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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Mar

I wrote about ‘inside’ jokes between couples or good friends. I had an example I wanted to share in the comments but couldn’t remember what it was. I’ve just now remembered so I might as well make a post of it as explain it...

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How Do You Pronounce "Caribbean"?

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4451) 4 Jan

Americans and Europeans tend to pronounce words differently. I am told that folks in the UK tend to pronounce this word as "CA-rib-BE-an" where Americans say "Ca-RIB-be-an". But I am also told the exact opposite, as well. With...

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Is it Eye-dalia or I-dalia?

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 27 Aug 23

The "soon to be named" storm brewing near the Yucatan will be named Idalia once it reaches Tropical Storm strength. The Weather Channel reporter was pronouncing it "Ee-dalia" with a long "E." I think it should be pronounced...

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A Cool Site For Word Nerds Like Me!

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 31 Mar 21

Most people have heard of the Merriam Webster dictionary, which has been in existence for many years. There is a website of the same name and I really enjoy it! I receive updates from them via email, which include the word of the...

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Dearest creature in creation, Study English Pronunciation

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 5 Mar 20

If ever you are wondering how I talk, I do speak very well. In my native tongue as well as in English. Why? Two reasons. For one, my grandmother was among the first students of English taught by the Thomasites teachers second...

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That Spelling Just Doesn't Make Sense!

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 12 Feb 20

I've often heard that the English language is difficult because of the varied spelling and pronunciation rules. Confusing too! I think the word February isn't too far off. I do pronounce the first r when I say it, but it's very...

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What are those words in English which you find it tough to pronounce?

Twinkle @Teekaaa (11642) • India 4 Jun 19

Hi all. Good day everyone. Today my discussion is about , the words in English which we usually find it hard to pronounce correctly. As for me,[b] phenomenon; untranslatabilty; colonel, procrastination;...

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December 24th, 2018

Katt Rocketman @PeachieMew (881) • Cleveland, Ohio 24 Dec 18

Today I learned what chenille is, and how to pronounce it (sha-neel). I've been saying che-nyle al my life. I feel a bit silly. What did you learn today?

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A is for ACORN: Weird?!? Not sounds like an APPLE..

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 11 Dec 18

Perhaps you are wondering why I claimed that acorn sounds weird. It is because of how you pronounce 'acorn' /'æp·?l/ as compared to 'apple /'æp·?l/.' In learning the English language, we need to consider knowing the principle...

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What's in a name?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Oct 18

I just used the word ‘wincing’ in a comment and as these things do, it brought to mind something I can write about. My husband’s name is Vincent but mostly he gets Vince or Vin. Vincent is mostly reserved for when he is in...

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English breaks its own rules...

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 15 Sep 18

There are so many confusing rules for spelling and pronouncing English words. How is it that the word "lose", as in "I need to lose weight", is pronounced so differently than "hose" (a water hose, for example). Both end in...

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Jag-wahr? Jag-yu-ahr? Or Jag-wire? How do YOU say it?

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 20 Aug 18

Everyone has pet peeves. Some are related to behavior. Some are related to proper language usage. And some are how words are pronounced by others. I have several, but I'm going to bring up one particular one on word...

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Most people cannot speak foreign languages well

Cristian Ichim @Cristi_Ichim (3750) • Bucharest, Romania 1 Aug 18

Hello my friends. In this post I want to talk about the fact that most people when confronted with the fact of living in a foreign country, they will hardly be able to speak that foreign language. However, my personal abilities...

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pronunciation

grammar

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Do you get irritated when your name is wrongly pronounced??

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 23 Jul 18

Hi mylotters. Today's topic is close to my heart as I have faced this problem since childhood when people use to pronounce my name wrongly. It's so irritating and exhausting to correct people every time when they pronounce your...

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ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 8 Mar 18

Happy Friday morning to us all, how is everybody? Well, what you read in the title of my discussion is correct. BZ, as in BUSY. Why BZ? It is because that is how many of the Filipinos pronounce the word BUSY, giving more...

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Stupid English

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 18 Feb 18

So, I was playing a game and said "Think I'll head to bed." Why is "head" spelled that way and "bed" spelled differently? Couldn't it be "hed" to rhyme with "bed"? Besides, "bead" is a word and the "ea" is said "ee" as in...

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How do you say hello in your native language?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52174) • Staten Island, New York 11 Nov 17

In my native languages, which are Russian and Belarusian, hello would be zdravstvuyte and dobry dzien respectively. They are probably not easy to pronounce for non-native speakers. But I think pronouncing...

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Some write the way they pronounce

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 13 Feb 17

There is this lady who speaks on this Ad that appears on my tv channel. This is how she speaks" "They kin now drink cole coffee and cole tea." What she means is "They can now drink cold coffee and cold tea" I wonder if she is...

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Learning another foreign Language made the mess of things

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 15 Jun 16

When I observed that most of the evening are being wasted after my office in moving to movies and chatting with friends I decided to learn a foreign language and could get admission in SPANISH LANGUAGE the only course which was...

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Corps not corpse…

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 1 Jun 16

I am watching a noontime television show- the segment of showing the singing talents of some amateurs is now shown. The third daily contestant is a teacher. He sang Foolish Heart and I was impressed. After the song was the...

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