Phonology Typical General American accent features (in contrast to, for example, British English) include features that concern consonants, such as rhoticity (full pronunciation of all sounds), pre-nasal T-glottalization (with satin pronounced , not ), T- and D-flapping (with metal and medal pronounced the same, as ), velarization of L in all contexts (with filling pronounced , not ), yod-dropping after alveolar consonants (with new pronounced , not ), as well as features that concern vowel sounds, such as various vowel mergers before (so that Mary, marry, and merry are all commonly pronounced the same), raising of pre-voiceless (with price and bright using a higher and shorter vowel sound than prize and bride), raising and gliding of pre-nasal (with man having a higher and tenser vowel sound than map), the weak vowel merger (with affecting and effecting often pronounced the same), and at least one of the vowel mergers (the – merger is complete among most Americans and the – merger among at least half). All of these phenomena are explained in further detail under American English's phonology section. The following provides all the General American consonant and vowel sounds.
Phonology Typical General American accent features (in contrast to, for example, British English) include features that concern consonants, such as rhoticity (full pronunciation of all sounds), pre-nasal T-glottalization (with satin pronounced , not ), T- and D-flapping (with metal and medal pronounced the same, as ) velarization of L in all contexts (with filling pronounced , not ), yod-dropping after alveolar consonants (with new pronounced , not ), as well as features that concern vowel sounds, such as various vowel mergers before (so that Mary, marry, and merry are all commonly pronounced the same), raising of pre-voiceless (with price and bright using a higher and shorter vowel sound than prize and bride), raising and gliding of pre-nasal (with man having a higher and tenser vowel sound than map), the weak vowel merger (with affecting and effecting often pronounced the same), and at least one of the vowel mergers (the – merger is complete among most Americans and the – merger among at least half). All of these phenomena are explained in further detail under American English's phonology section. The following provides all the General American consonant and vowel sounds.