By Consonants, Vocabulary

CalifJim wrote:I read somewhere that Mario Pei, the linguist, tried to learn a different language every year. He supposedly claimed that Vietnamese was the most difficult. CJ I disagree with the linguist Mario Pei not because I am a Vietnamese. It is because I have seen, in my...

User_gary wrote: Grammar Geek wrote: Using the voice - singing - as opposed to a piano, a trumpet, violin, etc. So I think, Vocal music -- means------ Someone makes music by his voice instead of piano, a trumpet, violin, etc. Is it right?Yes. As a musician, however, I hear "vocal" and...

To tell you the truth, I've never heard any foreigner (unless they learned English when they were very young, or had lived in an English speaking country for at least a decade, and had extensive, and personalized accent coaching) ever be able to pull off either an American or British accent....

Anonymous wrote: I would like to know what is the most obstacle to your spoken english? 'greatest' I am somewhat proficient in three languages other than English. My biggest problem in conversations, of course, is understanding the other people, usually because they speak the language...

YoungCalifornian wrote: I'm dissapointed. Lumping Women in Black together with Al-Qaeda requires just a minor addition to the vocabulary: they have been jointly classified as "anti-American." This term, as used by everyone from Donald Rumsfeld and the Daily Mail to Tony Blair and several...

I'm not sure how detailed an explanation you might want to give to such a young child. Perhaps the best way is through example, that is, by grouping according to rhyming patterns. Don't teach exceptions until the basics are mastered. "cap", "sap", "rap", "tap", "nap" ... are one group. ...

Hi Illusen, Definition: Alliteration: noun. The use, especially in poetry, of the same sound or sounds, especially consonants, at the beginning of several words that are close together: Here is a site you may find helpful http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/literacy/PC_alit.htm And this one is...

I think that the British people sound somewhat "American" when singing because when they speak, their consonants are much more harder than in the American accent(s) but when singing you just have to somewhat soften the consonants... I'm neither British nor American so I can be telling rubbish....