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Working with a bit of translation on the brilliant Wes Anderson movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, I've come across the fictional harbor Port-au-Patois. I will not be translating this for the screen text, but reading a bit about the movie, I came across several reviews, commentaries...

Where do you live? Here in Oregon it seems to be very common to use "thuh" before vowel sounds. Teevision news readers, who in most areas are expected to be exemplars of correct, or at least locally accepted, pronunciation, here routinely say "thuh officers of thuh organization...

. You have a problem, but I can suggest little more than practice and concentration; I presume you have a tutor or teacher or acquaintance who can listen to and advise you. I hadn't noticed that Chinese students have much trouble with vowel sounds before-- I thought the consonants were more...

The response from the United States of America to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Message from Her Majesty the Queen. • Let us start with your header, the use of Majesty. Here is how it is derived: After the fall of Rome, Majesty was used to describe a Monarch of the very highest rank -...

> *Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A.!* > > A Message from John Cleese (British comedian) > > > To: The citizens of the United States of America: > > > In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President > of the USA...

Anonymous wrote: It really bugs me the way Americans say a 'British' accent because more than one country makes up Britain, there is England, Scotland, and Wales, all of which have very different accents. Then of course all three countries have many regional accents which are again very...

It really bugs me the way Americans say a 'British' accent because more than one country makes up Britain, there is England, Scotland, and Wales, all of which have very different accents. Then of course all three countries have many regional accents which are again very different. I think I know...

Hi everybody! What is the technical term for the phenomenon that the RP and GA pronunciation differ in words like "due", "enthusiasm" or "presume". I know that it's about the /ju:/ vs. /u:/ sound but I don't know the technical term for it. Same problem for the GA pronunciation of the words...

Tracmail India Pvt. Ltd. is looking for native American (US & Canada) Language & Communications Skills Trainer for their call center facility at New Bombay, India. Tracmail is a division of TWS Holdings a Premier Business Process Outsourcing Solutions provider. TWS Holdings has its head...

true Budweiser as manufactured for the last 1000 years in the Czech Republic to be sold without risk