Leandro_tami wrote: 2) it seems people from Harvard really is as bad as I thought. I find hard to believe that you would have received the same answer in my university. I'm a little confused by what you mean here. You could explain what you

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I think the difference is in the stress of the vowel. See my previous post.

I believe wizards are different from fortune tellers. I believe that wizards ask questions. They don't give answers.

Julielai -- but I think the accent adds a richness and depth to the spoken word. I love the accents people speak in English! I think they are beautiful! For example, the French accent is full of connations of love and romance. Those with certain

Sarah: I think in another post you mentioned you would like to tone down or eliminate your accent. While I did mention some ways to do that, I do know that there is no perfect accent in English. The one you speak with is fine. And that goes for

I am a native speaker and teach pronunciation. I think /ir/ is a STRESSED vowel with an /r/ sound and /er/ is an UNSTRESSED vowel or schwa with an /r/ sound. Stressed vowels are generally longer and stronger than the unstressed schwa. Because the

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getting us into it - but that's a debate for another time. Pyewacket.