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Friday, 24 July 2015

From the press

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Public Radio International has provided us with this breaking news : "It looks like the distinctive, almost-rolling "R" may...
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Is an experiment an expieriment?

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Many of my German students of English who claim to speak GB pronounce experiment as  /e/ɪ/əkspɪrɪme/ənt/. Why? They either think of experien...
Thursday, 9 July 2015

Compression no. 2 (revised)

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Compression as a phonetic term denotes the reduction of articulatory movements leading to a reduction of diphthongs plus schwa to diphtho...
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Monday, 6 July 2015

Compression as a phonetic term

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The term compression in its phonetic sense denotes the reduction of articulatory movements leading to a reduction of diphthongs plus sch...
Sunday, 29 March 2015

voice-over speaker on Mrs Bach

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I recently watched the film Written by Mrs Bach broadcast by BBC Four. Amongst the academics who were interviewed on the issue of whether A...
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Monday, 9 March 2015

Some typical pronunciation mistakes by (my) students learning English

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Students in my phonetics classes may choose between General American and General British pronunciation (native speakers of English are exemp...
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Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Christmas Season 2014

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credit: WallpapersWide.com I don't want to miss the opportunity to send season's greetings to all my blog followers and to e...
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Sunday, 7 December 2014

GA and GB prons in monolingual EFL dictionaries

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Recently a thought crossed my mind (yes, this happens occasionally): When did general monolingual dictionaries intended for learners of Engl...
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Wednesday, 26 November 2014

testing wordle

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