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

Language is not static; it changes all the time. In fact, the t-sound used to be correct. Quote: "Often was pronounced with a t-sound until the 17th century, when a pronunciation without the /t/ came to predominate in the speech of the

Phonics shows letter-sound correspondence patterns that exist in traditional spelling (what I call tradspel). It looks at letters and letter strings (letters in sequence) and shows how sounds are commonly spelled by them. Phonics is good for

Hello! I am designing an informative poster to present my research paper. Please correct the text I am planing to display on the poster. Thanks ever so much! (It might be a pretty interesting read ) Poster Text: The Way to A Phenomenal Memory -

Ttate: Welcome to the forums. This is a very interesting subject! Languages do have a formal grammar, but also there are many times when the rules are broken by native speakers in actual practice. Sometimes "formal speech," although

syllable Segment of speech usually consisting of a vowel with or without accompanying consonant sounds (e.g., a , I , out , too , cap , snap , check ). A syllabic consonant, like the final n sound in button and widen , also constitutes a syllable.

But it is, of course, complete baloney, hooey, nonsense, and ... from "hanbag", but I'm by no means sure of that. He made no claim about your speech, he just said that if your are sounding the "d", it is a spelling

Some on your list may lose the "d" less easily ... the back, but it is still plausible that some do. Now who's being condescending? What was condescending? Do you mean that I was stating things that you already know? If so, that

That is, of course, baloney. Handsaw, handbook, handgun, hand-carved, hand-reared, handguard, handbell, hand-etc...handbag. A hambag would be a bag to put ham in. Some on your list may lose the "d" less easily than others depending on

Native speakers of English don't, unless dictating to children. In ... or "handbag" (which in rapid speech is indistinguishable from "ham-bag"). I'm English and have just a vestige of a "d" in handsome and a