YoHf wrote: Woah... Seems difficult... The pronunciation is really different compared with the way words are written... I wish you good luck... It's really not all that difficult... the pronunciation rules in Welsh are a lot

There are many rules governing the writing of compounds, and many exceptions to the rules. I would say that you should always first consult a good dictionary to see if the compound has an established form. From Webster's Third New International

Rules help a long as they are predominantly consistent. When a rule is significantly inconsistent then it will lead to confusion. For example, what rule can be applied to the double "o" sound in English? The words: food, blood, took, foot,

I must be slow this morning, but I got there in the end. You are not the only one, even I did not get it straight away. As John seems to have noticed, in day to day life I am John Lawler. But when I first started posting to this group and

I wrote: So, judgin from the sound samples on I think I still have troubles recognizing the /\-sound on stressed and unstressed syllables as the same sound (the reduced one is a schwa and certainly different from the others). Well,

During a conversation with a Chinese English Teacher she stated that her long ago Univ. prof had taught her that consonant blends can form vowel sounds. I suggested that a consonant blend can not be a vowel sound. She replied that in "any"

Hi A word with 7 consonants and 1 vowel is STRENGTH. DUBS The 5 letter word that keeps it's pronunciation with 3 letters removed is EMPTY remove EPY to give MT. lol

Science_guru wrote: Sweety_pudding wrote: i think of and off just looks like earchother.. I don't agree with this. In fact I don't see any relation between "of" and "off" "of" is a preposition e.g. President of America, son

hi friends, If ur working on pronunciation and accent reduction...Pls check www.englishwithoutaccent.com. They have a free speech evaluation and it is very helpful. Bascially, i'm preparing for TSE and i came to know abt this site from

So have you tried the book and the tape? They are getting on a bit, I know, but still effective. From Amazon Ship or Sheep? Student's book : An Intermediate Pronunciation Course (Introducing English Pronunciation) -- by Ann Baker; Paperback