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How to pronounce Japanese car names
The endless conundrum of how to pronounce Porsche, Nike, Moleskine continues. But here is how to pronounce Japanese car names. I see Mazda is pronounced Mazuda
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Words people stumble over
The British Institute Of Verbatim Reporters (BIVR) is the UK’s leading organisation for professionals involved in taking down speech at court and tribunal hearings. Leah Willersdorf, of the BIVR,...
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Why can English speakers no longer use their language properly?
There was an energetic discussion yesterday in one of the dog groups I frequent about the number of dog breeders using the word weary instead of wary. As in, Boerboels need to be weary of strangers....
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Pronunciation Poem
I use this poem fairly often in my classes as it is extremely good for training pronunciation. It has also been good for me because I have had to learn the meaning of every single word! English...
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Interesting article on the historical development of pronunciation
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Commonly mispronounced words
Most Commonly Mispronounced Words 1. affidavit [af-i-dey-vit] 2. almond [ah-muh nd, am-uh nd] 3. beget [bih-get] 4. cache [kash] 5. caramel [kar-uh-muh l, -mel, kahr-muh l] 6. coupon [koo-pon, kyoo-]...
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Galen leather notebook, pencase/notebook holder, and fountain pens
I was an early adopter of traveler’s notebooks. In the beginning there was almost nothing to choose from if you did not want the basic brown and black covers made by what was then Midori, now...
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Annoying mispronunciations
Do you have any mispronunciations that annoy you? I am unable to think of one at the moment, but I think it is usually native English speakers that make these mistakes, and I don’t speak with many of...
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Silent letters in English
The problematic silent letters I come across most often among Swedes are: bomb comb tomb salmon almond corps debt psychology psychiatric and for myself, I think queue with it’s four silent letters is...
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Snapshots of a trip
We managed to do 2000km of exploring this trip, as well as spending quality time with family. Here are some snapshots Morgan’s Bay Port Alfred Port Alfred Jeffrey’s Bay, one of the top surf spots in...
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