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"A new study suggests the Queen is dropping the traditional RP accent and starting to resemble the standard southern English English accent associated with those "younger and traditionally lower in the social hierarchy." ..." Those pronunciation teachers who hold the view that there is this ideal pronunciation which we can all aim for are obviously wr ong … because what is that ideal ... "

Audio Guide to British English Pronunciation | DavidAppleyard.com

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The Japanese language has roughly half as many sounds as English, but this doesn't prevent it from eagerly soaking up vast quantities of western words and expressions. This process is uniquely facilitated by the existence of the katakana phonetic script, which basically compresses foreign words into the same limited range of sounds available for native ones. The Japanese themselves think that this system is very smart. The downside is that school children face an almost impossible task unlearning it when approaching real English in the classroom. They fail to distinguish between the separate English sounds in, for example, birth , bus and bath — all of which for their convenience are similarly transcribed in the katakana syllabary.

th e , lett er , calend ar , pict ure , fig ure , a , a n, a t, thor ough , mad a m, nat io n, wom a n, a ccept, eff or t, fr o m, a round, f o r, av a lanche, Edinb(u)r gh , az ure , As ia , t o , Jes u s, surg eo n, s ur prise, gath ere d, h el lo, h a llo, h u llo, rum our , b a nal, nom e ncl a t ure , c ir cuitous b i t, k i t, m i nt, h i ll, h y mn, w o m e n, i t, wh i ch, av(e)r a ge, langu a ge, p i g eo n, c y cl i cal, bic y cle, pr e tty, e nquiry, mortg a ge, m i n ia ture, s i gn a ture, h y pocr i sy, for a ge, lett u ce, b u sy, Jesus ' s, b ui ld, capt ai n, ae gean, v i n y l, b u siness, mount ai n, wait e d, belov e d c augh t, c ou rt, c au terize, au ction, p au se, c or tisone, b ough t, sp or t, w ar , a ll, or , awe , r aw , r oar , f o r (final), f or mer, cl aw , cl au se, d oo r , b o ring, t al k, y ou're , p oor , dr aw , w ar m

British English pronunciation: Vowel Sounds

Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation - How to Pronounce English words

A monster online dictionary of the rich colourful language we call slang... all from a British perspective, with new slang added every month. If you are unable to immediately find the term you are looking for, try the slang search . A short essay giving an outline of the parameters of this dictionary and brief information on slang can be accessed on the

Dictionary of English slang and colloquialisms of the UK

Advanced English lessons

IDEA was created in 1997 as a free, online archive of primary source dialect and accent recordings. Paul Meier , author of the best-selling Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen , is its founder and director. He is a leading dialect coach for theatre and film, a specialist in accent reduction, and IDEA's leading contributor. The Technical Advisor and Founding Webmaster Emeritus for the archive is Shawn Muller .

IDEA - The International Dialects Of English Archive

English as 2nd Language - Learn English

This rubric provides English language level guidelines and expectations for learners at four different levels. Speaking and pronunciation, reading, writing and listening skills and capabilities are described in detail for each of these levels to help teachers and learners establish the correct English learning level either before a course begins, or at the end of a course during the testing phase. Teaching telephone English can be frustrating as students really need to practice their skill as often as possible in order to improve their comprehension skills.

The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British...

Ace - If something is ace it is awesome . I used to hear it a lot in Liverpool. Kids thought all cool stuff was ace, or brill . Aggro - Short for aggravation, it's the sort of thing you might expect at a football match.