The "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the

AJ Hoge's "effortless english" is a waste of money. I made the mistake of buying it for a friend who doesn't speak much English and she doesn't even use it. I don't blame her because it takes a lot of effort to learn with

So in Webster words talk, caught and bought are written as ˈtȯk, ˈkȯt, ˈbȯt but I also read in some textbooks on General American English accent that those words are also pronounced as ˈtäk ˈkät ˈbät. So I don't know what pronunciation is

KK is based on the A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English, which was written by John S. Kenyon & Thomas A. Knotts. So, KK stands for the last names of both of the people who wrote this dictionary. As for IPA and KK, there are only a few

Of course both those books have CD's. Without CD's those books would be worthless... Both books are especially about intonation, linking words, reduced sounds and something about pronunciation you can hardly find in books on American

I'm not aware of any differences in initial T in East Coast pronunciation compared with other varieties of American English. It should be an aspirated T, not reduced T or D. Perhaps you heard an unaspirated T. I'm puzzled about what else

Remember also that native English speakers' pronunciation varies depending on which part of the world they are from and which social group they belong to. yes, indeed. Dictionary.com has both "standard" British and American English

KK (Kenyon & Knott) is a phonetic system popular in Taiwan (and, I think, nowhere else) for representing the sounds of American English. It's very close to the IPA, anyway. Phonics is a theory & practice for teaching children

Hey, haven't been on here for a while now ... but this forum is great!! What's the prefered pronunciation of "Courage" and "Current" in American English? I suppose the first one suggested by answers.com with the û-sound, rather than the

A good example is a multi-syllable word where the American English pronunciation has a different stress pattern than British English. If you click on the sound icons, you will hear the differences. LINK Mr M is correct that primary / secondary