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Hi ThereJust wanted to let people know of a FREE TO USE website which may help people learning the English Language.The website is www.ipicthat.com, it is the world's first online talking picture dictionary. The site basically comprises of a ‘dictionary’ of approximately 5,500 words in an A-Z...

Just who would that "we" be?The "we" being most other speakers of other dialects of English. When "we" hear Indian-English, especially in places where that is very rare, such as here, we simply perceive it as being an English as a Second language non-native speaker of English, with grammar and...

As we're talking 'Linguistic Imperialism', I thought this might be relevant to the discussion... It's an excerpt from something I wrote a few years ago regarding the British Council and its role in ELT... “A knowledge of English gives rise in its turn to a desire to read English books, talk to...

Something I find a little strange is when English learners decide to learn an accent of British English (for example the poster who said he had learnt Cockney English for 4 years). Why would you do that? I've also heard that people are learning Estuary English. OK, very few people speak RP...

As an English learner in my opinion the most of people who speak English as a second language use a special mix of American and British English. Many times we don’t know exactly which kind of English we’re using. Usually we learn British English in school and pick up American from movies and...

Guest, I think you are in some form of denial. Of all the countries you've mentioned other than America and Britain, I believe that only in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa can it be said that English is the predominant language. While I would agree that the English spoken in Australia...

I don't think it helps to get snooty about language. What is 'correct' is always a matter of debate anyway. The language we speak now is different to the language spoken by our grandparents in their youth, which was different to their grandparents, and so on and on... It is hard to define...