By Learning English, Vowels

Studies of languages have shown that any given language will compensate for complexity in one area with simplicity in another and that if you compare any two languages that they have roughly the same number of complex and simple areas. Consider the following: Imagine a language with only two...

What? Incredible? And that's nothing! I remember the first time I heard the difference, it was in a pronouncing dictionary, I think. I kept on clicking on every word, and my face was like . And the difference between BrE and AmE! Even more . Let's say I had no idea someone could leave out r's,...

and an ignorant American would look at British and pronounce practise (Br. spelling) like practize.... Highly unlikely.Americans on the other hand, have been butchering it for centuries and should not be consulted when learning this language. It is, after all, English and not American.Rubbish. ...

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...

To summarise everyone's comments Dominik - and also agree with you original statement - it's safe to say that, when learning British English, the "r" should not normally be pronounced EXCEPT when the following word starts with a vowel, where it always should. The letter...

Rules help a long as they are predominantly consistent.When a rule is significantly inconsistent then it will lead to confusion. For example, what rule can be applied to the double "o" sound in English? The words:food, blood, took, foot, moon, stool, and many other double "o" words are...