The correct pronunication of your friend's last name is how HE pronounces it. The same is true for any name. For what it's worth, however, I have always pronounced McElroy as "Mackle-roy", just as your friend does. Even

Hello, may I know more about the Spanish English in England? What is the difference of pronounciation and phonetic between the Spanish English with the British English? And do the Spanish English in England is much different than those in US?

You will need to check the phonetic transciption in the dictionary.

what is the phonetic pronunciation of the name Nicholas

Hi For Pakistanis, coat and quote have exactly the same pronunciation. In fact, whatever words start with " qu ", Pakistanis and Indians treat them like the start of co at. But the phonetic symbols are definitely different in

Instead of worrying about perceptions (auditory phonetics), try to produce variations (articulatory phonetics): how to produce a fronted /u:/ ? That seems a very good idea. I think I might try to change from one vowel to the other by

Instead of worrying about perceptions (auditory phonetics), try to produce variations (articulatory phonetics): how to produce a fronted /u:/ ? You have to formulate your worries into a set of problems, and then attack systematically. This is

Focus on the variation of vowels in various accents: phonetic differences. Sometimes, you can see phonemic differences as is the case between BrE and AmE. Most of the transcriptions are broad, like the ones we see in dictionaries. Mastering

Hi, I might be mistaken because I'm not really into phonetics, but I don't think it's useful to look into an accent by analyzing the way one sings. If you want to listen to Welsh accents (or to accents from various parts of the UK),

I've been away from this forum for a while, and meantime I've enrolled for a five-year (gulp!) degree in English (which includes grammar, literature, linguistics, and so on) at a distance university. Right now I'm starting to delve