Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello, Raja, It goes without saying that there is no blame in being a non-native speaker and a layperson in linguistic science, so

Dear friend, for singular names ending in -s, the regular genitive is usual: Davis's , Charles's . Sometimes these nouns are treated as if they were plural: Davis' , Charles' - in this case the ending -s is still pronounced even

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

I'm afraid I misread your post. So I guess the Irish spelling is Cian, and the spelling you plan to use is Kean, which is anglicized. With "Sean," (my son's name) the Irish spelling is "Sean" and the anglicized version

I've always been curious about the difference in pronounciation of this word in UK and US English. In US English the word is pronounced as it is written (ljuutenent), while in UK English people say 'leftenent'. Does anyone know where

Ahem. You haven't said which pronunciation to follow! I'm putting my money on "good", as being the one for the "-oo-" spelling. I've never heard Shakespeare being performed with original pronunciation, so I

I believe that Shakespeare's rhymes are a good guide to ... connection between the two had already started to break down. Ahem. You haven't said which pronunciation to follow! I'm putting my money on "good", as being the one

Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: If you can't hear the pronunciation, then you need better ears, not a teacher. I would like better ears. Funnily enough, I reckon most people need them. I noticed most English people trying to learn Italian, for

Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: Should have been ... absurd, you know please limit your posts to alt.absurd.replies. What do you find so absurd in my reply? That you compare using a talking dictionary or the phonetic

Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: Should have been "provides either". That could be said for virtually anything: you can find the meaning of words on dictionaries and grammar rules on grammar books. If you want to be absurd and you are