Milky wrote: CalifJim wrote: A native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. The native must have misunderstood the question. Does it No. , and if it does, why? And is it widespread? No. "gonna" has to be followed by a

Hi, they are very different. Can't you hear the difference between these two? Click on them: /ae/ => /caet/ --- CAT /a:/ => /ca:t/ --- COT You can check this out too: American Vowels That comes from this webpage

I think the question for this topic was phrased wrong. You should change it to: English English VS. American English It would help you understand the answer better "american english" is such a peculiar phrase, a complete paradox in

Titithi wrote: I agree with you: learning both is useful. In my country,we have learned British English and we should explain why the pronunciation of this word can pronounce in different other way or why people use "will" instead of "shall".

I agree with you: learning both is useful. In my country,we have learned British English and we should explain why the pronunciation of this word can pronounce in different other way or why people use "will" instead of "shall". Today , our program

Cvilla wrote: SillyMe wrote: "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you ?" Is the difference between those two an accent matter, or a pronunciation matter?

Hi, I'm sorry, but I really don't think most of what you said makes sense at all. But maybe it's me who doesn't understand, so let me comment on your post: Could you please find at least one place in this thread where I said that pronunciation was

"You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you ?" Is the difference between those two an accent matter, or a pronunciation matter? Neither. The intonation is the key. You have

Hwat for what is the original pronunciation and was the only form used in Middle English. In Modern English, many dialects lost the wine-whine distinction, and began pronouncing words spelled "wh" as simply "w", rather thn "hw". The original,