Alex's phonetic thoughts

ˈɡʊd \/tiːʔtʃɪŋ | ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ \/kwestʃənz | ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt \ɑːntsəz || (Josef Albers)

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Solstice

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On Monday 21st June I was watching Sky News HD. One of the newsreaders was reporting on the events organised at Stonehenge by druids, pagans...
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Saturday, 19 June 2010

Zoo

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I was wondering how Italians pronounce the term zoo : is it ˈdzɔo or dzɔ ? If you look this word up in a dictionary such as Lo Zingarelli (...
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Thursday, 17 June 2010

Shame on you!

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Last May I was walking down the lovely streets of the town I live in and I was given a leaflet in English advertising guided tours of the Et...
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Why should we teach English phonetics and phonology?

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Unlike most European languages, English is not a phonetic language: words can have identical vowel letters and be pronounced in different wa...
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Pronunciation lexicographer; linguist; author of books on medical English pronunciation; lecturer; passionate about Etruscan
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