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

How is artist Kimon Nicolaides name pronounced?

I thought this was a fun and interesting find: a poem written by Dr. Gerard Nolst Trenité called "The Chaos", which demonstrates many of the peculiarities of English spelling. Apparently, if you can correctly pronounce every word in this poem, you

I noticed that this question is tagged as unanswered. Received pronunciation is so named because it was 'received by', i.e. taught to public school pupils and RADA pupils. ( RADA = Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts ). You can hear example in

Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German ... who investigate every new trend in exercise. It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees I'm so glad you gave the pronunciation. I see the word everywhere. I've never really wanted to

Thanks a lot, everybody. As for me, I can't say, ... the same, as if he were talking his everyday language. Yes but you also have to take into account that it is a song, has rhythm, a tempo, bars and ... which you can extend as you wish. but

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

Hello. I've heard (say, in some British songs) the following pronunciation: the vowel in "got" was pronounced in a sort ... was Blur, by the way. The sound was not even short, it lasted for some time (because it's a song).

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

Hello. I've heard (say, in some British songs) the following pronunciation: the vowel in "got" was pronounced in a sort of American manner, more like in "but", for example. That was Blur, by the way. The sound was not even