An Introduction to American English (Language Library)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: December 1, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780631197911
First sentence: The cartoon with the two men preparing to duel over the pronunciation of the word tomato (figure 1.1) nicely illustrates some points that I want to make in this chapter: First, although spellings are usually the same in American and British English, there are pronunciation differences, and transcribing those differences can be a problem.