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Dear ----------------------- I am Josie and I have just made something which should help you a great deal to improve your accent. (For a start, stop using words such as "wanna" which really are not English). Try to speak your English, pronouncing each word fully and clearly, giving the words a...

he seems to be saying inquiry in a way I never heard before ... "inkwiri"Hmm. I'd say he is saying inquiry in a way I've almost always heard in the U.S. Is this related to his accent or what do you think?No. His Southern accent is quite mild. This is only Tennessee, not Alabama or...

There are lots of Australian TV programmes and soap operas. It's probably easiest if you watch one to get an idea of the accent.

Yes, I don't know much about Australian English either.I just know it is similar to British English, and they when they say "Kate", it sounds like "kite". But I think there are some British accents with that feature too. And another variety I know very little about is Jamaican English. I just...

That's a very wide question I'm afraid. I'm not sure we could sum it up very clearly for you here - especially as there aren't single Australian, American or British accents.

Thinking in English ,it's a very interesting subject. It's verry important for some languages which didn't have relations to the others such as Asian languages and European languages. I always face this difficult situation. When I want to answer immediately something, I usually think the reply...

If your teacher has a pronounced northern accent, I suppose his/her pronunciation of London could sound more like "lon..." than the "lun..." we southerners use. BTW - that clip of 'ruby' is clearly incorrect. No accent in the UK pronounces that word "roo-vee" (and I should know!).

Charlotte_T wrote:http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=London Well, according to this site... but I'm not sure it's British English.Very interesting link, thank you very much I checked the Am. pronunciation at Merriam Webster, http://m-w.com/dictionary/london+ , I think it's very similar to...

Doll wrote: London is not pronounced as /l/\nden/ but /ˈlʌndən/. Sorry, couldn't be bothered how to type in phonetic transcription. That's why I linked to a proper version on Wikipedia.I don't know there may be different accents but it is for sure that sometimes native speakers do pronunciation...

London is not pronounced as /l/\nden/ but /ˈlʌndən/. I don't know there may be different accents but it is for sure that sometimes native speakers do pronunciation mistakes too.