Month: August 2012

Fun English for learners website–I especially like their Mixers: 6 different people speaking English, some with accents, discussing the same topic, for example:  their worst haircut, or…asking someone to do them a big favor and take care of their pet. Read More …

This question came up recently (again):  Why do native English speakers sometimes pronounce the word “the”  as rhyming with “see”, and other times pronounce it to rhyme   with “duh”? The most common pronunciation of the is with schwa, to rhyme Read More …