American Accent Posts

Many English consonant sounds do not exist in Spanish: they include the voiced and voiceless “th”; /v/; /z/; “sh”;”zh”; /y/; and /h/. To speak with an American accent, Spanish speakers need to clearly pronounce these English consonant sounds:

​Spanish and English each have five vowel letters, but the similarity stops there. Sometimes people assume that there are five vowel sounds in English: A, E, I, O and U. However, this is a misconception. These are vowel letters, not vowel sounds. Each vowel letter can represent more than one sound. For example, 

"You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi."
- Humphrey Bogart
              
"Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if
they spell your name right."
- Kate Hudson

​So many people love the experience of going to Starbucks. You order your choice of Chai and then the barista says: what is your name so I can write it on your cup? You tell her and the next thing you hear is: “Oh! How do you spell that?” This is where a simple thing like going to Starbucks can become a problem and an embarrassment. People from India, Europe, Asia and South America pronounce the letters of the American alphabet differently. 

​A sweater is nice; food gifts are eaten and gone; perfume or cologne is good until it is used up; movie tickets are used and then done. BUT…