IS speaking good English a bit of headache for you? But Huang Qing, 13, and Gu Lishi, 15, feel that studying it can be as much fun as singing and watching videos. The sixth "21st Century Scholastic Cup" National High School English

I would agree that Slavonic languages are not easy. I am Czech and sometimes I think that punctuation in Czech is just rediculously complicated. Not many Czech people can right correctly!!! Grammar is equally tough even for natives. Speaking it is

One day I hope to be speaking English as fast as I can speak Japanese. I hope I can speak English as fast as I can speak Japanese one day. I hope I will be able to speak English as fast as Japanese some day. Are they all correct and do they mean

Asians are dissing "Memoirs of a Geisha" because the main actresses are Chinese, and the story is about Japanese geisha. The film stars Ziyz Zhang, Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li. Point of distinction in regards to "Asians". I think

Anyway, fining fees as punishment when caught not speaking English, received by the class treasurer for the class fund, is not always used by all teachers. Sometimes those who were caught not speaking english were either given more cleaning chores

Shouder isn't a word. I think he means that his pronunciation of shoulder sounds like 'shouder'. He's 'dropping' his 'L's Orientals have problems with the letters L and R. The Japanese saying lolapalooza as

What nationality have the best foriegn accent when speaking English. I've personally noticed that scandanavians sound so English and the Dutch sound so American. Scandinavians may *talk* English, but they don't *walk* English, if you know

On one of my satellite TV channels I occasionally see a Chinese lady reading the news. I don't know which ... separately from every other. There is no slurring and the words have a metronome-like regularity with no variation in length. Such is

I consider English is a rhythmical language. All languages have a rhythm. In my opinion, its pronunciation and the shape of the alphabet are rounded. When speaking, because of these features, it makes easier to go on to the next sentence. Are

It's very common for Japanese people, when speaking English, to ... this dialectical at all or is it just plain "wrong"? imo, Wrong. I think standard English would be (as you suggest) "Do you know who/what ... is?"