I'm still lying down on the instructions of that Dr Zen so I can't reach the paper bags... Might I suggest that a bed would be more comfortable? Ray

I stopped reading Katherine Kerr when the same mistake was perpetuated in her 3rd or 4th book: she gave 'thin' as an example of voiced 'th'. This is from a book by Molly Gloss of Portland, Oregon regarding the Esperanto used in her

Well, I've long thought it interesting how fiercely Americans have resisted adding any British-sounding words or phrases. Heavy scorn and mockery are the usual enforcement tools, and in the school playground I do believe a person could get

You're saying that it is impossible for some American dialects to have words that contain extra syllables. No. What I'm saying is that it is up to the speakers of those dialects to decide whether they have extra syllables or not. As you

Yes, but why do American dictionaries choose *my* pronunciation over someone from Alabama, or Massachusetts, or Wisconsin? There are glaring and drastic differences in pronunciation from region to region. There are, certainly. But, as I said

I don't necessarily agree with this. "Dictionaries describe the most *usual* pronunciation"?? What does "most usual" mean? The densest and ... There are a great many people in the South that pronounce "help" as

In general in almost all American dialects short u as ... short o, though in the Northern Cities region, it's back. Where does NYC fit? CNBC's announcer Maria Bartiromo has some sort of New York City accent. With the volume low ... and

It seems to me that many American speakers equate 'o' with something like (a) or (æ (ligature ae)), There's an ASCII symbol for that: (&). Most Americans don't equate "o" with (a) or especially (&); the latter is

It's been said that Alastair Cooke sounded English to Americans ... mid-Atlantic. Angela Lansbury, I gather, is also a good example. No, I think there's a difference between what sounds to an American like an "English" accent

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