Why do Americans pronounce words differently?

[Gadget]

Pacifier instead of Dummy
Diaper instead of Nappy

(you get the idea).

Anybody know why this is? Is it a multi-cultural thing? Where they have just picked apart different languages to create their own?

Dummy and nappy have a different meanings here. I think it'd get a bit confusing in conversations if they had multiple meanings.

[Professor Oak]

It's actually the other way in America, it sounds to us as if you're pronouncing words different.

[Fragma]

It's actually the other way in America, it sounds to us as if you're pronouncing words different.

You've misunderstood the point of this thread.

[0verdose]

Sidewalk instead of Pavement;

I call it the Footpath.

[SniipeSidee]

Americans have weird accents

[Sodomy]

Who is to say that Americans are the ones pronouncing anything the way they should not be. I am sure this argument has been made in this thread but i still believe that it is a minor cultural difference that should be accepted and not looked at as if someone is saying it right or wrong.

Plus it is probably just what they grew up around, their parents taught them through experience that certain things were called by a certain name just the same as americans have been taught.

[Jinu]

American wants to live unique. And they don't like to follow British. So they improved their English in different style.

[Epeolatry]

Americans wonder why you guys say it differently, it is a repeating loop in all cultures.

[BreShiE]

Americans wonder why you guys say it differently, it is a repeating loop in all cultures.

Yes but most Americans I've came up against with this argument are so arrogant and uneducated that they are blind to the fact that England as it is now was the first country. It's called "English" for a reason as we live in EFFING ENGLAND.

This subject really gets me riled because of what I said above, I believe people should educate themselves about the history before trying to debate in such topics. I understand that if you're American, we're the ones with the accent. But seen as though the language originates from this country, we're technically not the ones with the accent.

[Vasily Zaitsev]

I'm lithuanian, so both of you guys speak with accents in my opinion, though British accents sound cooler. (Proven to be true, research it).

Also, I don't get why Americans pronounce my name "Ma-tis" seriously, it's spelled "Matas" so why would you pronounce the second "a" differently? Just because people are foreign doesn't mean that you have to assume the pronunciation is all messed up...