<Where are the books that teach spoken English ? I'm a go there? What a ya doin? Ah'll see ya domorrow. > They're on there way: English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate I doubt that's really comprehensive. I think I once took a look at that

On second thought, I think I once read somewhere that "I've" is used that way in the UK sometimes, maybe for possession. But since I am not sure, it might be very rare,I have never actually "heard" it, and I have probably

The following constucted dialect will give you what will sound like a Cockney accent to North Americans. All you have to do is change how you pronounce certain things differently and you will sound like a Cockney. The goal is to intruduce as many

1. Here it is. 2. Here comes X. Although the /r/ is pronounced in #1, in BrE, it's very light: not at all as strong as the /r/ in "rats", for instance, or the AmE pronunciation of "here". Additionally, this would probably only apply to

Your speaking abilities surprised me as well. They are very comprehensible and I could understand you very well. You do have an accent, but accents are hard to get rid of, and as long as your pronunciation is fine, accents don't matter. My

As far as I know, when a French word begins with a vowel, the glottal stop precedes it. This does not happen in English, but many dialects (e.g. the urban dialects of London, Edinburgh, etc.) use the glottal stop in words such as "little,

Hi Bluealbatross, I live near Newcastle, and answered your similar question in the thread entitled: "Received pronunciation and mid Atlantic English" ...but I've pasted it here in case anyone wants to continue on this thread: I don't

I don't think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent if you want to learn a British regional accent. Its often reckoned to be one of the most difficult of accents to understand - not only for non British, but for many British themselves!

Redundancy of the week: a reporter spoke of the "official state visit" made by GWB. OED has 'state visit, a visit by a head of state to a foreign country for ceremonial rather than official purposes' so it seems a 'state