I can say this much: I would feel deeply insulted if anyone thought I spoke like Steve Irwin. The most distinctive feature I've noticed in Steve Irwin's speech (compared to other Australians I've known and heard) is that his /a/ sound

I was watching "the Croc Hunter" the other day and thoroughlyenjoyed listening to the accent. I find the way Australians pronouncevowels fascinating. You should try New Zealand. One word I was particularly fascinated with and find hard

I think it might be an idea to have something on the website about "short" and "long" vowels, because there does seem to be some confusion about this. Long and short vowels (in the layman's sense of "long" and

Thank you for your input. If OP means "original poster," ... my life disagreeing with everyone on. Thanks again. Meg Anne Isn't your vowel in "Anne" the same as that in "language"? Mine is. As I hear it, it's

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In that case, "at the sight of" and "at the side of" become exactly the same pronunciation? Oh, no. The and the are the same, as it were, but the vowels are different but ... isolation either just a length difference, or maybe

I don't know from linguistics and phonetics (we're sending Young ... a vowel, however, it turns into a flap sound (*) In that case, "at the sight of" and "at the side of" become exactly the same pronunciation? Oh, no.

Greetings all I have not seen the following in any of the FAQs; the other day, I was having ... curious if there is any definitive answer on the subject failing that, what the views of this group are. My practice: Standalone "A", if it

I've always assumed this chap's surname was pronounced as spelt and with the stress on the (long-vowel) second syllable. However, ... BBC radio announcer pronouncing it "Pizzarro", stressing the first syllable and shortening the