Anonymous wrote: in words such as freely,hardly,deeply Does it pronounce or in phonetic pronunciation? in words such as starchy,pinky , Does it pronounce in phonetic pronunciation? Hope you can teach me ,deeply thanks!

Dear Analyst1 I agree with davkett's reply of 13th December 2005 8.39pm

Moonlight100 wrote: hello i want samples of BRE and AE The luggage compartment of a car:- trunk AmE, boot BrE.

R.G. wrote: Hi ~~! Which kind of Br. accent shall I follow? There are many regional accents/dialects and there are 'social' accents in Britain. If you want to be widely understood, I suggest that you try to avoid all strong regional

The problem is that you have learned to read and write English before you learned to speak it. Consequently you are always translating from your mother tongue (L1) into English (L2) when you are speaking. This causes the time delay. Babies

The text you have provided and its website source shows that it is a specialist academic subject, and perhaps it needs an academic expert in the matter to explain the meanings. However, in ordinary English I think it means "What accents have

Hly2004 wrote: France's proposal Princess' handbag Congress' decision Or in BrE... France-iz Princess-iz (with the the 'e' as in b e d) Congress-iz (with the the 'e' as in b e d)

Guest wrote: What is the correct plural form for octopus octopuses ! I know it sounds strange. We sometimes think it should be octopi , or that octopus is both the singular and the plural form (as in 'sheep'), but no, the plural of octopus is

Itasan wrote: I wonder if this understanding is correct: 1. answerphone; answering machine - BrE 2. answering machine - AmE Thank you. The Oxford Compact English Dictionary says " answerphone n. Brit . a telephone answering machine."

To nona the brit Is that what (AmE ) apple polisher really means? I've never heard the expression.