There are a few words which tend to have the ... the same) - half, halve, calf, can't, shan't, banana, rather. Also there are still a handful of AmE speakers that follow the southern England approach (mainly in Eastern New England). Yes,

This is news to me. I've heard a strong "ko" ... and they have "k@". Kuh-LIN-ee-er, kuh-LATE. Almost klinear and klate. I'm puzzled. When you say "Merriam-Webster", what dictionary are you referring to? Both

(1) Richard, how do you pronounce "Glasgow"? I guess I say the first syllable like "glass", which has thetense-can vowel. But that's a sort of spelling pronunciation ... are Glasgows in Kentucky,Missouri, Montana, Virginia,

"Have" has the lax vowel of "can" (be able), while "halve" has the tense vowel of "can" (= BrE tin). Sorry, Richard, I just don't get it. Not always the teacher's fault. Color to a blind man, or some

Wisdom and logic might lead us to take just the really hard spellings and change them. Dropping alot of silent letters and silent spaces? would be an obvious place to start. Letter combinations that just don't make sense could be the main ones

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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

In English, "lox" means 'smoked salmon'. Yes and no. I thought that what made it lox was curing it in brine and that smoking it was actually optional. Ah, really? I had no idea. I had always been told that what lox is is smoked

According to Google the British pronunciation is "quick-sote"whereas the US ... or"donkey-shot". How do you experts here handle this one ? I'd say no middle ground either "QUICK-sote" or the original(well,