By Vowels, Speaking English

The previous post is mistaking the /z/ sound with that at the beginning of "think" - sorry, I don't know how I can write that phonetic symbol here (in Spanish the written letter "z" is pronounced as that sound in "think", at least in the areas the previous...

This is really badly off topic but I couldn't resist the temptation to comment on your correct observation. I understand very well that native speakers of English mispronounce foreign words because foreign languages are not studied much in English-speaking countries.Well, can you really blame us?...

In my opinion, foreign students are taught the pronunciation of words according to the their first entry in the Pronunciation Dictionary (John Wells' Pronunciation Dictionary or Daniel Johns' English Pronouncing Dictionary - these two hold a good reputation in the field). I believe that the first...

Hello guys"Umblerra"! "A serious problem with lust with rocks"! I'm sure you can get tens of such anecdotes if you have an hour's talk with me! Another problem we have in speaking English is that we cannot well differentiate some English vowels. Basically we use only five vowels when we speak...

Nice one Orpheus!! I've been speaking English all my life and I've never heard that defined so well!