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Re: Training

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:05:37 GMT

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Re: Tone contour

Avangi — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:33:58 GMT

New2grammar
I have no idea what those numbers represent. . . . . . you can say it louder of softer

Just as you could assign numbers from one to five to represent the loudness, or accent of the syllables in a sentence, you could represent the pitch level (Hertz) at which you speak/sing the vowel tones by a scale of one to five. Sometimes the pitch rises or falls on the vowel sound of a given syllable. That's why the OP represented the "dont" in each example by two numbers. (I believe there's a forum devoted to this sort of thing.)

You ask a girl if she'll go with you to a dance. She replies, "Don't you wish!" The pitch level would probably stay constant across "don't you" and then fall sharply on the short "i" vowel of "wish." There's probably a dwell at the higher level followed by a dwell at the low level, rather than a trombone style glissando, sliding down across the range, hence well represented by two numbers.

- A.

Re: How to get rid of accent?

Thethenothere123 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:10:51 GMT

It really depends on the individual. I've met several people that moved to the US from non-English speaking countries when they were 15 or 16 and have a perfect American accent. I've also met a fair number of people that moved to the US in their early-mid twenties and have very minimal accents when speaking English.

Re: Some words

Avangi — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:32:58 GMT

Hi Kooyeen,

I grew up in New England, where they used to say the "Boston" accent was the purest, but now that I'm in California, Boston really sounds dumb.

If I understand T-tapping, I'd answer, "no." I was taught to say "arithmetic" with a full "T", and with MW's secondary stress - not to say you wouldn't hear the "quick d" from some people.

We say "I on," but "I an (un) uh za shun," and "I ah* nyze." I'm sure you'd hear "I an" in the scientific/engineering community, where they say, "i ah d'n" (no secondary accent) and "ter b'n."

Re ee to ih, to my ear it's strictly regional - southeast. People who do it to everybody do it to all of them. There's an announcer on PBS who does it to hyphenated numbers, like "twenty-five." Drives me nutz.

Re century, I hear both, but I was taught, ch.

Best wishes, - A.

* I recall our discussion about the (non)importance of deciding on which side of the syllable break a consonant belongs when the thing is elided anyway. (I think it only becomes important when you decide to dwell on either the "ah" or the "n.")

Re: Some words

Avangi — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:13:01 GMT

Hi Kooyeen,

I grew up in New England, where they used to say the "Boston" accent was the purest, but now that I'm in California, Boston really sounds dumb.

If I understand T-tapping, I'd answer, "no." I was taught to say "arithmetic" with a full "T", and with MW's secondary stress - not to say you wouldn't hear the "quick d" from some people.

We say "I on," but "I an (un) uh za shun." I'm sure you'd hear "I an" in the scientific/engineering community, where they say, "i ah d'n" (no secondary accent) and "ter b'n."

Re century, I hear both, but I was taught, ch.

Best wishes, - A.

Re: How can I learn to talk with a British accent?

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:59:01 GMT

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Re: can't;can

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:17:16 GMT

Hi,

according the British rules it isn't correct to use can't, there is only cannot.

This is not accurate. Most Britons use the contracted form "can't" in rapid and informal speech. The British pronunciation differs somewhat between different British accents, the RP norm is /kÉË nt/.

there is no double negation in English grammar.

I would agree that double negation in English is non-standard in all its native-speaker varieties, but it would be wrong to claim that it does not exist in English grammar as it is certainly used by a number of native and non-native speakers.

Re: Please, take a look at this.

Goodman — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:19:13 GMT

Anonymous wrote:

Could you please, check if all the sentences below are correct ?

a) In the end of the week, my friend returned home;

b) After the visit, my friends told me that my country impressed them most;

c) The sport classes take me lots of time! (or:...take lots of my time) ?;

d) Since my arrival in this city, I have been having a big number of experiences;

e) Listen! He has many interesting books to show to everybody;

   Finally is it correct to say: She is loving this place, here. (the idea is that while the person spends some time in a city, she's enjoying it so much, that she's loving it).

   Thanks in advance,

Hi Samara, CB already gave you his view, and am going to share my 2 cents toward the questions

Ok bear with me, I am going to be a little long-winded with your questionsâ¦

a) In the end of the week, my friend returned home. The tone doesnât sound right. Itâs past tense (returned) but there was no indication of which week but I presumed itâs last week. So I would rewrite is as âMy friend came home last weekâ, in the past tone; period. But You can say âmy friend will return home at / by the end of the week, not [in].

b) After the visit, my friends told me that my country impressed them most. When we use âmostâ in this context, we are making a contrast of things which impressed us, some more, some less and the âmostâ.

c) The sport classes take me lots of time! (or:...take lots of my time) ?; âtake up a lot of my timeâ

d) Since my arrival in this city, I have been having a big number of experiences; I have experienced a lot of the city since my arrival

e) Listen! He has many interesting books to show everybody- [to] is superfluous in this context.

Finally is it correct to say: She is loving this place, here. Itâs grammatically correct but idiomatically uncommon. McDonald says âI am loving itâ which is used as a catch phrase because of itâs awkwardly uncommon sound, not because itâs correct. We can cay â she loves this cityâ which implies now, thatâs how she feels.

Sometimes, we just canât explain why that is. We definitely can say to our friend âyou are looking strikingly goodâ to accent the point. But typically, â you look good todayâ will do the job.

Hope my answers don't confuse you more...

How about my accent?

Belly — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:00:57 GMT

Here is the script:

The Beatles were an English group of musicians from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music.[2]

In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries: their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion discs and tapes worldwide.[3] The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.[4]

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked The Beatles #1 on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[5] According to that same magazine, their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s,[2] and their influence on pop culture is still evident today.

I divided my speech into 3 parts:

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Re: Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

Hoa Thai — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:16:50 GMT

Dear all,

All passages below are from âCrazy Englishâ â by Richard Lederer, POCKET BOOKS. (I tried to find an Internet link, but failed. So please pardon me for the length of the text, which I believe would be very informative).

âHETERONYMS â words with same spelling as other words but with different pronunciations and meanings.

Listen, readers, toward me bow.
Be friendly; do not draw the bow.
Please donât try to start a row.
Sit peacefully, all in a row.
Donât squeal like a big, fat sow.
Do not the seeds of discord sow.

Membership in the exclusive club of heteronyms is strict, and tandems such as resume and rÃ©sumÃ© and pate and pÃ¢tÃ© are not admitted because the accent constitutes a change in spelling. Pseudo-heteronymic pairs like insult (noun) and insult (verb), â¦, read (present-tense verb) and read (past-tense verb), and primer (beginnerâs book) and primer (base coat of paint) are fairly common in English language, but they are not true heteronyms because their etymologies are so closely related. True heteronymic pairs that are not closely related in word formation are among the rarest occurrences.â

Richard gives these sentences:

After the slaver had sold his slaves, he could slaver over the money he made.
The unionized stockroom workers stacked bottles of ionized and unionized solutions.
The storm began to buffet the outdoor buffet.
The steam-driven tower pulled the disabled boat to the lighthouse tower.
The sewer threw her sewing into the sewer.
She is now resorting to resorting the mail.
He became resigned to the fact that he had resigned an unfair contract.

And he shares with us this poem:

Please go through the entrance of this little poem.
I guarantee it will entrance you.
The content will certainly make you content.
And the knowledge gained sure will enhance you.

A boy moped around when his parents refused.
For him a new moped to buy.
The incense he burned did incense him to go.
On a tear with a tear in his eye.

He ragged on his parents, felt they ran him ragged.
He just deserts they never gave.
He imagined them out on some deserts so dry.
Where for water theyâd search and theyâd rave.

At present he just wonât present or converse
On the converse of each high-flown theory
Or circles and axes in math class; he has
Many axes to grind, isnât cheery

He tries to play basketball, but often skied out,
So when the snows came, he just skied.
But he then broke a leg putting on his ski boots,
And his putting in golf was in need.

He once held the lead in a cross-country race,
âTil his legs started feeling like lead.
And when the pain peaked, he looked kind of peaked.
His liver felt liver, then dead.

A number of times he felt number, all wound
Up, like one with a wound, not a wand.
His new TV console just couldnât console
Or slough off a slough of despond.

The rugged boy paced âround his shaggy rugged room,
And he spent the whole evening till dawn
Evening out the cross-winds of his hate.
Now my anecdote winds on and on.

He thought: âDoes the prancing of so many does
Explain why down dove the white dove,
Or why a p ussy cat has a p ussy old sore
And bass sing in bass notes of their loves?â

Do they always sing, âDo re miâ and stare, apage,
At eros, apage, each minute?
Their loveâs not minute; thereâs an overage of love.
Even overage fish are quite in it.

These bass fish have never been in short supply
As they supply spawn without waiting.
With their love fluids bubbling, abundant, secretive,
Thereâs many a secretive mating.

Hope you would enjoy,
Hoa Thai