Milky wrote: CalifJim wrote: A native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. The native must have misunderstood the question. Does it No. , and if it does, why? And is it widespread? No. "gonna" has to be followed by a

Hi, what your name? What you waiting for? I don't know if this is a matter of pronunciation, but it's strange. I often hear seantences like those as: Whuch your name? - Instead of "what's your name" Whuch you waiting for? - Instead of "what are

Hi, Kooyeen, Kooyeen wrote: I know you won't like my answer, but... what's wrong? That part of speech was ok. My goal is to talk like that. Ok, not really like that, but that was not "non-English", so it was ok in the end (I guess). I

I'm not familiar with MLB. In American English it is very common to omit the "t" when it follows a stressed syllable ending in "n" and precedes an unstressed syllable beginning with a vowel. "winter" and "winner" are indistinguishable. The

Hello Mike in Japan- Arguments claiming American English to be a “dumbed down” or “lazy” version of British English are based on the erroneous premise that American English is a perversion of British English. Any real linguist will tell you

From Merriam Webster's : AIN'T Etymology: contraction of are not 1 : am not : are not : is not 2 : have not : has not 3 : do not : does not : did not -- used in some varieties of Black English Usage: Although widely disapproved as

In American English, 'use' is pronounced 2 ways. If it's used as a noun, the final sound is an 's', if used as a verb, the final sound is a 'z'. May I use /yooz/ your car? That gadget has only one use /yoos/. But then again, we're not