You can do better than buying books if you're on the net. I know of an american site with loads of (kind of classic) poetry with recordings you can listen to or download. It's called "repeat after us" and could help you with

The title "My Fair Lady" derives primarily from the final line of the song "London Bridge is Falling Down". But it is more than that: it is the Cockney pronunciation of "Mayfair Lady", and while neither 27A Wimpole

Hello. I've heard (say, in some British songs) the following pronunciation: the vowel in "got" was pronounced in a sort ... where a similar thing could happen, say "pot", "stop", etc. I mean I didn't notice it

I've heard (say, in some British songs) the following pronunciation: the vowel in "got" was pronounced in a sort of ... where a similar thing could happen, say "pot", "stop", etc. I mean I didn't notice it in

The pronunciaton of 't' as 'd', particularly in casual speech, is afeature of many varieties of English. In south-east England, ... in pop lyrics, and if English were allowed to develop naturally would very soon become a standard

It's not as bad as that. Many, if not most people, will recognize that "ah" as the "father" vowel. But how many ways are there in the English-speaking world to pronounce "father"? I see the point of

The only pronunciation I've ever heard for Bodega Bay, California, is "bo DAY ga", though sometimes the first vowel drops out completely. This is also how Paul Simon sings it in "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes", which

> > > >> Frost had a sort of *** cockney as far as I remember. He may > >> ... as > >> having been "cultivated", as one of our Antipodeans puts it. Weeds > >> grow best in manure. By the way, is

About two days ago, I heard someone sing that song with "If we ever say ah dyu", and finally the ... foreign to me. (Except in that song.) Are the dictionaries misleading me, or do I simply not get around enough? I'm sure I've

You know that Steve Miller song, 'The Joker'? he's definitely singing "Some people call me Maurice" not "some people call me Morris". To me Maurice/Morris is one of those first name vs. surname things. The