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Pronunciation of "Always"

How do you pronounce the word "always"? I've noticed that most Northwesterners pronounce it "ahweez", while most people that I've met from California and Arizona tended to use a different vowel sound--it sounded to me something like , but I'm not exactly sure--perhaps it was simply more rounded...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Anonymous 1 yr 67 days ago Vowels Pronunciation
Re: Is grammar essential for learning a language?

Thanks, anon. Without your post, I would have missed this thread. Goodman wrote:Hi CJ, What an impressive thread you have posted. You have slowly made me a fan of yours. Yep! CalifJim wrote: In any case, the struggle for the learner is always making the conversion from 'computing'...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Feathers 1 yr 72 days ago Grammar Numbers Universities Vowels Consonants Accents Pronunciation Inflections
Re: Unreleased final consonants

Frog? Clock has also that vowel. We have that vowel in Italian too. Why do you say it's weird? I think there is that vowel in American English, for those who distinguish "cot" and "caught". The vowel in frog (and hot and got, too) is indeed a typical feature of British English. I don't think you...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Orpheus 1 yr 78 days ago Vowels American English Pronunciation British English
Re: How can I learn to talk with a British accent?

I have mentioned this before on this website, but I hope it will help you. I am poet who has made available freely about 240 of my own poems on the internet, but I have also added my clear English voice to each poem to help both overseas students studying the English language and especially...

Topic of the Moment! by Brunate 1 yr 82 days ago British accent Accents Pronunciation Vowels Spelling

Re: Question about how to pronounce Europe

I'd say that there is a slight difference between the US and UK pronunciation of the word. The first syllable of Europe in British English is generally pronounced with the diphthong // while in American English it is simply with the vowel //. The diphthong // is a characteristic of British...

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Orpheus 1 yr 87 days ago

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Re: Question about how to spell Europe

I think Encarta and Oxford use different systems of pronunciation: the j in Oxford means the y sound in Encarta. There are some slight differences in the pronunciation of the vowel sound in the first syllable: some people rhyme it with "core", and some with "cure". MrP

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by MrPedantic 1 yr 88 days ago Vowels Pronunciation
Re: What makes English so difficult to learn?

Saska wrote: Guest wrote:Why many foreign speakers have such problems with the English language? I mean, I came to the U.S. about two years ago, and in the beginning I've had problems with the language (probably just like eveybody else), but what makes English such a difficult language to...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Bldudas 1 yr 95 days ago Vowels Pronunciation Numbers Nouns Articles Definite articles Pronouns
Re: What makes English so difficult to learn?

Guest wrote:Why many foreign speakers have such problems with the English language? I mean, I came to the U.S. about two years ago, and in the beginning I've had problems with the language (probably just like eveybody else), but what makes English such a difficult language to learn? Most people...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Saska 1 yr 95 days ago Vowels Pronunciation
Re: Australian/British/American pronunciation differences

Hi,I'm going to tell you the most noticeable differences I notice between British English (the only variety of BrE I know), and American English (the variety of AmE I hear most often).CAR ------ American R's are always pronounced, British R's are not.NO -------- British is /əʊ/, American is...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 116 days ago Vowels American English Pronunciation British English
Re: 'what' as 'hawt' & 'r' as 'rr' in Spanish Thanks

>> Conservative Received pronunciation used to pronounce r's between words as a flap. <<Conservative Received Pronunciation is the dialect that used to be the standard, formal, educated, upper-class dialect in England. In this dialect, r's between vowels are pronounced sort of like...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Marvin A. 1 yr 129 days ago Vowels Dialects Pronunciation

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