Yankee  +  700124 Wed, 22 Apr 09 09:13 PM nona the brit “He was thinking of chocolate!” That's a riot, Nona. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,502 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

	Mr. Tom  +  700454 Thu, 23 Apr 09 09:59 PM Hi, Amy.   Do you have a minute? Listen to the following link. Just click on where the SEOND MINUTE STARTS!   Aishwarys Rai is an Indian actor--very, very famous because she is often called the most beautiful woman in the world. She has worked in English films also, and some of them are:   1) Bride and Prejudice 2) Provoked 3) The last legion     Tom     Mr. Tom Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Regular Member 710 Tom Video, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Kooyeen  +  700466 Thu, 23 Apr 09 11:10 PM She says "oppor-choonity", yeah. But that's her accent, and I don't see any reason why a learner should pick that kind of Indian English as their preferred accent. There are a lot of other accents as well, there are a lot of differences, so you can't really say how a word should be pronounced "in general". I don't even know what the original question was anymore. Anyway, as we said, it's usually "oppor-toonity" in the US, while "oppor-chewnity" is heard in the UK, and common in Estuary English at least (HA! Nona says it, I bet she says Choose-day! ) Another version is "oppor-tyoo-nity". So... there's nothing else to say, I guess. Just pick the dialectal features you like the most. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,978 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Accents, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Mr. Tom  +  700555 Fri, 24 Apr 09 07:43 AM Hi   I did NOT at all say that her pronunciation/accent should be picked up as the "correct version". I just wanted Amy to see this clip because in the last clip I posted, she thought it was not oppor-choonity, but oppor-tyu- nity.   Tom Mr. Tom Accents, Pronunciation, Speaking