How many times are we one and all bent over double with corrections in how to pronounce words in English .. only this morning I got a correction from the USA on mis understandings say ...
Dick is an abbreviation for Richard
Dick is common slang for Detective
Cop is abbreviation for Copper or Policeman
And Cops and Robbers often makes me instantly conjure up in my mind an image of Comic Characters played out in Movies in Hollywood years ago ...
You say "after" and I say "after ... reads the same but the emphasis in British English ia
AH fff ter ... and US English ......... ee fer ter! Echoes a favourite film/Singin In The Rain - Always a good way to start the ball rolling .. with
two contradictory views on how to pronounce words in English! I guess the solution is to play one part at a time otherwise the students of English get frightfully confused! And say .. tomorrow ... not ... After ........... all in a day's work ... keep on working and enjoy English class its fun to learn a new language ..
More abstracts about the Pronunciations!