Different Accents part one Okay I got bored. Here you go! English contains many different accents! Words are pronounced differently all over the word. How is it that everyone who speaks English sounds different? Well let's go through the different places that speak English. Wait there are over 50 countries that speak English? Then you picked a great language to learn. The major countries that use English are United States, Ireland, Australia, United Kingdom, and Scotland. I chose five very different accents. From foreign speakers United Kingdom speakers sound like they say "swah" a lot. They stretch their intonation with a lot in making their "a" and "I" taller. English sounds very different throughout their country. I would suggest watching this video http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM . Moving forward, Ireland and Scotland are very different with their accents also. A great Irish polyglot can demonstrate his accent in his multilanguage video http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FY1b513hIto . Here's Scottish from the movie trainspotting, ironically this guy is not scottish in reallife but his accent is very well done there are some bad words in this one so be warned http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G1tJJO_pVvQ . Australia-(look up Steve irwin.) I tried to make more room for United States! Alright I can specifically tell you about the areas of the United States where the accents change. I will use this quotation throughout the explanation of accents in USA.."I walked my dog while calling my mom about the ball I caught in the park." (Yes a weird sentence)I will write out how they pronounce the sentence in the areas. Around New York to about Pennsylvania from east to west: "I wauked my dwaug while cwauling my mahm about the bwaull I cwaught in the paurk. " In Boston, Massachusetts:"I wakd ma dag while cahllin my mahm abaht the bahl I caht in tha pahk" Carolinas: "I waughked mah dawg while cahlin mah mom about the baul I caught in the parrrrk" Florida:they say flaurida when pronouncing Florida. Ohio, Indiana,eastern Missouri: I walked my dog while calling my mom about the ball I caught in the park." They pronounce it how it is written but they will say" warsh" aside from wash but that is mainly in the older generation. Kansas,Oklahoma, western Missouri, Nebraska- "I walked my dog while calling my mom about the ball I cot in the park" ( we pronounce cot,caught the same and don, dawn the same.) This is part one for more look at part two

I'm a beginner on German. Are there conjugations with verbs? Could you please use an example if so!:) thanks!

My language learning Hello everyone I'm a 22 year old American. I love languages. I eat, breathe, and obsessively think about languages. You could say I should check into rehab lol. My native language is English. I grew up in the Midwest. I will probably write at a later time about different English accents and dialects. In the first entry, I wanted to talk about my language experiences. In march, I will be traveling to Italy, Switzerland, and France. I come from a long line of polyglots (polyglots, for those who do not know , are people who speak more than 4 languages.) so it was natural that I wanted to learn. In elementary school, I was introduced at a very young age to Spanish. I find Spanish a natural speaking language to me. I don't suffer much with it. I studied from about 8 yrs. old to 13 yrs. I gave up because I felt overwhelmed. When i was 16, I studied Latin for a semester but Latin is so difficult with the conjugation, that I gave up again. I dated a Serbo-Croatian for a few years and so I picked up some of the language. I realized I was understanding. I even secretly learned words and phrases to see what he said to his family. Then I finally decided to dedicate myself to learn French at 19 yrs. old after my grandfather had passed away. He was French and his culture was very important to him. I have dedicated many years to achieving a fluency. This guided me to my current obsession. At this time I am learning German and Italian. I learn Russian and Hebrew words here and there. In the future, I want to learn those languages. Then after that I would love to learn Japanese. I like the Japanese culture a lot and enjoy their anime and mangas. So hopefully, we can be friends, practice a language, and learn from each other. Thank you for listening to my story. Next time, I will discuss about dialects in the English language.:)