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Hi Jana, I suppose you've already tried to imitate an English r-sound. It might be good for you to read about how English people 'produce' the r-sound. Descriptions can be found in books on English phonetics and on some pronunciation related websites. everyone knows that I am a foreigner It's...

Hi, I'm having trouble with diphthongs, especially those in words like nice and down. Diphthongs consists of two vowels, so we will consider the first diphthong as /ai/ (nice /nais/), and the second as /au/ (down /daun/). Let's consider /ai/ (as in nice, like and I), which sound is /i/ in...

Hi Veris, You asked: Does anyone know in which site can i find phonetic transcrptions ? or Dictation with its phonetic transcrption? Try: http://accent.gmu.edu/

Hi J4mes_bond25, We can only produce sounds that our speech organs allow us to produce. Therefore, yes, there is a limited number of sounds one can produce. That's why a fifty-five-year-old male cannot quite produce sounds typical of a five-year-old girl (his vocal cords simply prevent him from...

Hi Fat, There are countless ways of improving one's English pronunciation. Pretty much the same tips are applicable also if you study another foreign language, though. Here are the tips: 1. Listen to English radio, watch English films, etc. Remember to pay attention to how people pronounce...

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Well, his accent does sound somewhat Slavic, but I agree that it's odd (at least to me). Hopefully CalifJim or another person with phonetics training can have a listen to it.Hmm...I found this but I don't really have the desire to actually compare all the criteria to his speech. If you happen...

Tallulah Tam wrote:I feel that Alan Jay Lerner was not so concerned about his own grammar when he wrote the song, he insults the intelligence of the audience by using the word "hung" incorrectly, especially when putting the words into the mouth of Professor Higgins who as I said, should, and...

The reason that Scottish (and indeed Irish) accents are often more aceptable to the English than some regional English accents is because the English do not have any associations of any particular social status with any accent, they just think of them as being on a scale of "broadness". I think...

I'm inclined to think that plumminess is a state of mind, rather than a question of phonetics. Moreover, it's important to acquire an engaging plumminess, rather than that faintly off-putting tone that you hear from people like – well, I won't name names; but you've heard them on the news, I...