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

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.

Hi everyone! I've read people can omit /t/ sounds when speaking in informal situations. Could you help me? What do you know about this? Is this true? There's even a rule saying " In informal speech we sometimes omit the /t/ when the

Unfortunately, I don't think I have the material you want, but it depends on what kind of English you are interested in. If you are interested in British English rather than in American English, you can find a lot of free stuff on the BBC

Connected speech works just fine. Most people often elide some ... red if they are elided or spoken too quickly, though. OK. But that's elision. What about assimilation? You say that the analysis is at the phoneme level. How would this cope

This supposed "Standard American English accent" sounds like a variation on the now rarely-used term "General American": From the dictionary at www.infoplease.com , which appears to be the *Random House Webster's Unabridged

Yes, but why do American dictionaries choose *my* pronunciation oversomeone from Alabama, or Massachusetts, or Wisconsin? There are glaring anddrastic differences in pronunciation from region to region. Not sure if this helps, but from

If you say that to me, you say nothing. As a description of a sound, "aw" has no useful meaning. But I think it does have some useful meaning to the community of CINC AmE speakers. I think if you were CINC you'd understand. I doubt

I was watching an old Doris Day - Rock Hudson film last night. Doris clearly said "lye-lock" for "lilac", but I suppose she was German. The *Cambridge Dictionary of American English.* shows that to be one of the pronunciations

If I was introducing the subject, if there had been ... the question sounds too abrupt: "What do you mean? When?" Thanks! Now come to this of it. This "Did you ever.." form is probably the one I most frequently hear ... way in