I remember at school there was a combined volume of "Billy Liar" and "The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner" ubiquitous to the "English Rooms". I thought the latter to be the better story, better written; but

I think English pronunciation is probably the most difficult aspect ... in English that don't exist in Italian Spanish or French. Well, after mastering the sounds of Latvian and German, English has only the two versions of "th" to

Well, as it happens, the Yiddish word for 'green' is pronounced the same as the English word for 'green' (i.e., "green"). Not quite: As you know, the English is pronounced differently from the Yiddish trilled (frontal)

(snip) Unfortunately, some of the other accents of characters in ... the accent of someone of Henry Hill's age and upbringing. Especially since the accent of Lorraine Bracco as his wife a local girl w/r/t Henry Hill is a wonderful thing