British vs American Pronounciation

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kuchmarekova

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Hi there!
I've found it very interesting, but can't explain in a correct way, why it happens.
There are some words which must be pronounced in american and british variants differently, for example:
dance AmE /a/(frog) BE /ɑː/
can't AmE /
a/ BE/ɑː/
globalisation AmE /ai/ BE /i/
etc.
There is a tendency even between native speakers pronounce such words in an American manner.
How do you pronounce them? Why do you think such a tendency exists?
Let's make statistics within the users of this web-resourse.
 
I speak BrE, and I pronounce them dɑːns, kɑːnt and ɡləʊb(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n with no Americanization and I don't know any BrE speakers who do Americanize their pronunciation. I do, however, know some with regional accents who pronounce the vowels differently.
 
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