Alex's phonetic thoughts

One word whose pronunciation often ‘trips up’ students (and teachers) of EFL/ESL is invalid . Is this term stressed on the first or second s...

Last Monday I paid a quick visit to Feltrinelli International , one of Italy’s most famous bookstore chains, comparable to Waterstone’s...

Last week marked 25 years since the opening of Heathrow’s Terminal 4 by Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The BBC posted a video on its we...

Readers of this blog know all too well that I am a nit-picker and I can’t stand stupid mistakes or inaccuracies in dictionaries or ELT, EFL/...

Last Wednesday evening I was invited to dinner at a pizzeria in Rome. The restaurant was very nice and the food excellent. One special cha...