What is the difference between the vowel sounds "yoo" and "oo"? Strange question, don't you think? The first one has a "y" sound at the beginning; the second one doesn't. The "y" sounds like an

If vowels in a language are few,then it is hard to understand that language. and as I said "Because the consonants are mostly pronounced loose that makes it hard to recognise the words." No, because "few vowels" means there

When it comes to "says", in AmE you usually here . You also hear . Difference between ɛ and e: vowel height. BET, PEN got ɛ

Hi, 1) In what contexts do you expect to see the word "categorical"? For many outer-city and middle-class speakers, a raised vowel is already categorical in all environments. Does it mean:- 2) Many outer-city and middle-class

Thanks for your reply. Could you also please clerify if we use 'de' before nouns which have a vowel sound? For example,'the Einstein theory of ..'. thanks

Hi, I am studying at City University in London and wanted to know in which context do we pronounce the as 'da' and as 'de'. Pronounce it as 'de' before vowel sounds. CJ

This often happens when people are speaking extemporaneously, without a printed text from which to read. It becomes, in effect, a sort of "articulated pause + indefinite article". I have every confidence that he knows the difference

Sean starts with the same sound as "ship" and continues with "on" Sh-on. Sometimes you even see it spelled Shawn, which is how it sounds. Although the vowel sounds in John and Sean are a bit difference, depending on where

1. their /v/ is weak, since they have it as an approximant, which is weaker than a fricative. In Eng, it is a fricative. Even in english, /v/ can have its approximant as an allophone: this occurs probably in phrases like "five sixty",

There is, I think, a difference between pronunciation and accent, though I am not quite sure what it is. Perhaps it is a question of degree. It is perfectly possible to pronounce words correctly but with different accents. Different accents may of