American English

American English (AmE) is the form of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. It is the primary language used in the United States. As of 2005, more than two-thirds of native speakers of English use various forms of American English. American English is also sometimes called United States English or U.S. English.

External links

• Do You Speak American: PBS special
• Dialect Survey of the United States, by Bert Vaux et al., Harvard University. The answers to various questions about pronunciation, word use etc. can be seen in relationship to the regions where they are predominant.
• Phonological Atlas of North America at the University of Pennsylvania
• Guide to Regional English Pronunciation includes working versions of the Telsur Project maps from the Phonologial Atlas site
• The American?British British?American Dictionary
• Speech Accent Archive
• World English Organization
• English Speaking Union of the United States
• American Canadian British English Lexical Differences In One Table
• Australian American British English Lexical Differences In One Table And More
• British, American, Australian English - Lists and Online Exercises
• Listen to spoken American English (midwest}