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CalifJim wrote: A guy once introduced himself to me as Dive-id. I said, "What an interesting name." When I was studying in France (hundreds of years ago) I met a Jewish student from Germany who was introduced to me by our French hosts as "Ah -REE." I assumed his name was...

Marvin A. wrote:>> Now, said with a Southern French accent, it becomes , it should be less confusing for you. The French ‘o’ in ‘Côte’ isn’t a diphthong – it rhymes with ‘caught’ in RP. The Provençals, however, say it as ‘cot’ in RP.

What exactly is a British accent? Geordie? Glaswegian? Scouse? Cockney? Brummie? Northern? Southern? RP? Estuary? Welsh? Irish? According to an online BBC article from 2005: "Sean Connery's Scottish lilt is the nation's favourite accent, a survey of people for a BBC project suggests. Sir...

Anonymous wrote: Spain has more money than Mexico?? Who told you this lie? Don't confuse Mexico with other poor latin american countries. Mexico is a rich country (richer than spain) that's in the trillion dollar class gdp. Keep in mind that Mexico is a sovereign nation unlike Spain who...

Spain has more money than Mexico?? Who told you this lie? Don't confuse Mexico with other poor latin american countries. Mexico is a rich country (richer than spain) that's in the trillion dollar class gdp. Keep in mind that Mexico is a sovereign nation unlike Spain who is member of the...

Part I: Want to 'neutralise' your accent? Many deserving candidates lose out on job opportunities because of their vernacular accent. Can I 'neutralise' my accent? Yes, you can. All you need to do is train yourself to speak English as comfortably and perfectly as you speak your mother...

Hello ,What do these words mean It sounds cool but it's weird . Could someone paraphrase this text ?? It's too much strange vocabulary . src="http://www.proboards8.com/v4images/smiley.gif" border=0> It's an abstract from http://www.americanaccent.com/index.html :Substitution Words'I was rooting...

hi this is shekar from hyderabad india i want also spoken english materials if anybody have plz send to me Webster's on-line dictionary. Has audio facility. Hear words spoken in AmE http://www.m-w.com/ BBC learn English site. Has audio in BrE...