What rule exactly are you referring to? Can you be more specific? Regards

Okay, point taken. Clearly you're very knowlegdeable on this particular subject, and I couldn't agree more with you. However, I didn't understand right away how some aspects added to the explanation, because I seriously doubt if the

What's your point? Regards Dokterjokkebrok

I don't recommend that site for any one. It is full of crap when it comes to AmE. Use either M-W and reference.com dude in AmE = 'dud Notice the yod-dropping, that is, no /j/ (in IPA) after alveolar consonants. What do you mean? I

Is there a difference in the pronunciation of General American 'back' and RP 'back'? For example as in: I came back Wednesday. The reason for asking is because my pronouncing dictionary gives the /æ/ intermediate vowel for both

Get an electronic pronouncing dictionary and practise your pronunciation every day for 10-20 minutes, without exceptions. Use books with English idioms, and practise with your computer/laptop and a piece of paper. Pick out a word. Try to predict

Hi I didn't mean to undermine your answer. I'm sorry if I implied such a thing, but I was merely giving an example and saying that, given the actual pronunciation of most of these suffixes, I find it more logical to use -ize, since people

RP (received pronunciation) is the kind of English you hear on the BBC most frequently. For further information on this go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Regards Jordy

. I suppose that you know there are texts available for this sort of work. Here in Japan, I use English Pronunciation Exercises for Japanese Students , by Harriette Grate. You can also have fun making up dialogues containing the clusters under