instruction. >>I don't have any >> formal ESL training or ... as something they could reference while working on their pronunciation. Well, looking up EIL or Jennifer Jenkins on Google Scholar could set you in the right direction.

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In le message del Mon, 04 Jul 2005 22:43:06 GMT, Cgao Coma ha scripte: Hi I recently jumped into this ancient english term, ANTANI, I don't know the meaning, neither the origin. It should concern the tuscan city of Florence (X-posted), but not

Rubbish (meant nicely, but). Shades of my old Eng Lit ... gem, but doesn't fit the scansion. Nothing more, nothing less. Okay, now what about this issue of the pronunciation? Ross implied that the "Lancasheer" pronunciation which

This supposed "Standard American English accent" sounds like a variation on the now rarely-used term "General American": From the dictionary at www.infoplease.com , which appears to be the *Random House Webster's Unabridged

I believe no one here has disputed that the US has regional accents. By the way, I lived quite a ... Not just immigrants from elsewhere, either. But yes, there certainly are people in eastern Massachusetts who do have non-rhotic accents. Ah, now

... } I don't know what song you're referring to; my interest in } the thread started with seeing "AH" used to represent a } pronunciation. The issue concerning the use of "ah" to } convey pronunciation will never be

Does this relate to some stainless steel alloy? I don't get the reference but am willing to learn. Hey, that would have been extremely witty, considering your name! No, I took "mUs1Ka" to be using iron to indicate irony, and I

OED gives /ma'kIzm@U/ as the primary British pronunciation, as does ... for "macho") has more to do with Italian than Greek... Nice hypothesis, but I don't think it holds up. If it really were a pattern based on confusion with

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