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light87

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Hi all teachers.
In the word tourist,in American English the first syllable is ˈtʊr (tʊr.ɪst),but in British English it is ˈtʊə (tʊə.rɪst).
Can you explain me why it is different.
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cereal_chick

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The accents of between AmE and BrE are just one of many things that are different between them. Americans use words Brits don't, Brits use word Americans don't (e.g. trainer = sneaker, nappy = diaper and 1st floor in America is ground floor in Britain). For a list of such differences, go here: American and British English differences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Where you have different places where language is spoken, you will get a divergence of dialects.

As George Bernard Shaw said; "Britain and America are two countries separated by the same language".

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