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Differences in pronunciation between American English and Received Pronunciation |
 | | One characteristic of AE which clearly deviates from RP is the rhotacisation of some vowels, which means “distinct retroflexion of the tongue” or “bunching of the tongue” to make a post-vocalic ‘r’. |
 | | Once again here, as also in the examples for rhotacisation, the vowel preceding the nasal consonant is short in AE, whereas in RP it is long. |
 | | Contrasts in word stress patterns, rhotacisation, nasalisation, voiced taps, the clipping of word endings and the use of j-glide are generally clearly audible. |
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