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

As far as I know, when a French word begins with a vowel, the glottal stop precedes it. This does not happen in English, but many dialects (e.g. the urban dialects of London, Edinburgh, etc.) use the glottal stop in words such as "little,

I quite understand why rhotic people would find the usual ... in the language where the combination "uh" represents this sound? Good point, "uh" doesn't really appear in traditional English words, does it? Searching on in

Hi all Ok, today's question is.. do you (as a native English speaker) make distinction between syllables when you speak a word? You know.. like.. first syllable, then second one and so on. How do you know where one syllable starts and ends?

Here's something from THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I: Was the state name a typo or do some people spell it that way? Charles Riggs Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net The government of Hawaii uses both. See