2009年7月19日 · Yeah, in the same way that the lady whose last name was spelt "Smith" asked to be called "Jones" in that joke. If you were "Mariah" and wanted to be called Mariah--just move to a foreign country, and most people would pronounce it as Maria.

When you pronounce a word, you say it and other people can hear it.

2008年1月22日 · Even in speech at the highest level of formality, I would still pronounce "our" as [ɑɚ] and "to" as [tə]. And there's definitely nothing American about them: [ɑ:] is the predominant pronunciation of "our" in British English - the Australians have their own pronunciation, [æʊ] -, and I think every native speaker of English would pronounce ...

2010年1月28日 · Clari, I think it doesn't matter at all whether the tip of your tongue touches the alveolar ridge or not when making the dark l. This varies among native speakers, too. What is important is that the back of the tongue should be raised towards the velum, which means that you should pronounce an "o" or "u" type of vowel simultaneously with the l.

2009年7月9日 · The best way to pronounce it is to mix Italian GL sound with English J and with Spanish Y in one sound. Then , you'll sound like a proper Spaniard. Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:03 pm GMT

2007年3月15日 · <<Some actually pronounce the 'g' sound as a consonant. So instead of a purely nasal [IN] they pronounce it [INg]. You perceive this as [INk].>> I agree with this; but I would add that for some accents it may be even more than a matter of wrong perception: I've read that in Estuary English it is in fact common to pronounce "something" as ...

2009年9月5日 · Most words have some difference, though, even if very slight. For instance, British people tend to pronounce the word "weekend" as if it were two words. In America, there is a subtle difference between the pronunciations of "This weekend" and "This weak end"; Britons don't seem to make that distinction.

2006年9月22日 · I always pronounce the word "get" as "geht" ["gEt], and this is definitely the most common pronunciation in American English. I know that some Southerners pronounce it as "git" ["gIt], but I've never heard of anyone pronouncing it as "geet" ["git].

2007年1月7日 · How to pronounce wonder and wander. vanyatka Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:54 pm GMT. Hi, everyone

2009年7月7日 · Okay, I have continued with the program and constantly hear the English J for the Spanish LL. I can't help but pronounce it this way because of the program, but I don't want to sound weird if I speak to people from Latin American countries who use the Y sound.