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Re: British English pronounciation

thactoad — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:46:34 GMT

Pronunciation (note the spelling of the noun!! - but to pronounce) is not something you will find in a book but you need a native speaker to help you. I suggest you try to listen to English radio broadcasts (available on the internet) as you are probably not living in the UK.

British English pronounciation

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:35:55 GMT

Hi all

I'm british, but my pronunciation needs work. could any of you kindly direct me to some useful resources?

Thanks alot, it's much appreciated.

Re: Which language is most difficult language for people to learn?

A Cornish Pasty — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:34:29 GMT

Cool Breeze

"Zowel de grammatica als de uitspraak van de woorden is totaal anders dan Engels."
I think it means: Both the grammar and the pronunciation of words are completely different from English. I may be wrong, but if I'm right it is possible to understand some Dutch without studying it. The writer of the sentence is of course wrong; there are many similarities between English and Dutch.

Yes that's right!

Mandarin and Cantonese are vastly different from English but so far I have found them quite easy as well. I guess it depends on how many languages you have learnt, as each new language gets easier and easier.

My first foreign language was French which took ages. I picked up the same level of Dutch in less than half the time, and now I've moved on to Mandarin and Cantonese I think my brain is so used to absorbing new ways of constructing sentences and expressing ideas that it is willing to just accept and learn the new languages a lot easier than if they were the first foreign languages I was learning.

Cool Breeze
I'll translate the sentence into Finnish for anyone who wants to look for similarities between Finnish and Dutch or English:
"SekÃ¤ kielioppi ettÃ¤ sanojen Ã¤Ã¤ntÃ¤minen ovat tÃ¤ysin erilaiset kuin englannissa."
CB

All I get from that is kieli = language and englannissa = english I have looked into Finnish a bit but quickly got discouraged after finding out about all the cases!

Re: Which language is most difficult language for people to learn?

Cool Breeze — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:39:03 GMT

A Cornish Pasty
Strangely enough, I have found learning Dutch to be quite easy.

Nothing strange about it, CP! Dutch and English are very closely related. Dutch would be more difficult for people from, say, the Far East. I have never studied Dutch. This sentence is from the post to which you replied:

"Zowel de grammatica als de uitspraak van de woorden is totaal anders dan Engels."

I think it means: Both the grammar and the pronunciation of words are completely different from English. I may be wrong, but if I'm right it is possible to understand some Dutch without studying it. The writer of the sentence is of course wrong; there are many similarities between English and Dutch. I'll translate the sentence into Finnish for anyone who wants to look for similarities between Finnish and Dutch or English:

"SekÃ¤ kielioppi ettÃ¤ sanojen Ã¤Ã¤ntÃ¤minen ovat tÃ¤ysin erilaiset kuin englannissa."

Re: Which language is most difficult language for people to learn?

A Cornish Pasty — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:25:39 GMT

Strangely enough, I have found learning Dutch to be quite easy.

The main problem is the word order, but by watching enough Dutch TV shows the correct way of saying things becomes second nature.

It's the same with the pronunciation, you can learn the rules to be able to get a good idea of how to pronounce words, but watching Dutch TV and native speakers a lot will perfect that pronunciation and enabled me to merge sounds together to sound a bit more Dutch.

The only sound I still can't do is the rolling R!

Re: Easy as Pie, Almost!

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:30:12 GMT

Frequently listen to English spoken by native speakers and repeat them.
Watch English movies, listen to music, audio clips, BBC news and presentations.
Control your rate of speech to get the correct intonation and rhythm of English.
Use your dictionary.Familiarize yourself with the phonetic symbols used for different words in the dictionary and look up the correct pronunciation.This method helps in neutralizing an accent tremendously.
Make a list of commonly used words that are difficult to pronounce.
Record your own voice and listen for pronunciation mistakes.
Read English newspaper regularly.
Work on how to pronounce the vowel and consonant sounds.Mostly vowel sounds play vital role for accent variation.
Hence pronounce the vowels clearly.
Practice English sincerely. Don't feel shy to speak English as a beginner.

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Re: How to pronounce "ch"

Kooyeen — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:00:34 GMT

I am afraid you will need to check the pronunciation in the dictionary...
Chic is pronounced with SH for example. But once you know enough words, you can usually recognize common roots and guess the pronunciation.

Re: the coach'es/coach's words

Doll — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:55:14 GMT

Well Angliholic, some things in English sound better to me in my way of doing them but they end up wrong. You will get used to this soon.

As for the pronunciation, I know international transcription form so if you don't know it you can't understand. I mean those things written in dictionaries after the words.

This pronunciation thing has been discussed before, I don't know whether it was the same word though but you will have an idea at least. If you search you will find. If Ican find, I will write the links here.

Re: Correct Pronunciation of "Caroline" Kennedy

Clive — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:57:14 GMT

Hi,

It is the morning after the opening night of the Democratic Convention.

I remember the 1960s and President Kennedy. I have always heard
his daughter Caroline's name pronounced "Care-oh-line" in accordance
with the spelling of the word.

Now I am hearing young TV talking heads pronounce her name as
"Care-oh-lynn," which I think is incorrect.

Which is it?
You'd have to ask her. However, I've always pronounced that name more like 'Car-oh-lynn'.

Best wishes, Clive