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... I noticed that all reduced sounds are not reduced to a fixed and definite sound, but they can take infinite kinds of schwas (schwas that tend e as in in bed, or that tend to i like in bid, or tend to u like in put...). Yup. Infinite sounds about right. ... This means that the set of...

Hmm, I see. When you said "reduction that are much less schwa like", you reminded me that... I noticed that all reduced sounds are not reduced to a fixed and definite sound, but they can take infinite kinds of schwas (schwas that tend e as in in bed, or that tend to i like in bid, or tend to u...

Whenever a publishing house prepares a dictionary it has to make a decision as to whether it is going to use the IPA or another system. The IPA is of course international, but does have one or two problems, at least as a system for representing English for those familiar with English...

Are there any grammar mistakes in the following answers? I've highlighted the area I doubt. What letters have been repeated in the last stanza?1. Any English text that contains more than 26 letters must repeat at least one letter. Some letter-repetitions are a function of the language itself....

Well, it depends on a number of factors. If you know phonetics, you can modify or consciously prevent yourself from modifying your accent. It also depends on how much you like the place that you move to. So, for example, if the 30 year old moved to Texas and loved it, loved the people, and...

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. ...

You can pronounce 'Louvre' to make it rhyme with 'move'. You can also add an 'r' at the end, which can even be guttural (produced in the throat) if you want to say it the French way. If you feel up to it, it wouldn't be wrong to add a very short schwa (the vowel sound in 'of') after the...

I suppose demicjusz is interested in how those words are pronounced by people who speak English, so I don't think my opinion here would be useful, since my spoken English doesn't contain many sounds apart from those that belong also to Spanish (so you can imagine my accent). With my nil knowledge...

Most linguists believe "<w>, like <y>, is a semivowel (a glide if you will). It functions as consonant but phonetically or articulatory a moving vowel because it moves rapidly from one vowel position to another. Some call it a phonetic vowel, semi-consonant or a vowel in disguise. It...