By Accents, Inflections

Cvilla wrote: Anonymous wrote:I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to an empasis of some particular words...

Anonymous wrote:I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to an empasis of some particular words to add a bit...

Just some additional comments. CalifJim wrote:First of all, I didn't think it was awful. (I mostly listened, not watching.) The following are some observations.It think that depends on your taste. For some people it's awful; for others it's not. CalifJim wrote:1. The stress pattern is...

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'...

By extension of the telly, the world is a smaller place giving exposure to countless dialects. However, being exposed to them in person is a different matter. I personally am a Glaswegian with 20 years of living in London to dilute my brogue. The value of it had never really occured to me until...

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the average native speaker. At least as far as the 'standard...

Patricklui wrote: Hello I am new to here. My mother tongue is Cantonese and I like to polish my English. It's known that English has two different versions : spoken and written. I have been learning English since I was a child and my written English is not too bad because this is what I have...

Lcchang wrote: Dear teachers, When native speakers say "can" or "can't", they sometimes speak so fast that I can't make sure if they mean can or cannot, especially in the movies. I know we can know better by understanding the context of the sentence they made. To improve it, I wonder if they...

I'm searching for assistance to learn several lines of a play with an authentic cockney accent. Best to have recording of a male voice - WAV or MP3 file. Otherwise phonetic text spelling, or even learn it by phone conversation. Want to get the inflections correct. Here are the lines.... Yes,...

The monotonic quality of the standard (flat) American accent (my own) makes me long for the intonations and inflections of British (or Celtic) English. Much more amenable to dramatic or poetric expression. In the hands of the right speaker, music. I suppose you could say that about a few American...