According to Longman’s Pronunciation Dictionary, da Irish say ‘haitch’. Good for dem! Also, you can say ‘sjuit’ in British English, although this is dying out. Here’s another interesting thing: you pronounced ‘prescription’ and ‘prerogative’ with a schwa in the prefix (‘pruh’)...
Siri's voice sounds robotic on my MacBook Pro I have Siri set to speak in the Irish accent on both my iPhone X and my MacBook Pro. On my iPhone, she sounds normal and realistic, but the same voice sounds robotic on my laptop. Am I missing something? 3 years ago 437 1 5...
So, English people were still using the word "tenez" each time they hit the ball, but saying it with the English accent which sounded more like tennis, and which eventually took this new spelling. Then the sport gained popularity world wide and got picked up by many languages, including ...
Bruce, I do understand your frustration, to an extent… But I really think you are greatly underestimating Chinese men. There are a great number of them out there who are not afraid to speak out, and they are perfectly capable of dealing with stereotypes in an intelligent, humorous way. Ar...
Visit an Irish/English/Australian theme pub or British food shop, you can usually find one in the larger cities. Often, the waiters and waitresses come from English-speaking countries, the menu is often in English too! Once your English is good enough, go shopping in some tourist areas. Yo...
Benny Lewis, the Irish polyglot and his TEDx talk: Speak from Day 1, along with his blog: Fluent in 3 Months inspired this Challenge. (Here’s my first blog post on the subject.) 2. Why create the 30-Day Challenge? For a number of reasons: The 31st TOPIK test is exactly 30 days...
[the American seductress] cried. And in this line, she hurled her Westernness at Tianming; he and the audience would instantly understand her lacerating style of seduction and wanton disregard for the sanctity of marriage as typically American….Jiexi was an import, after all, and with her ...
However, in the context of the U. S. S. R., it seems to overlap with the sense 5. a.: A means of action or operation, an instrument; (now)esp. a person, body of people, or thing by which some purpose is carried out or some function is performed. ...
Speaking Latin. An amusing quote from Anthony Kenny’sA Path from Rome(1985), viaLaudator Temporis Acti: The Latin spoken by most examinees was halting and incorrect; that of the lecturers and examiners was fluent but far from classical. The accent of an Englishman, an American, a Spaniard,...