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Good morning guys. I would only ask, what is the point of having a voice recording facility if not to allow people with regional dialects to use it?
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I may be mistaken, but I thought this Forum was to help people learn not only how English is written, but also how it sounds, regional accents, warts and all.
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Learning how English sounds is one thing; learning how to pronounce a particular word is another.
If a German teacher taught his students every fifth word in its Swiss German pronunciation, for instance, and every tenth word in Bavarian, they would make a very peculiar impression on their next business trip to Frankfurt.
The objection is therefore not to local pronunciations in themselves, but to local pronunciations with a misleading label:
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At least he heard it like an ENGLISHMAN says it.
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| #33 (permalink) Fri Aug 07, 2009 16:14 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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Hi Kitosdad
I tried to look this old maxim up in many books, but couldn't find the meaning. So, would you like to explain what this means?
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| #34 (permalink) Fri Aug 07, 2009 16:25 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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And here is my attempt to pronounce the word budget.
TOEIC short conversations: A man books a restaurant table on the phone |
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| #35 (permalink) Fri Aug 07, 2009 16:39 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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Budget. |
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| #36 (permalink) Fri Aug 07, 2009 16:39 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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My attempt for pronunciation the word "budget" is similar to yours Torsten.
Meanwhile,could you check my answer and pronunciation in the it is not a difficult question:) please?
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| #37 (permalink) Fri Aug 07, 2009 17:55 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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So, would you like to explain what this means?
Sure Tom, it means one onto one. In a purely argumentative sense.
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| #38 (permalink) Fri Aug 07, 2009 20:16 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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Kito,
Perhaps you could benefit from your own advice,
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| Expatcat. People have to learn from their slight errors. I know many non-Brits on this Forum who can leave me standing in English grammar, and probably your good self too, so please....... keep it friendly. |
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| #39 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:57 am How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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What the heck are you talking about now Expatcat?.
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| #40 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:42 am How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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Hi,
Goodness me! This word is certainly causing a rumpus. Will anyone budge on budget?
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| #41 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:22 am How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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Thank you sir I realy enjoined your explanation. Will you please give the meaning of the following words in your explanation? a) incomprehensiblity (b)inflicting (c) radicule (d)accent. Please write the meaning by explanation one after the other. Thank you sir
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| #42 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:33 am How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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| Yes, "budget" has put some on edge, perhaps resulted in a grudge, caused a smidgen of hedging, sent one off the ledge, but this pudgy curmudgeon will just go eat some fudge. |
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| #43 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:18 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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As far as we students are concerned Alan, Kitosdad and Torsten are right. If MM claims, that pronunciations are not right he has to pronounce it correctly. One very material fact he has to understand that none can train a man to swim through writings.
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| #44 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 13:39 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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| Anyway, I could understand one thing from this debate between MM and Kitosdad. Without a good vocabulary nobody can use the English very sharply and effectively. So as a student, I capitalize on this dispute. |
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| #45 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 18:01 pm How to pronounce the word "budget"? |
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| Tairouidrissou wrote: |
Thank you sir I realy enjoined your explanation. Will you please give the meaning of the following words in your explanation? a) incomprehensiblity (b)inflicting (c) radicule (d)accent. Please write the meaning by explanation one after the other. Thank you sir
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incomprehensibility=The quality of being incomprehensible.
incomprehensible.=Difficult to understand
inflict=Impose something unpleasant.
ridicule=(noun)Language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate.
(verb)Subject to laughter or ridicule.
accent=Distinctive manner of oral expression. |
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| My first voice message: Thanks for this opportunity to level up my pronunciation. | tricky listening (1): ask vs. asked |
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