Alex's phonetic thoughts

The eruption of the Grímsvötn volcano (for more on how to pronounce it, click here ), which has for some days now been causing disruption t...

Yesterday’s conference at the Università degli Studi della Tuscia (see my blog for last week) was fun and entertaining. Both students and le...

Next week I’ll be at the Università degli Studi della Tuscia to conduct a half-day English phonetics seminar entitled Received Pronunciation...

This week I’d like to draw your attention to some pronunciations connected with the recent political and social events. Let’s start, of cour...

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...