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Hi, Kooyeen, Kooyeen wrote: I know you won't like my answer, but... what's wrong? That part of speech was ok. My goal is to talk like that. Ok, not really like that, but that was not "non-English", so it was ok in the end (I guess). I never said it's "non-English", I said it was...

Hi Farshidamani, welcome to the forum. Farshidamani wrote: Hi, I'm new at English and enthusiasm in learning English. I found here very friendly and hope I learn so many things from you and others. Yeah, this is one of the best forums for learners. I have recorded my voice reading an excerpt of...

Hi, I'm new at English and enthusiasm in learning English. I found here very friendly and hope I learn so many things from you and others. I have recorded my voice reading an excerpt of a short story to find out about plenty of my errors in speaking and pronuncing words. I want to improve it...

I think you would do well to listen to the words below at www.m-w.com to learn the pronunciation of the six R-colored vowels of American English. deer moor care fur core tar These are the vowel-plus-R sounds used by most Americans. There are a few others used in more limited...

Hi All I am looking for a British English Pronunciation Software , just like We have Talk Any for American English. Its pretty urgent as I require it at my workplace. I hope to see your response on the forum soon.

>> And, replacing /r\/ with /I/, no contrast between /e/ and /E/ before /I/, as in 'play'??? << No, I simply meant that the "ay" in play is pronounced many different ways in dialects/idiolects of North American English. Kooyeen said that he pronounced it as , so it doesn't...

Hi all, Would you tell me what are the differences btween the pairs /ɛ/ and /e/, /ɛr/ and /er/ in American English (how to pronounce them) ? This question is arised from one of my threats I post in this forum where I tried to recognize the pronunciation of clarity in American English . ...

>> And, replacing /r\/ with /I/, no contrast between /e/ and /E/ before /I/, as in 'play'??? << No, I simply meant that the "ay" in play is pronounced many different ways in dialects/idiolects of North American English. Kooyeen said that he pronounced it as as well, depending on...

>> PLAY - I always say /plei/, but here you can hear /plɛi/ > BEAR - I always say /ber/, but here you can hear /bɛr/ << According to Wikipedia, before /r\/, in American English " however--but that affects all my /E/'s.

most speakers of General American English, use a vowel closer to Why shouldn't a student use the pronunciation given in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary? (#3). CJ