hmmm actually sometimes this -ize or -ise confused me damn alot!! like a confusion Of apologISE or apologIZE !!!anybody got a tip ?? If I may add something to this disccusion. I have frequently read articles written by Britons who use -ize, just

Jim, I hadn't thought of that, but I think I have never noticed it. I definitely pronounce words like "mountain" or "sentence" with a glottal stop in the combination "TN" and I don't include a schwa in

zhengquan schrieb: The Collins Cobuild English Dictionary pronounces the new way, and ... resource. Can the s-z evolution be attributed to Americanism invasion? My Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English gives both pronunciations, but

What I'm Sorry, I don't speak phonetic. (Yeah, yeah, I know, I know). Stumped by symbols? Hopeless at hieroglyphs? When ASCII IPA let's you down, new, improved Rhyme-o-Matic Classic (TM) never fails! (Mike, the difference is just that

What I'm /hjul@t 'p&kRd/ or /eItS pi/. Sorry, I don't speak phonetic. (Yeah, yeah, I know, I know). Stumped by symbols? Hopeless at hieroglyphs? When ASCII IPA let's you down, new, improved Rhyme-o-Matic Classic (TM) never

'Hewlett PACK ard' though is what I've always assumed to ... the American company name?"I'm guessing something like 'Hewlett Pack'rd' ? /hjul@t 'p&kRd/ or /eItS pi/. Sorry, I don't speak phonetic.

Okay, let's try. When most Brits say "near to the ... "yatter" with a "th" tacked on the front (Tj&t@). Whereas some Scots can't handle consecutive vowels, and say 'theeter'. I love Eddie Mair this side

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Also, vocabulary and pronunciation seem to be converging slowly. Truck ... hand, my son does not recognise the older UK pronunciation. I dunno. "Jane Tennison" on "Prime Suspect" this weekend said "urinal" as

As a Brit, I always treat Lego as an uncountable noun. (Sorry, snipped a material bit) Yes, it is strange which Pondian differences seem to matter most. I'd love to see a theory. (Warning, I am just an interested amateur, so none of this is