Listen to these three different accents
Liverpool: “Let me tell you!”
London: “I will put it this way!”
Virginia: “That is the way I see it.”
Comparatives and Superlatives Lesson
Which one is the most difficult (for you) (to understand)?
Why is that? (How come?) (What factors contributed to it being the most difficult?)
Which one is the easiest? (for you) (to understand) Why?
Vocabulary
the first one the second one the London one the Virginia one the Liverpool accent easier than the easiest more difficult than the most difficult harder than the hardest softer than the softest harsher than the harshest more melodic than the most melodic rougher than the roughest background noise, non-standard pronunciation, non-standard vocabulary, non-standard intonation What is the difference between pronunciation and intonation?
Here are some more accents
Arizona (US)
Australian (Tasmania)
Indiana (US) (They could have broke the back of OPEC)
Irish (Hitching around Australia)
South African (The western Transvaal)
Surrey (UK) (Kath from Surrey)
Tags: accents, comparatives, comparatives and superlatives, Dialogues, phonology, pronunciation, real conversations, sociolinguistics