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Hi MusesunIt depends on the stress. Doubling occurs if there is one vowel between two consonants and the stress is on that syllable:forgettinglettingoccurredIn interpret the stress is on the second syllable: to prevent a smiley from appearing!

Hi,I'm going to tell you the most noticeable differences I notice between British English (the only variety of BrE I know), and American English (the variety of AmE I hear most often).CAR ------ American R's are always pronounced, British R's are not.NO -------- British is /əʊ/, American is...

and an ignorant American would look at British and pronounce practise (Br. spelling) like practize.... Highly unlikely.Americans on the other hand, have been butchering it for centuries and should not be consulted when learning this language. It is, after all, English and not American.Rubbish. ...

>> Now, said with a Southern French accent, it becomes and / / marks represent IPA or X-SAMPA transcription.I would pronounce "cote d'ivoire" as /kot divwA/.

Marvin A. wrote:>> (as in 'cot' -- again, in British English) with a small schwa a the end of both words.

>> whereas the General American pronunciation is /I'moudiKa:n/. d = flapped /t/<< Interesting. I would say it with a are allophones of the same vowel, and would not affect the meaning, so since you are using / / notation, you can't mark in the vowel length.

>> Isn't it interesting that certain forms of American pronunciation aare older than the British ones? E.g., the short 'a' sound in "glass" and "pass" that the Americans use was the sound used in British English, till they changed it for the preferred long 'AH' sound. << Yes, most...

Hi, yes, there are books that deal with stress, intonation, and pronunciation. I've read "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. There's really a lot of stuff in that book (and on the 5 CDs). I haven't tried any other books anyway, so I can only tell you about that one. It treats American...

Where V symbolizes a vowel letter and C a consonant letter, and bold letters indicate stress: ---CVC > ---CVCCing, ---CVCCed (occur, occurring, occurred; expel, expelling, expelled; ...) ---CVC > ---CVCing, ---CVCed (wither, withering, withered; cancel, canceling, cancelled;...