"Boadicea" is what the Romans called her. "Boudicca" is thought by scholars to be closer to what she called herself. Well, she's not in a position to mind what we call her and I prefer consistency. Boadicea is a mighty sort

I started a new thread, because my question is not quite the same as what is under discussion in the ... a sound that, to us non-Americans, seems closer to 'a', so I started thinking about the letters 'a, o, u'. It's been

How about this: http://home.comcast.net/~skitt99/volkswagen.mp3 Naa too Latvian. You think? I'd think that it might be with a bit of an American accent. After all, it's been fifty-five years since my daily use of German (forty-nine since

It's been said that Alastair Cooke sounded English to Americans ... mid-Atlantic. Angela Lansbury, I gather, is also a good example. No, I think there's a difference between what sounds to an American like an "English" accent

Right, English 'oo' corresponds with Dutch 'oe', and there is ... It often remains as a trace of an American accent. At least we know that the /roU/ pronunciation of "Roosevelt" is better than the now-rarely-heard (in

As a Dutch word, by the way, "loos" is not pronounced like Luce and loose but more like "lohs". Right, English 'oo' corresponds with Dutch 'oe', and there is no good equivalent in English for Dutch 'oo'.

Larry G infrared: I was watching "the Croc Hunter" the other day and ... care to tackle an IPA, or other, representationof that one? I see you're not getting any responses from Australians in this thread. The problem is that our own

Thanks for your feedback. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I speak like national personalities such as Tom Browkaw, Katie Couric, Jane Pauley and Diane Sawyer. This might come as a surprise to you, but all these people don't

I have no regional accent that I'm aware of - ... believe it's a regional thing that's causing me this dispute. It's not quite as simple as that. There isn't one, uniform general American accent. There's plenty of room for

I have no regional accent that I'm aware of - I talk just like they do on television and in ... vowel sound within the words in question, so I can't believe it's a regional thing that's causing me this dispute. It's not quite