Kraut's English phonetic blog

Readers are referred to blog no. 475 by Jack Windsor Lewis and to a sound file (to be found here ). Text and sound file are taken from a va...

It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing of Dr. Beverley Simeon Collins. I was shell-shocked when I heard of his sudd...

If you have bat breath, you must be a vampire. If it's bad breath, you should clean your teeth or see your dentist. credit: Nemo (W...

Why can't my German students of English pronounce the word for used under this licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.e...

During the latest visit to my urologist we talked about what linguists call 'orthoepic acronyms', i.e. acronyms you pronounce like w...

Could anyone help me with the pronunciation of a line in R. Burns' poem To a Mouse? This is the stanza: credit: Stephen M Barnett c...

In last week's seminar one of my young professionals pronounced the word hypothesis as / ˌhaɪpəʊˈθiːsɪs /. Nice try and I'm shore ...

credit: CUP "Sounds interesting" is the title of a new book written by John C Wells to appear in October 2014. It will contain...

Question: Does everyone happen to have smoked salmon in the freezer or is it just my mother-in-law? credit: Ryan Lerch Reacti...