On 2015-04-17, J Martin Rushton martinrushton56@btinternet.com wrote:
On 17/04/15 16:04, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
On Fri, April 17, 2015 9:51 am, Always Learning wrote:
On Fri, 2015-04-17 at 08:00 -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
It is amazing how much one can cripple what another person said by scissoring his phrases ;-)
English people (excludes USA people)
The first thing I learned what US people (before became one myself) take English pronunciation for was... Well, I asked US person at the conference: does he know this person (and gave the name of English person). The answer was:
"that guy with accent"
Isn't it funny to call correct English pronunciation an accent? ;-) (adding "lough track" so who don't feel it's funny still can lough here taking it as a joke ;-)
Valeri
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Speaking as a Yorkshireman who has also lived on Tyneside: what is "correct English pronunciation"? There is probably a greater variation of accent within England than between "standard" English and "standard" American.
Martin
Sorry, what was that? ;-)