Weekly Article 7/19
Hello Amity students! This is Ethan from Sendai Amity! Every week, I will be posting a short article to help everyone practice reading! Today, we will be talking about American English variations!
The United States is a very large country with over 336 million people! Because of this, the way people speak English can be very different everywhere. People will use certain words to describe things, or speak differently. For example, Americans in California, the Northeast, and St. Louis, and Florida call a carbonated drink "Soda." However, many parts of the United States may call it "Pop," or "Coke."
Words like "aunt" also have multiple pronunciations. Some places in America say "aunt" with a strong "a" sound, like "ant." However, other places say "aunt" with an "ah" sound. "Laywer" is another famous example of this difference, where many people in the Southern United States say it like "saw," as in "law-yer." However, many others pronounce it like "boy," as in "loy-er." Many of these speaking differences can be found across the United States, like "going to" vs. "gonna," or the use of "ain't" in casual language.
Are there different ways of talking across Japan?
Do you use any special words in Japanese that are not used in other places?
Thanks for reading this week's article!
~ Ethan D.
The United States is a very large country with over 336 million people! Because of this, the way people speak English can be very different everywhere. People will use certain words to describe things, or speak differently. For example, Americans in California, the Northeast, and St. Louis, and Florida call a carbonated drink "Soda." However, many parts of the United States may call it "Pop," or "Coke."
Words like "aunt" also have multiple pronunciations. Some places in America say "aunt" with a strong "a" sound, like "ant." However, other places say "aunt" with an "ah" sound. "Laywer" is another famous example of this difference, where many people in the Southern United States say it like "saw," as in "law-yer." However, many others pronounce it like "boy," as in "loy-er." Many of these speaking differences can be found across the United States, like "going to" vs. "gonna," or the use of "ain't" in casual language.
Are there different ways of talking across Japan?
Do you use any special words in Japanese that are not used in other places?
Thanks for reading this week's article!
~ Ethan D.