I have a question for John. What is the difference between an accent and pronunciation? If I visited the south side of Boston and heard someone talk about a park we all know how the stereotype goes, which I think we'd all say was their accent. I recently read a book where the author went to American Samoa and he was explaining how we all…
I have a question for John. What is the difference between an accent and pronunciation? If I visited the south side of Boston and heard someone talk about a park we all know how the stereotype goes, which I think we'd all say was their accent. I recently read a book where the author went to American Samoa and he was explaining how we all mispronounce Samoa as Sa-moa when it should be Sam-oa. How is this not attributed to their accent versus pronunciation? When someone says carmel for caramel is that a mispronunciation or simply an accent?
I have a question for John. What is the difference between an accent and pronunciation? If I visited the south side of Boston and heard someone talk about a park we all know how the stereotype goes, which I think we'd all say was their accent. I recently read a book where the author went to American Samoa and he was explaining how we all mispronounce Samoa as Sa-moa when it should be Sam-oa. How is this not attributed to their accent versus pronunciation? When someone says carmel for caramel is that a mispronunciation or simply an accent?