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Re: Indianisms

Offcourse there are many dialects in english based on the country's own culture and native languages. In india you can feel the strong flavour of mother tongue(native language). And FYI, India has the world's largest english-speaking population. I am quite surprised knowing this fact... And...

Cultural Anecdotes, Similarities and Differences. by Freaqwenc! 1 yr 131 days ago Articles Dialects
Re: Canadians and their English

General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising. Basically, the diphthong “ai”--as in "by" or "lie"--is...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Anonymous 1 yr 139 days ago Universities Vowels Difference between Dialects Idioms Articles Numbers Diphthongs American English Definite articles Consonants
Re: Who's learning Indian English?

At Indian call centres when they are dealing with western customers, they do not use Indian English. They use British or American English. They even go so far as to give themselves English names and some companies give lessons in English (or whatever) culture, so they can chat about all sorts of...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by nona the brit 1 yr 226 days ago Accents Dialects Articles American English
Re: simple meaning of dialect

>just a way=only a manner A dialect is the special way people from a given area of a country speak and write. Sometimes, the spelling is different, or the meanings are different, or the pronunciation is different. Also,...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Marius Hancu 1 yr 241 days ago American English Articles Pronunciation Spelling Dialects
Re: Defining American English

So what's your definition of American English (or North American English, as some prefer)? I would probably define it mostly by its phonology. It would be pretty hard to define. Or why not just say, any dialect of English spoken in North America?Is there a standard for American English?Not...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Marvin A. 1 yr 253 days ago Vowels Accents Dialects Articles Pronunciation American English American accents Idiolect
Re: 'f' made with both lips closed

I don't know what dialect of English this article is talking about, but it's not mine. I don't pronounce /f/ and /v/ as occlusives in any environment. Their "lenition" isn't true for me either - /p/ /b/ /k/ and /g/ are not pronounced as fricatives in my speech, in any environment. It mentions...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Alienvoord 1 yr 272 days ago Consonants Dialects Fricatives Articles
Re: Teacher David????

<He replied that as he didn't even talk about them in Indonesian, he had no idea of how to talk about them in English... Quite true, I thought. Why is it that learning English also means having to have the cultural values of English-speaking nations rammed down your throat? > It's a story...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by milky 1 yr 320 days ago Dialects Articles Learning English

What exactly is a British accent? Geordie? Glaswegian? Scouse? Cockney? Brummie? Northern? Southern? RP? Estuary? Welsh? Irish? According to an online BBC article from 2005: "Sean Connery's Scottish lilt is the nation's favourite accent, a survey of people for a BBC project suggests. Sir...

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Re: phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs appear to have their origin during the Hundred Years War when the English went to fight the French in 1337. The nobles who led the common soldiers had their own lingua-franca, Anglo-Norman, but the men in the ranks spoke only their own particular dialect of old English. Phrasal...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 1 yr 326 days ago Articles Verbs Dialects Phrasal verbs
Re: accent reduction

Hi! How I wish I know you're name so I could type it with this note. Anyhow, nice to receive this response from u. Thank you for giving high regards to us when it comes to speaking English. It's because we were once colonized by the Spaniards and the Americans. You are right when it comes to...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Cheesecake_08 1 yr 359 days ago Accents American accents Dialects Regards Articles Speaking English

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