How do you pronounce those words in American English? There are basically six "R-colored vowels" in American English, represented by the sequence: Sharp thorns tear poor deer's fur. ( tear in the sense of rip ) You can look up

Kooyeen, I'm African American and being black has NOTHING to do with pronouncing the word "sword" nor does it have anything to do with Ebonics. That is an ignorant, stereotypical statement... It was just a guess, since CB said he

"Filipinisms are words or phrases that are ususally grammatically incorrect or are almost always results of transliteration." Filipinism (Correct Usage) 1. Free subscription of... (Free subscription to…) - prepo issue 2. Can I

Also, be careful that you don't try to mimic their accents, but you pay attention to word choice. For example, if someone wrote down a transcript of a stand-up routine by Bill Engvall, and compared it to a stand-up routine by Dave Chapelle,

I struggle with giving each of my characters a unique voice and while I realize there are books and articles covering this, I don't feel like my characters have a great voice. Can anyone offer any tips or insights? It's very easy to become

"The phrase 'caught on camera' could n't be more appropriate, as a lardy sweat-bucket of a bus driver shows he has all the self control of Amy Whitehouse going out for a swift half. "Watch as the dastardly kids torment the

Jun-Keuk-Norae-Ja-Rang When I heard that Jun-Keuk-Norae-Ja-Rang was coming to Flushing, New York to host an episode, I thought that I was going to be on TV. Jun-Keuk-Norae-Ja-Rang is a popular TV show in South Korea targeted for senior

I've been away from this forum for a while, and meantime I've enrolled for a five-year (gulp!) degree in English (which includes grammar, literature, linguistics, and so on) at a distance university. Right now I'm starting to delve

You can choose the one you hear the most or the one you like the most. In my opinion, it's not worth bothering with such a distinction, because it would be a useless effort, unless you really wanted to have a perfect accent where such a

Hello! Im new to this conversation but i am a dino enthusiast! my guess on the 'wintonensis' would be WINTON ensis. because Winton in Queensland was were Banjo was found. on the Australovenator, i would say it AUSTRAL venator...im not sure