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Date: 7 May 2005 17:05:47 -0700
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My similarly American ears agree.
Distinctions in US/UK pronunciation are a pain to pin down, even for
professionals. Never, but never, trust an American 100% to tell you
what the British typically say, and it would be even wiser not to trust
the Brits to tell you what the Americans say. They tend to be a bit
crass about that.
I would head over to the following sites, which are both free and good.
The American site (Merriam Webster Online) is the standard American
reference guide for pretty much all university-educated Americans in
the humanities. The standard British site is a pay reference (but I
would like to emphasize that OUP has never made a nickel off the OED
Project), so you can't access it. However, the Cambridge University
Press site I'm posting here is very good for foreign language learners,
although you should not, under any circumstances, trust their
understanding of American English.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org
http://www.m-w.com
Good luck, Jozef
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