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Hi, So what would you advise Kooyeen with regard to the pronunciation of the words he asked about? As far as specific lexical items are concerned, I would advise him to look them up in an American dictionary. More generally, I would

I certainly see your point, but I hope you see mine, too. I think I do see your point. So what would you advise Kooyeen with regard to the pronunciation of the words he asked about? (He's particularly interested in acquiring an

Wow, what a lot of nonesense. Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language? Huh? What are you talking about? I was

Hallo. I liked your comment on learning English and American. I'm trying desparatly to preserve my American accent while I'm assaulted by the British accent since I live in Europe now (Poland). What are good books to teach me contrasted

Hi All, So many students in my groups have an American pronunciation of lots of words, like basket = (baeskit). ... this American pronunciation? - correct it? - or: point out that the British pronounce a word differently + tell how? Since

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

Hi There Guys, I've been studying english since I was 13 and It is really good language, Now I am 16 and I'll spend from now to 3 years in front to learn english deeply from Grammar to Vocabulary to Slang to American accent to pronunciation and

In regard to the comment on Americans not having the variety or plethora of accents present in the UK, I have a mixed response. Part of me wants to be angry because that is a pretty ignorant statement, but another part wants to agree with you for

No, not entirely. But then, if you consider modern USAmerican patterns and pronunciation, it seems to owe a very great deal to non-English languages in particular, Deutsch, Dutch, Yiddish, and American Spanish, but also the many immigrant