American English is one of the version of English pronunciation in the USA. Characteristic features of American English. General American dialect, its the main characteristics. Differences in American and English Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Spelling.
They laughed at and condemned as unnecessary or illiterate hundreds of American terms and usages, such as: Examples: · allow, guess, reckon, meaning “to think”, which had all become obsolete in England. · bluff, used in the South since 1687, instead of the British river bank. This has the distinction of being the first word attacked as being a barbarous American term. · bureau, meaning “chest” of drawers, which was obsolete in England. · card, meaning a “person who likes to joke”, an American use since 1835. · clever, meaning “sharp witted”, an East Anglia dialect use common to all Americans. · fall, obsolete in England where autumn was now the preferred word. · fork, which the British ate with but which also drive or paddle on, using it since 1645 to mean the “branch of a road or river”. [9. p.8] It wasnt only American words that the English disliked, but American pronunciation and grammar as well. They jeered when Americans said missionary instead of missionry, shew for show, and whare and bhar for where and bear. In 1822 visitor Charles Dickens said that outside of New York and Boston all Americans had a nasal drawl and used doubtful grammar. In 1832 Mrs. Trollop said that during her visit in America she seldom heard a correctly pronounced sentence. And in 1839 visitor Captain Frederick Marryat said it was remarkable how debased the English language had become in such a short time in America. On the other hand, during and after the Revolutionary War Americans became proud of American language. It was a badge of independence. In 1778 the Continental Congress recommended that when the French minister visited all replies or answers to him should be made in the language of the United States (not only as opposed to French but also as opposed to English English).
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