I have a difficulty in pronouncing 'sion'

[Infin1ty]

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Hello Noren,

Thank you very much for leaving me this voice message, and also for your feedback as to my pronunciation. I'm nice to hear your voice and you sound good. To be honest, I am not at all satisfied with my speaking English because I don't know how to pronounce most of the words I have learnt. There's a lot of room for me to improve. Speaking is one of the hurdles I must overcome in my studying English before I can communicate with others. Talk to you soon, Bye.
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[Kitosdad]

Infinity, in spite of my Geordie accent, I am able to make myself understood by everyone I speak to.

If you were to send me a PM with the words that you find difficult, I feel I may be able to help you.

Your friend, Kitosdad.
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[Infin1ty]

Hello Bill,

[English With David]

[Kitosdad]

Words still in common use by Geordie dialect speakers today include:

* alreet (/'a:lri:t/ a variation on alright or Hello
* mam a variation of Mother
* aboot for about
* cannit 'can not'
* canny for "pleasant" (the Scottish use of canny is often somewhat less flattering), or to mean 'quite'. Someone could therefore be 'canny canny'.
* cuddy 'small horse or a pony'
* geet for "very", also *muckle (used more in Northumberland)
* hyem/hyam for "home"
* deeks for "look at" *very rarely used*
* kets for "sweets/treats"
* knaa for "to know/know"
* divint for "don't"/
* bairn/grandbairn for "child/grandchild"
* hacky for "dirty"
* hoose for house
* ya for you/your
* gan for "go"
* gaan for going
* hoy for "to throw"[24]
* pet a term of address or endearment towards a woman or a child
* toon for "Town"
* nettie for "toilet"
* naa|nar for "no"
* aye for "yes"
* neb for "nose" (nebby=nosey)
* banter for "chat/gossip"
* clart for "mud" as in "there's clarts on yar boots"
* hadaway for "get away"
* hinny a term of endearment - "Honey"[24]
* haad for "hold" example: 'keep a hadd' is 'keep a hold' and 'had yer gob' becomes 'keep quiet'. That polite little notice in the parks aboot keepin' yor dog on a lead is 'ye cud hev keep a-hadden yor dog'[24]
* divvie for "stupid person"
* tab for "cigarette"
* chor "to steal" *very rarely used*
* chiv for "knife"
* neva never
* wor for "our", used mainly in the context of wor kid, meaning 'friend', one's sibling or literally 'our kid'. Used primarily to denote a family member.
* nowt for "nothing"[24]
* nart also for "nothing"
* is for "me".
* me for my, and also works in myself > meself or mesel.
* man Not realy got a translation, often used eg. "Giv is it ere now man". "ha way man"
* wuh for "us"
* a for I
* ee used like oh, often in shock "ee neva"
* doon down, own is often replaced with oon.
* get awesh for "go away" *very rarely used*
* wint for wont (also 'wivvint')
* summat for something
* met for mate/friend
* craic pronounced "crack", for good time/banter
* doon for down
* gadgie for man
* mollycoddle overprotect, "wrap in cotton wool"
* D/dee for do
* chud/chutty chewing gum
* N'ew Now, very hard to write. Prounounded like new, N 'ew
* like used in many sentences; usually every other word, e.g. "like, is he like, on aboot me or like, summat, like?"
* pipe for quiet, e.g. "pipe doon"
* bi for pen: shortened version of a biro
* Lend often used for borrow, "lend is a bi" meaning "Can I borrow a pen?".
* Us for I or me, e.g. "give us a turn" meaning "give me a turn" or "can us go to the netty" meaning "can I go to the toilet?".
* Sooop a term often used for the food 'soup' popularised by a famous geordie 'ian Delf' and his son 'Scott'
* Wo, Wa, Woh or wat or wot what
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[Nahid24]

hi friend! found a very easy way to laugh :wink: u should find a lover who have these ...in his or her name. very easy to understand then!

[Kitosdad]

Nahid24, I have ALL of these and even more.

Ya' canna' wack a Geordie as a lover bonny lass.. :D :D :D
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[Noren]

What do u mean by " Geordie dialect "?
alreet Kitosdad, R U divvie??? Please don't misuse this forum.
In an understandable & idiomatic English, what I would like to say to you is: you seem to be some sort of duffer, dolt, booby, clod, rube, ass etc...
I get awesh.

Noren Lee
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[Kitosdad]

Noren, if you think I abuse this board you have every right to report me to the moderators. Just what do you wish to complain about.?
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[Infin1ty]

[Infin1ty]

[Noren]

Hi Shi Weiqiang,
OK, I am SO SORRY for my rude words and I wasn't aware of the fact that U just said to me. As of now, I will not write such words for nice people like him. I am 7 times SORRY. Once again, please accept my apology on his behalf.
Thanks

Noren Lee
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[Kitosdad]

Noren, surely it would be better to give your reason for your outburst. I do not require an apology, only an explanation for your attitude, as I don't feel that I have ever said anything to, or about you, to warrant it.
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[Noren]

Hello Bill, I am very much SORRY for whatever I wrote. Please accept my APOLOGY.
Once again, I am so Sorry, am sorry, am sorry. I won't do this kind of thing as of now.

Noren Lee
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[Noren]

Hi Kitosdad,
I am Sorry. I will tell you the reason why I did which I should not have done.
NEPAL is a poor country and I hardly get access to the Net. Do U believe that there's a 16-hour of load shedding in my country. Writing in a great rush. Thanks

Noren Lee
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