The "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the

I don't use that website either because it seems to pronounce words with an annoying posh accent, and there are no phonetic transcriptions. I just need the transcription because I already have my way of pronouncing each phoneme, so I usually

KK (Kenyon & Knott) is a phonetic system popular in Taiwan (and, I think, nowhere else) for representing the sounds of American English. It's very close to the IPA, anyway. Phonics is a theory & practice for teaching children

Dear Anon: Spelling reform has a very long and checkered history. You should read a bit about it if you are interested - there is a lot written on the subject. For example, Johanthan Swift and Benjamin Franklin proposed revised spelling systems,

hmm, the problem is that your native phonology is acting as filter. Work with some accent reduction coach first; after that, try to grasp the phology of spoken American English. Work on stress, rhythm, connected speech and intonation.

Yes Avangi, there are a great many differences between the two. They even use searate dictionaries; Oxford English & Websters American Dictionaries. Some of the most common differences are tap/faucet, pavement/sidewalk & the boot of

This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation. 　　 To use your

Hi stoo, welcome to Englishforums. It is difficult to explain how to make an L sound. And I also don't know what's your native language and what exactly is your problem, or what variety of English you are learning. Anyway, I tried to find

It's a symbol for phonetic transcriptions and it represent a sound, not a letter. It's not a matter of pronouncing it differently, but a matter of using it or not. Americans use that sound in "bath" for example, but some people

Hi, when you do a P and a B, your mouth does exactly the same things (= it moves the same way). The difference is that B is the "voiced" version of P. This means that when you say "B", your throat should "vibrate", and when you say "P" your throat