I won't argue with you, of course you're right, you're a native Italian! You can argue! After all, Italian has many variants and I can speak only for mine. After doing some search on the internet, I've found this dictionary where

(about the "NATO phonetic alphabet") lets you spell a If I'm not mistaken, the change from WW2's Able, Baker, Charlie to Alfa, Bravo, Cocoa (later reverted to Charlie) was for better understanding by non-native-English speakers

I remember at school there was a combined volume of "Billy Liar" and "The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner" ubiquitous to the "English Rooms". I thought the latter to be the better story, better written; but

As far as I know, when a French word begins with a vowel, the glottal stop precedes it. This does not happen in English, but many dialects (e.g. the urban dialects of London, Edinburgh, etc.) use the glottal stop in words such as "little,

Hi Danny, I have got the program White Smoke, it is good. I would use the latter to learn how ... also would like our courses to include phonetic (in accordance to IPA), it will greatly help people. Regards, Ariel Medina Hi Danny I use the program

"Languages divide people, knowlegde joins them." Knowledge Is Above Language ... text and translate to their native languages. I mean: - Hi Danny, I have got the program White Smoke, it is good. I would use the latter to learn how to

... how should I pronounce "Piscataway"? I can do "Poughkeepsie" like a native, but this is new. Mike. *** CAT away I think quite a few New Jersey names like this were Leni Lenape (Native American) names that ... on Absecon

The pioneers and cowboys used to call the grasslands of the southwest "sage" (this does not include the deserts). "Riders ... called sage. Did sagebrush get its name from the grasslands? Or did the grassland get its name from the

Or hana (flower) vs. hana (nose). (?) I don't think ... average English people doesn't know any basic Japanese at all. CyberCypher> True, but I do and I'm a native English-speaker. I didn't know that! And I want other readers of

What you mean "we," paleface? You're piggybacking. Who are -you- talking to, redface? Have you thought about what it takes for a reform to take hold? Have you ever noticed that some new things are mocked and resisted, while others