By Phonics, Accents

Hi, So what would you advise Kooyeen with regard to the pronunciation of the words he asked about? As far as specific lexical items are concerned, I would advise him to look them up in an American dictionary. More generally, I would suggest he spend time training his ear in order to recognise...

Yeah Anita, now I've seen where it is! Thx CalifJim wrote: -- What's a bigamist? -- A lot of fog. Hahahaaa Bot / BopBod / Bob The unvoiced consonants have the effect of clipping the vowel sound before the mouth forms the final consonant; the voiced consonants allow voicing to...

>> It's just that those vowels are on two different levels of intonation (=pitch) <<?? How so?>> But I tend to use long vowels where I shouldn't use them. <<Well, since it's allophonic, it really makes no difference. It might add to the impression of a foreign accent, but...

It’s rather hard to work out quite what you are looking for here. Some of these features – as Marvin A was pointing out – are not specifically American English pronunciation, but the allophonic variation that occurs in connected speech. That is, the pronunciation of some sounds is influenced...

Is there a limit to the number of sounds a human voice can make? With that being asked can a phonic chart of characters be made to represent every sound a person can make? No. Human vocal organs are so complex that it is not possible to list all combinations. If you hear how people sing, all...

Is there a limit to the number of sounds a human voice can make? With that being asked can a phonic chart of characters be made to represent every sound a person can make? I know some foreign people will pronounce an English word very differently or otherwise in a way that it can be mistaken for...

Viognier wrote: English is a completely foreign language for me. I cannot recognize the difference in accent. I was suddenly inspired to find some examples of the southern dialect for the non-native speakers. Here are more links. http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/ The next...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member to this forum, but I'm already excited to be a part of it. Anyhow, I'll tell you alittle about myself. I'm a second year journalism major at Michigan State University with aspirations of becoming a NewYork Times writer. One day I hope to publish my own magazines, but...

Everyone of us have a unique accent. It is more important to learn to write good English grammar rather than speaking as native but wrong grammar. Be confident say it right with your accent. Don't feel ashamed. There are books for learning English Phonics available in libraries. there are more...

Casi wrote: But then again, language is fundamentally an aural art, not so much a visual task. CJ replied: Assuming you are referring to teaching or learning a foreign language, I can only say "If only it were true!" No, I was referring to Language. Children for example learn to speak before...