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American Accent and British Accent There are many languages all over the world, Chinese, English, German, Spanish, and Italia and so on. But the most popular language is English. There are billions of people speaking English every day. What is more, English is spoken as a second language in many countries, even in Asia. In the world, expect American English and British English, there are Canadian English, Australian English and even Chinese English. But American English (AE) and British English (BE) are the most special and standard of them. AE and BE also have many differences, especially in pronunciation, vowel, consonant, intonation and pacing and so on. Their accents vary from each other. Just like in our country, there are many different accents about Chinese. Generally the people in the south speak our mandarin worse that the persons in the north area. The British accent (BA) and American accent (AA) are different, that is normal and reasonable. The so called Americans are from different distinct of the world. They are the sons, daughters or something else of the African, Indian, and Europe. Chapter 1--- The English language The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, Great Britain, or Britain, is an island country that lies northwest of the European Continent across the English Channel. The official language of the United Kingdom is English. The word English means the language of Angles, one of the three groups which went to England between the 5th century and the 7th century. However, today’s English is very different from the English of 7th century. The English language has changed a lot in the 1,300 years after the speakers went to their new home which they named England, meaning the land of Angles. The development of the English language can be divided into three periods: Old English, Middle English, and Modern English. Old English refers to the language used in England until the Normans invaded England