AJ Hoge's "effortless english" is a waste of money. I made the mistake of buying it for a friend who doesn't speak much English and she doesn't even use it. I don't blame her because it takes a lot of effort to learn with

It's refined and has bad teeth? In all seriousness, where does this ridiculous stereotype come from? Which stereotype are you talking about? In general, to the average American, the English accent stands in for either "foreign"

The problem is that I have been focusing on American English, but I have realized that I need British English too (or other varieties, generally speaking), and that neglecting other varieties would be a stupid thing to do. My lack of

How do I pronounce "Dude"? Are "Dyude" or "Dood" both valid or Only "Dood" is the right way of saying? This question comes into my mind because words like "Stupid" is pronounced as

I just love american accent.. always spoke US English.. is it easier to understand than British accent?.. well.. i think here's how everyone got used.. i have a friend who speaks British Eng, and even she was in US and lived there for a while, she

It drives me nuts when people die when I *thought* ... pretty at least the parts I see in movies. I'd thought the guy died years ago, too. Who'da thunk? I like NZ'ers far more than Australians; they have much ... they hadn't

I hate to be the spanner in the works here, but this subject is near and dear to my heart. ... (don't get me wrong), but the prejudice is much stronger against Those Who Have Come From Across The Great Waters. I still maintain that our

I've always felt that many American accents reflect aspects of the regional accents in the areas the original English-speaking colonists ... from the period beteween the 1930s and the 1950s and compare the RP accents with those regarded as RP

Crumbs. 1953: June 22nd Cyndi Lauper (full name: Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton), is born in Brooklyn-New York (punctuated like that) on June 22nd 1953 . . . .She went to 4 high schools. The one that gave her the honorary high school

In favor of saying "I gas"? That doesn't seem to ... among different accents in how /&/ and /E/ are pronounced. And for many foreign students (Germans certainly) the difference is infinitesimal. It's all very well to say that