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Received pronunciation (RP)
Received Pronunciation (RP), also called the Queen’s (or King’s) English,[1] Oxford English or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar...
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Phonetic Alphabet
International Phonetic Alphabets for international dialects The sounds of English and English pronunciation Free easy read chart of the phonetic alphabet - printable version This site allows you to...
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Pronouncing ‘the’ after a vowel
If there is a vowel sound after a ‘the’ means that the is pronounced ‘thee’ How to Pronounce “the” in English Normally, we pronounce “the” with a short sound (like “thuh”). But when “the” comes before...
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Pronunciation Poem
English pronunciation test While most of you non-native speakers of English speak English quite well, there is always room for improvement (of course, the same could be said for every person for any...
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International Phonetic Alphabet
Here come some lovely phonetic alphabet charts for you:
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Pronunciation Poem
My students love to hate this poem. It is a pronunciation poem designed to rid English speakers of regional accents. A French person said he would rather do six months of hard labour than read six...
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English pronunciation
enough cough trough plough through slough are all pronounced differently
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How to perfectly pronounce ‘analysis’
A-nalle-sis. If you get stuck in a speech or if you have problems with this word and you are a Swedish speaker – think Nalle! It may sounds stupid and you may feel like an idiot but this never fails!
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Silent bs and double ts
In English, the silent letters often wreak havoc with pronunciation. Silent bs can be particularly problematic: debt subtle dumb comb tomb thumb bomb, bomber, bombing, bombs - most problematic for...
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Pronouncing ‘the’ after a vowel
If there is a vowel sound after a ‘the’ means that the is pronounced ‘thee’ How to Pronounce “the” in English Normally, we pronounce “the” with a short sound (like “thuh”). But when “the” comes before...
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Received pronunciation (RP)
Received Pronunciation (RP), also called the Queen’s (or King’s) English,[1] Oxford English or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar...
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English pronunciation
enough cough trough plough through slough are all pronounced differently
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When Pronunciation Changes
Error is the engine of language change, and today’s mistake could be tomorrow’s vigorously defended norm. There are lots of wonderful examples of alternative pronunciations or missteps that have become...
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Tongue Twisters
Some of these may be familiar to English speakers. I think most, if not all, languages have tongue twisters. They are great fun to try and say, whatever your age I think. I tend to use them to train...
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