- the "l" in "lee" is a clear L : we find it before vowels and /j/. - the "l" in "bell" is a dark one : we find it in all other cases (end of word, before a consonant). However, it is said that in American

Very interesting. Phonemes helped me a lot, but if I had known the expression "un" I might have understood correctly. From Longman: (BrE spoken) a short form of 'one', used to say that someone or something is good, bad etc. As

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

does bang have a long or short vowel sound It's considered a short vowel (lax vowel), but -- at least in American English -- the ng that follows somewhat modifies it so that it doesn't sound exactly the same as the short a in cat to most

(S)he is probably speaking with Americans in a call center. The more American sounding, the better. The three biggest problems with Indian call centers are 1. there is too much background noise 2. the phone rep is speaking way too quickly 3.

I'm unclear as to when do we pronounce T as d. I heard rules like t between two vowels is supposed to be pronounced as "d", but what about par t y, shif ty , for example?

It came to me as a shock when I first found out that Americans use "d" in leu of "t" in certain cases. I hope you've recovered from your shock! The advice in that clip is very good. Nevertheless, the t between vowels has

I think the vowel sounds in "traitor" and "trader" are the same. Last time, I said to a colleague of mine (I was joking): "Someone says that you are a traitor." And he asked me, "Do you mean traitor or

My instructor says that when a word ends with a vowel sound and if the next word starts with a vowel sound, then I'm supposed to add an "r" in between to read that out. This does not apply to American English in any significant way.

Is it true that in American English, the final vowel sound in CARRIED, VARIED, SOCIETIES and FAMILIES rhymes with that in FEET whilst in British, it rhymes with that in FIT? My examples above are verbs and nouns that end with an EE sound in their