Ok, lol... then... I don't know if I understand your problem, but you are right, transcriptions in dictionaries are not accurate. But I don't know what to say, because it varies from dictionary to dictionary...I'll just give you a few

Hey Renan, I can just tell you that some Americans DO use the simple past with already, yet, ever/never. I clearly remember a post in the pronunciation section where there was a video from the TV series Lost, and a guy asked a girl "Did you

Weird problem. I'd just like to hear as many opinions as possible. I have learned a lot of stuff about pronunciation, and I like to learn as much as possible, to keep improving my English. However, I have never seriously practiced spoken English,

Raf, your question is kind of strange, given the fact that many educated Britons do not even pronounce the "r" in "world." However, I've heard a lot of people ask the same question. The biggest problem is that the /r/ sound

This is sometimes the case in Sweden as well, especially if those who have lived in an English-speaking country have ... are often more fluent in speech as compared to the learners who have practiced pronunciation and intonation in speech labs.

For US friends, I think knickers can be translated as panties. From M-W online: Main Entry: knick·ers Pronunciation: 'ni-k&rz Function: noun plural Etymology: short for knickerbockers 1 : loose-fitting short pants ... Meaning 1 was my own

Is it true that American pronounce the 'h' in 'Buckingham' and Brits don't? On tonight's episode of The (US) Antiques Roadshow, a very nice appraiser talked about Birming-ham, Alabama. She also said Sheff'ld when

Do we pronounce 'herb' with the 'h' sound when it's a person's name? Who's "we"? There's a great recording of a 1963 concert in Antibes (France) by the Miles Davis Quintet in which the announcer introduces

English ‹ an easy language? Multi-national personnel at North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters near Paris found English to be an ... six months at hard labor to reading six lines aloud. Try them yourself. Dearest creature in creation,

Well, of course, pure IPA is far too powerful for a dictionary, except to distinguish dialect. A decent phonemic notation ... has different vowels in British and American English, but 'man' doesn't. Can I find this out in an American