Alex's phonetic thoughts

Last weekend I was in Salerno with friends. As you probably know, Salerno is a city in south-western Italy located near the so-called Cost...

I haven't got time to write a proper blog entry this week, so instead I'm referring you to Jack Windsor Lewis' comments on my...

Do you get this joke?  Italians will certainly have no difficulty understanding it; non-native speakers might find it a bit more c...

How to listen (or Lend Me Your Ears) Not everyone learning a language other than their native tongue has the ambition to achieve nativ...

Some days before the start of London 2012, Cambridge Dictionaries Online published an article on their blog About Words entitled The Op...

lɑːs θɜːzdeɪ aɪ met ʌp ɪn rəʊm wɪð tuː ɪtæljən pɒliɡlɒts. ðeə neɪmz ə Luca Lampariello ən Luca Toma. Luca Lampariello (pɪktʃəd left) ɪ...

In a discussion on the history of the terms smoothing and compression , Jack Windsor Lewis, in an article published on the 25 th of Jun...