r after any vowel has a special place in english. oor usually end up as ʊɚ, ɔɚ, oʊɚ poor: pʊɚ moore: mʊ ɚ , mɔ ɚ , moʊ ɚ floor: fl ɔ ɚ , floʊ ɚ door: d ɔ ɚ d oʊ ɚ oo before any but r: boom: bum doom: dum hood: h ʊd good: gʊd wood:

Hi, let me help you, I am Canadian. First of all, there is the correct way to say numbers, and the everyday/slang way. The proper way is " and" means a decimal. You NEVER use "and" unless denoting a decimal. How about

From the Cambridge Dictionary: programme (PLAN) UK , US program Show phonetics noun a plan of activities to be done or things to be achieved: The school offers an exciting and varied programme of social events. The rail system is to put

1. Have you ever thought about retaining some aspects of your first language Generally speaking, no, because English is a separate language. Of course it's easy to make mistakes because of the influence of my native language, but as I said, I

Wow...interesting thread you all have going... as a Southern African American (reared in Mississippi, no less), I must say that I pronounce sword as sord (without the w), the way that I was taught to pronounce it in school. I don't think the

I noticed that this question is tagged as unanswered. Received pronunciation is so named because it was 'received by', i.e. taught to public school pupils and RADA pupils. ( RADA = Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts ). You can hear example in

Has the whole world gone mad? Students are being asked to read the 'Da Vinci Code' and write reports on it? Every year, I give several lectures at my local university on such subjects as the influence of the Knights Templar on

I remember at school there was a combined volume of "Billy Liar" and "The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner" ubiquitous to the "English Rooms". I thought the latter to be the better story, better written; but

There's very little more pitiful than a white man trying to be black to please a black audience. Why is that? With me its the same thing with black people trying to be white. You mean the ones dating and slicing the blondes? Thats why Im so

Hi, I need some advice regarding ESL instruction. I don't have any formal ESL training or certification, but I do tutor some foreign students in English - mainly written English. I've been approached by a Russian student who wants to