Bluealbatross wrote: Hey can someone help me with some tongue twisters! I think it's the best way to master some sounds! Can you help me with this one I think is difficult: "Both my father and mother have their birthday the same month"

Interesting - the auto editor has blanked out Dick's surname, but not his first name!

This is an interesting one LanguageLover. The success of American actors trying a British accent ranges from the impressive to the truly awful! I could name several in the latter category - Including Dick Van ***'s legendary attempt at Cockney in

Hmm, LanguageLover, I think the Wiki article suggests that the actors you listed actually promoted American dialect rather than speaking mid-Atlantic English - to a Brit like me they all sound especially American! I agree with the article that

As Clive touches on, "pushing ones buttons" can be positive as well as negative, although when used in a positive way it often extended to "pushing the right buttons" (at least in BrE). For example a girl might say of her boyfriend: "I'm going

I've noticed this. In the UK, if you said you felt sick it would usually mean specifically you are about to vomit, whereas in the US it seems a more generic term for feeling ill. In the UK, we use the word "sickness" in a more generic way, but to

Is this a variation on the "get your knickers in a twist" phrase? This is a phrase used in BrE (and in AmE? I'm not sure) and it means to get overly upset and worked up about some issue you feel sensitive about. For example, if you were waiting

1) is definitely to reduce speed 2) A girlie knot would imply a knot that is pretty to look at, but not very practical and might come apart easily. Please don't read any sexism into the above phrase, I'm just describing it!

Like the tennis player John McEnroe (Macken-roe). I've always gone with the principle that you should respect how someone pronounces their own name, even if it grates with you! For example, the way many Americans with perfectly pronouncable

Sorry, you are right! I got my "highs" and "lows" mixed up! Apologies for any confusion.