If vowels in a language are few,then it is hard to understand that language. and as I said "Because the consonants are mostly pronounced loose that makes it hard to recognise the words." No, because "few vowels" means there

I don't know why you would pronunce the last one like a 'z', may be because for native english speakers is natural to say it tha way, but as an Italian student i have to say that there is no difference between those two 's'.

History of English Language-Funny or reality? In the beginning, there was an island off the coast of Europe. It had no name, for the natives had no language, only a collection of grunts and gestures that roughly translated to Hey!Gimme!, and

1. their /v/ is weak, since they have it as an approximant, which is weaker than a fricative. In Eng, it is a fricative. Even in english, /v/ can have its approximant as an allophone: this occurs probably in phrases like "five sixty",

There is a difference between a plosive (stop) consonant and a fricative. In english, "th" in thin is a fricative. However, people from Indian subcontinent pronounce it as a stop consonant, because that's what their native languages

There is, I think, a difference between pronunciation and accent, though I am not quite sure what it is. Perhaps it is a question of degree. It is perfectly possible to pronounce words correctly but with different accents. Different accents may of

I think you're right on, Kooyeen. And thanks for the reply. I am a stickler in my pronunciation classes that students learn to say the -s (and -ed) endings correctly. Even though I do this, I know that native English speaking Americans rarely

Hi again, well, I don't know, but I heard (and I realized it must be so) that even if the z-sound is devoiced, the vowel length remains the same, as if the following sound was voiced, and was still a z-sound. By vowel length I mean the

Hi, yes, I remember you asked about him. I'm not an expert at all, but I can tell you my opinion, as a learner. I agree it's a good accent for those who are interested in British English. I don't find any annoying features in his

It is unwise to rely on the etymology of a word to discern its meaning, or, if it has a range of meanings, to insist that the "original" meaning is somehow "more correct" . Words mean what they mean. In any discussion of the