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Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.


To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages


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21. Majo 2006, 22:03:46
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Fiona: lol hmmmm.....sorry

21. Majo 2006, 21:54:32
Ewe 
Modifita de Ewe (21. Majo 2006, 21:54:55)
http://zhongwen.com/


hope this helps you Fi! :o)

4. Majo 2006, 23:36:22
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Walter Montego: wow they really sound amazing! I love trees! Lungs of the Earth :o)

4. Majo 2006, 11:35:20
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Walter Montego:
I had to look up 'sequoia' a red wood tree.

Love the word 'facetious'!

Never heard of meaiou spelled like that?

Hmm I'll have to think of that one! :o)

LOL at your tongue twister!! Had to say that very very slowly!

2. Majo 2006, 23:16:18
Ewe 
Ok last post for the evening (promise lol)
I thought this site was fun......

http://www.whatdoesthatmean.com/index.php/Welcome_to_%27Whatdoesthatmean%3F%27

2. Majo 2006, 23:09:05
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
6 letter vowel word:
AIOUEA (a genus of plants of the laurel family)

2. Majo 2006, 22:53:41
Ewe 
How about this? (The English is American English)

http://www.languageguide.org/index.jsp

2. Majo 2006, 01:15:50
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
رضا: no I don't say those either! Im English not American & those examples you have given sound more like an American accent to me.......I could be wrong????

2. Majo 2006, 01:13:54
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
رضا: yes really! If I was being lazy with my speech it would come out 'did ya' instead of 'did you'

2. Majo 2006, 01:10:03
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Modifita de Ewe (2. Majo 2006, 01:11:17)
رضا: dij you? hmmmmmmm no sorry I can honestly say that I say 'did you'

It's all very interesting....I think alot about the way I say things as I have a two year old child, who speaks very well, and is learning new words every day, so I am careful she learns it properly.

* I have to keep editing my posts as I'm typing too fast & making mistakes with my spelling lol

2. Majo 2006, 01:02:52
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Modifita de Ewe (2. Majo 2006, 01:03:55)
رضا: no, I still don't say 'tem boys' when I say ten birds fast!
Maybe I'm paying too much attention in pronouncing them correctly?

2. Majo 2006, 00:46:35
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
رضا: Yes I understand what you mean now but I still don't think that it works on that example. It's two seperate words..ten cats..etc. therefore you pause between words so the 'n' stays the same.
Well it stays the same for me........

2. Majo 2006, 00:39:03
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
رضا: no I still don't get it

2. Majo 2006, 00:12:59
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
رضا: How does the pronunciation of 'ten' change? I read them out loud & it stays the same for me

1. Majo 2006, 17:58:16
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Pedro Martínez: I'd love to hear that converstion!

Is dictionary.com American? It doesn't exisit in the Oxford English dictionary
http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=searchresults&freesearch=blue%20eyed&branch=&textsearchtype=exact

1. Majo 2006, 17:27:53
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Pedro Martínez: Poke your finger through your neck? How often does that sentence come up in conversation???

Blue eyed! Two words, doesn't count

1. Majo 2006, 17:24:44
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Lamby: I meant learned! not leant!

1. Majo 2006, 16:25:30
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
رضا: I have never thought of it before???

Plus I have never heard of the word 'consonantal' before! Thank you I have just leant a new word

21. Aprilo 2006, 00:44:46
Ewe 
Modifita de Ewe (21. Aprilo 2006, 01:06:27)
Evolution of the English alphabet
http://janpeters.net/pics/stuff/alphabet.gif

16. Aprilo 2006, 17:01:55
Ewe 
Modifita de Ewe (16. Aprilo 2006, 21:12:30)
http://www.krysstal.com/spoken.html


I thought this was interesting.

14. Aprilo 2006, 23:34:41
Ewe 
Temo: Re: Pet peeves.....
Pedro Martínez: Hmmm I pronounce their & there as the link you put suggests, but I pronouce they're as....theyrrr
Maybe it's my accent?

14. Aprilo 2006, 22:57:12
Ewe 
Temo: Re: Pet peeves.....
Rose: I agree with you..all that you have listed irritiates me too!

14. Aprilo 2006, 22:56:20
Ewe 
Temo: Re: Pet peeves.....
رضا: There, Their & They're are not all pronouced the same!

There & Their are the same BUT They're is different

10. Aprilo 2006, 22:29:09
Ewe 
Temo: Re:
Pedro Martínez: Hi there! Thanks! Im really enjoying reading this board :o)

9. Aprilo 2006, 23:41:35
Ewe 
Hi! Great board!

here is my attempt to explain...


banned....to legally take away a right

prohibited...to forbid by authority

forbidden....to command someone not to do something

prevented.....to stop something from happening (usually to stop something bad from happening)

disallowed.....to not allow something

unpermitted....never heard of this!! we say 'not permitted' and that is similar to disallow


1. banned
2. prohibited
3. not permitted
4. permitted

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