By plain "r" sound, I meant "r" when it appears at the beginning of a word - such as "rush" or "ring" or when combined with another consonant(s) in the middle of a word, like "scrape" or"anthrax". To my non-professional ear, American English and

This may be slightly off topic, but something that's intrigued me for some time is how Israeli (Hebrew) speakers pronounce the letter "r" when they speak English. It's not like the plain r sound of American or southern British English, or the

To summarise everyone's comments Dominik - and also agree with you original statement - it's safe to say that, when learning British English, the "r" should not normally be pronounced EXCEPT when the following word starts with a

I am a native English speaker from central England and about a year ago moved to the north east of England. I'm curious to know if any other languages use the distinctive combined glottal stop and consonant sound that is common here, and what the

You get the "to die" (for today) pronunciation to some extent in the London accent, especially the south London accent. The actual phrase "to die" would be somewhere between "to die" and "to doy",

It depends what sort of English you mean. Strictly speaking, what Califjim says applies only to north American English. In British English, the same sound would be applied to each T: Poh-TAY-Toes Toh-MAH-Toes

A recent invention (I think) in the UK is "ladette" as the female version of "lad". For hundreds of years "lad" was simply a colloquial English term for a boy. Recently though, lad has been more specifically implied to young males who often go

Hepburngeng wrote: I know Melbourne is city's name both in Australia and USA. What is its initial meaning? Thanks, Hep Your sentence would make more sense with a "a" added Hepburngeng, in other words: "I know Melbourne is

"Wee" is a Scottish word for "Small" or "little". It has nothing to do with peeing! If a Scotsman saw a small boy he might say "Och, there's a wee lad". A "wee trip" is therefore a short journey that you expect to return from soon (but longer than

Gas pedal is a North American term, not normally used in the UK. This is partly because the American word for petroleum motor fuel: "gasoline" (shortened to "gas"), is not used here, "petrol" being the usual term, although confusingly we do use