American-English was British-English, except that it was altered significantly by all of the various influences (immigrants/languages from other countries) that learned to speak it in America. Everyone in the UK knows how to communicate in English

Read the article found in the following site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet . The article is mainly talking about British English Alphabet. The pronunciation is in the form of phonetic symbols. When they are talking about other

I agree. It actually really vexes me when people use "a" in front of an acronym. Even though the previous post has been up for quite some time, maybe someone will run across this and find it helpful. Here is my reasoning: So, yes, we all

instruction. >>I don't have any >> formal ESL training or certification, but >>I do tutor some >>foreign >> students in ... on. to >>> ESL lessons run by competent teachers (and that's a big

I don't have any >> formal ESL training or certification, ... which pronunciation features have greater or lesser effects on comprehension? OK, a start would be http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/pron/global english.shtml#two

On Thursday, in article Ahem. If Monday is "Second", then shouldn't Thursday be "Fifth"? Errm, yes. The Greek names, transliterated into semi-phonetic English are Dheftera, Triti, Tetarti, Pembti. So if Monday Second then

Any genre. Post it here by sundown tomorrow. Not really sure why I'm doing this. But the article did set this sequence in my mind and I had to write it out. Here it goes. Oh, and I do hope the formatting goes off well. It looks good on my

On Saturday, in article Outmoded be buggered - 'ax' (but my mind has always spelled it as 'aks') is standard pronunciation in inner city Birmingham schools.. along with 'crips' and 'filum' (work them out!) There

I'm currently reading "Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason". This is written by an Ameriacn academic by ... with the word "gaol". 1) Can anyone with access to OED verify when "jail" started to supplant

Skitt filted: Hah! Just remembered! Weren't they also called zoris? Gosh ... allowed a day or so to answer each question ... "Zori" is the Japanese term for such footwear, adapted into English as a brand name...I have a pair of the