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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>English Audio: Speech &amp; Pronunciation</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishAudioSpeechPronunciation/Forum22.htm</link><description>British, American, Scottish accent or using super-fantastic-high-tech software, we'll help you with pronunciation.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3616.28671)</generator><item><title>Re: How about my accent?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#441497</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:441497</guid><dc:creator>Kooyeen</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#441497</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-441497.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Well, I didn't correct anything, I just pointed out some features of your accent that I noticed. Wait for a native speaker's opinion too.</description></item><item><title>Re: How about my accent?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#441193</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:441193</guid><dc:creator>Belly</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#441193</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-441193.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Oh, thanks Kooyeen, I'm to make another files in a week... I hope you can go on correcting me more</description></item><item><title>Re: How about my accent?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#440986</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:440986</guid><dc:creator>Kooyeen</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#440986</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-440986.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I was referring to George W. Bush, the president of the United States. 
Your R's are a little weak sometimes, that's what I wanted to say... You sound kind of British when you say "Starr". 
Go to Merriam-Webster online if you want to listen to some words. Click on the red icons above the definitions. 
 
http://www.merriam-webster.com</description></item><item><title>Re: How about my accent?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#440970</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:440970</guid><dc:creator>Belly</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#440970</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-440970.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Thanks, but who is George Dubya? And how to pronounce "starr" in American English?</description></item><item><title>Re: How about my accent?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#440964</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:440964</guid><dc:creator>Kooyeen</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm#440964</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-440964.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi, you sound like you want to imitate George Dubya, LOL  Seriously, I'm going to comment on the first part, just on some features though:     Belly wrote:     Here is the script: 
 The Beatles were an English group of musicians from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr . They are one of the most  commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music.      Here are the words I picked, because of their particular pronunciation features.  Beatles: you tap the T. Looks like you want to use an American accent.  English: your final sh sounds like s.  group: I noticed the vowel you used here.  musicians: mispronounced   whose: devoiced final s. You used s...</description></item><item><title>How about my accent?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:440922</guid><dc:creator>Belly</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAboutMyAccent/zvmlk/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-440922.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Here is the script: 
 The Beatles were an English group of musicians from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music. 
 In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries: their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion discs and tapes worldwide. The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. 
 In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine...</description></item></channel></rss>