I just thought ealrier today that "th" and "d" in fast unclear speech must be indistinguishable, after I heard something on youtube. I'll try to find it again. (EDIT: On second thought I think that depends a lot on the

<Where are the books that teach spoken English ? I'm a go there? What a ya doin? Ah'll see ya domorrow. > They're on there way: English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate I doubt that's really comprehensive. I think I once took a look at that

Hi guruhkcs, and welcome to our forum. There are a lot of differences between British dialects and American dialects, and there are a lot of differences between different accents within the US, and lots of differences within the UK too. So

On second thought, I think I once read somewhere that "I've" is used that way in the UK sometimes, maybe for possession. But since I am not sure, it might be very rare,I have never actually "heard" it, and I have probably

Listen for a glottal stop at the end of "can't". It'll basically sound like the <n> got cut off, rather than completed as a sound. In most American dialects, "can't" is pronounced with the stop when in it's followed by more information:

CalifJim wrote: You realize, I'm sure, that the g in final ng is silent. It is only a marker to change the usual sound of 'n' to a velar nasal sound instead. It's farther back than your Italian gn but in the same general family of sounds.

Hi, do you native speakers always understand what people say on TV, on the radio, in movies, in songs, etc.??? In Italian, unless people start to talk in a regional dialect (not accent, I said "dialect"), I think I always understand what they say

The following constucted dialect will give you what will sound like a Cockney accent to North Americans. All you have to do is change how you pronounce certain things differently and you will sound like a Cockney. The goal is to intruduce as many

I think that there are two issues being confused here with 'standard' English. Standard English with regards to grammar and so on, and a standard English accent. We may speak a regional (non-standard) English accent (this is what the only

The glottal stop is common in NAE. Here are some examples: ?=glottal stop button Latin mitten It's also used when a word ends in "t", and the next begins with a consonant. It was It's not used, however, in the middle of a word (except for words