Does the United States have dialects? Do we have dialects like we do in China?

In fact, there is not much difference in accents across the United States. In addition to the above-mentioned truncation of long vowels, Americans often pronounce -ing as -n.

Eastern

The pronunciation of Eastern America is more similar to the British accent in many aspects due to its geographical proximity to the United Kingdom. I have a professor who graduated from Princeton (located in New Jersey). In the first few weeks of class, I thought she was British. Later, after many confirmations, I found out that she was an authentic American.

In linguistics, there are rhotic and non-rhotic accents. Rhotic accent, specifically, means that "r" is pronounced whether it is a consonant (such as "red") or a vowel (such as "Four"). The opposite is Non rhotic accent, which is a pronunciation style in which only the consonant r is pronounced and the vowel r is not pronounced. The British and some parts of the eastern United States and a small part of the south all have non-erhua accents. In most parts of the United States, the pronunciation is Erhua.

Because the eastern United States was developed earlier, the population mobility is relatively high, and the accents are very mixed. So far, I have not found any film or television work that can highlight the Eastern American accent. Although many dramas are set in the Eastern United States, such as Friends and Sex and the City, these dramas cannot fully reflect the accent of the Eastern United States.

Among the celebrities, singer Clay Aiken is from North Carolina and his pronunciation is particularly strange.

American Accent-Southern

The South of the United States is economically backward and the people are generally poorly educated, so they have long been looked down upon by people in other parts of the United States. Most of the south is an agricultural area, and farmers are derogatorily called rednecks, which means that their necks become red after being exposed to the sun all day long. Redneck subsequently became synonymous with white people in the American South.

The characteristic of the American southern accent is the long pronunciation, all the vowels are protracted, and there is no pause between words, and they are read continuously. Coupled with the nasal accent of Southerners, their conversation sounded like two people chatting with a cold. The truth is that Southern accents are easy to laugh at.

Among the celebrities: President Bush spent most of his life in Texas and speaks with a slight southern accent. The famous psychological program host Dr.Phil McGraw is from the South and speaks with a heavy accent.

Movies and TV shows: All movies set in the American South almost always feature Southern accents that are very easy to identify. The more famous ones include "Forrest Gump" and the cartoon "King of the Hill"

The Houston where Yao Ming went is a special case of the southern accent in the United States - the Gulf Coast area. It is said that this The local people speak with a southern accent and an Eastern American accent, which cannot be confirmed.

American Accent-West

Because the West accepted a large number of immigrants, the accents are mixed.

What is more prominent is that the o sound in God is lengthened to Gaad, and the leg is pronounced as layg.