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Desires Naturally, I’d love to have De Niro’s smile, To smell greenish-blue as Chanel 5, To have Burton’s pronunciation, To be calm as in August the whole nation, To have muscles as Scwartzennegger’s, My mind very sharp as Heidegger’s, I’d love to be nice as Bardot some time ago, If...

Ah, actually I use the second pronunciation for all but harassment. It's comforting to know that someone else pronounces harassment the same way. Lately on the BBC and CNN they use the second version, which I had never heard until I came to Japan a couple of years ago.

I like avatars... however yeah, there shoudl be an option to have them not displayed, some people don't like them, some people can't have them (they post on the forum at work). I like them personally, i think they add colour and a personal touch to everyone's posts... Moderated sizes are a...

John C. suggests the pronunciation is similar to the first sample. Waugh suggests something similar to the second sample.

Django Cat writes: To the extent that stress is intonation, intonation is important. But intonation outside of stress is largely irrelevant. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.

But it's not just about *you* understanding students, is it? After all, as you develop as a teacher you'll find you can understand mangled English other L1 speakers won't make head or tail of, and this process has already started. Providing an accurate model of pronunciation and...

Hello Semie and Annushka! Nice to meet you. How are you? I already about 3 years in Korea in Seoul. First 9 month I studied Korean language and after that I've entered to graduate school in Seoul National University. My major is computer science, some friends of mine from Russia asked me...

Isn't that the difference between US and UK pronunciation respectively? -- James Taylor, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK. PGP key: 3FBE1BF9 To protect against spam, the address in the "From:" header is not valid. In any case, you should reply to the group so that everyone can...

Some say Nike (as in rhymes with Mike, bike, hike) and some say Nike (pronounced Nikeee - I would say the 'American' pronunciation) I think I'm one of the minority that pronounce it the first way - is there anyone that says it like me?

Nice one H. I have always said 'Mike' for mic. . I'm 100% sure it is the 'regular' pronunciation - besides, I have always like Mike - not that I'm into self love or anything. P.S. I can see I'll have to deal with the 'card' now!