britain a Figure of Hate in US Halls of Power, Andrew Purcell makes some interesting observations: New York Congressman Anthony Weiner summed it up for NBC television: “Whenever you hear someone with a British...
