Alex's phonetic thoughts

One of the courses I teach in Rome is called ‘ Medical English Pronunciation ’. It is a course designed to help medical students prepare f...

What do you make of the following statement?  Is epenthesis really possible in English in the phonetic environments described ab...

ðə riːzən waɪ aɪ dɪdm̩ pəʊst eni ɑːtɪkl̩ lɑːs wiːk wəz bɪkəz aɪ wəz ɪŋkredəbli bɪzi prɪpɛːrɪŋ fər ə tɔːk aɪ wəz ɑːs tə ɡɪv ɒm wenzdeɪ ðə t...

How do you pronounce words like piano , pieno , genio and riunire in Standard Italian Pronunciation (SIP)? Are they ˈpjano , ˈpjɛno, ˈp...

I’m sorry I wasn’t able to post any article last week and the week before. This was due to serious family problems. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ...

John Wells, on Friday 17 February 2012, had an article on Daniel Jones’s Cardinal Vowels accompanied by a very nice picture of an eagle ...

On 1 st August 2010, Scott Thornbury posted a provocative article on his blog about the usefulness/uselessness of teaching pronunciatio...