{"id":53084,"date":"2014-12-30T01:06:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T01:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/americanisms-english-never-miss-hollywood-line-english\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:55:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:55:11","slug":"americanisms-english-never-miss-hollywood-line-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/americanisms-english-never-miss-hollywood-line-english\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 245: 5 Weird Americanisms to Never Miss a Hollywood Line in English Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In today\u2019s <em>Tear Up Your Textbook Tuesday<\/em>, Lindsay and Michelle discuss 5 weird ways Americans use English,&nbsp;and how to understand&nbsp;what they\u2019re saying!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It can be frustrating to watch a Hollywood movie in English and not understand what\u2019s being said.&nbsp; Often, this happens because of some of the distinct ways Americans use English.&nbsp;For example, Americans tend to:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pronounce the letter \u2018t\u2019 as if it were a \u2018d\u2019.&nbsp;<\/strong> This happens when the \u2018t\u2019 is between two vowels: \u2018water\u2019, \u2018later\u2019, \u2018better\u2019&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u2018daughter\u2019 end up sound like \u2018wa<em>d<\/em>er\u2019, \u2018la<em>d<\/em>er\u2019, \u2018be<em>dd<\/em>er\u2019 and&nbsp;\u2018daugh<em>d<\/em>er\u2019.&nbsp; It can even happen between two words: \u2018I have a lot of time\u2019 might sound like \u2018I have a <em>lada<\/em> time\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use casual phrases. <\/strong>These include \u2018like\u2019 and&nbsp;\u2018um\u2019, but also \u2018I was like\u2019 (which reports from a previous conversation), or \u2018you know\u2019 or \u2018I mean\u2019.&nbsp;Note that these are&nbsp;not used in&nbsp;formal occasions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drop vowel sounds.<\/strong> This usually occurs&nbsp;when the last letter in the word is an \u2018n\u2019, and the previous vowel is dropped.&nbsp; \u2018Manhattan\u2019 drops the final \u2018a\u2019 and sounds like \u2018Manhattn\u2019; \u2018button\u2019 drops final \u2018o\u2019 and&nbsp;sounds like&nbsp;\u2018buttn\u2019.&nbsp; The same happens with&nbsp;words like \u2018gotten\u2019, \u2018forgotten\u2019, \u2018eaten\u2019 and&nbsp;\u2018gluten\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>String words together.<\/strong> This happens in cases like \u2018wanna\u2019 (want to), \u2018gonna\u2019 (going to), \u2018coulda\u2019 (could have) and&nbsp;\u2018woulda\u2019 (would have).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Make a statement we believe to be true, then question it.&nbsp;<\/strong> Sometimes you will hear Americans&nbsp;add a \u2018huh?\u2019 after saying something they know is true.&nbsp; They probably aren\u2019t really questioning it.&nbsp; Examples include: \u2018So you live in Manhattan, huh?\u2019 and&nbsp;\u2018It\u2019s cold out today, huh?\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you heard Americans using any of these weird speech habits?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us know in the comments section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s Tear Up Your Textbook Tuesday, Lindsay and Michelle discuss 5 weird ways Americans use English,&nbsp;and how to understand&nbsp;what they\u2019re saying! &nbsp; It can be frustrating to watch a Hollywood movie in English and not understand what\u2019s being said.&nbsp; Often, this happens because of&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/americanisms-english-never-miss-hollywood-line-english\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"category":[276,308,1,317,281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-culture","category-english-expressions","category-english-fluency","category-pronunciation","category-understanding-americans"],"acf":{"podcast_link":"https:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/pdst.fm\/e\/chrt.fm\/track\/CB27B5\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/ALLE8542113295.mp3?updated=1648546313"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Understand 5 Typical American Speech Habits<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you have trouble understanding American speech habits? 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