David schrieb: David schrieb: I find the last sentence incomprehensible, if ... could interpret for those of us who don't come Yorkshire. Well, even the trolling "blue sow" managed to pick out that I'd made a transposition error

Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've ... but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana. The definition of mantelpiece is a shelf above a fireplace. If you have never seen a fireplace, think of a ... what

My daughter told me that some of her friends pronounce "water" as "wudder"; I can't remember which, or where they're from, though. They might be from Baltimore, where I first encountered that pronunciation. I atill have

}> (My Uncle Maurice (and all the rest of us) used while he was alive (the }> rest of us still so use) to pronounce his name ('mOris) (MORRis).) } } I assume you used and use to use the } 'orange' (cot) vowel in

(My Uncle Maurice (and all the rest of us) used while he was alive (the rest of us still so use) to pronounce his name ('mOris) (MORRis).) I assume you used and use to use the 'orange' (cot) vowel in "Morris" /mAr@s/ (rhyming

friends, I presume "passkey" is usually just pronounced "pass key". ... how Isay "ASCII", so I wouldn't say that they rhyme. "Pass key" would be pronounced with equal stress on each word,

Robert Bannister typed thus: OT: she also sang 'buffet' (table for snacks) as it is spelt, a pronunciation I would reserve for the jolt/hit meaning. "buffet", with the t sounded, is a Northern English word for a low stool or

Hi, Being a non native speaker, I'd like to know how native English read to learn, in particular how to deal with English spelling (also, how do they learn to write) If you're interested in the whole sorry history of educational fads

one "Ms." would It turns out that the British recognize ... for "Ms" the pronunciations /mIz/ and /m@s/, that is, "muss." Sorry for not snipping, but I thought the above was all relevant. I find your findings

I'm pretty sure that in the U.S. and southern England ... accept that my CIC intuitions about this may be wrong. I think they are, for southern England; can't speak for the US. "laurel" for me rhymes with "sorrel" which