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Announcement: Thank you and goodbye 0 Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:25 pm
Announcement: Ask Antimoon 0 Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:24 pm
spelling change vs pronunciation change 11 Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:11 pm
The Stubborn Accent Won't Go Away (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:45 am
American English sounds - questions 3 Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:43 pm
He Learned A Language In A Week 14 Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:34 am
Pronunciation of 'to have' in different contexts 3 Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:27 pm
Occitan and Portuguese 3 Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:18 am
You was? (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:31 pm
cartoon 4 Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:53 pm
How do you pronounce these disputable words? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 43 Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:13 pm
the meaning of ''it's not my call'' 3 Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:47 pm
A noun without the article (the, a, or an) 1 Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:03 pm
Question about infinitives 3 Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:11 pm
My accent example (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:47 pm
I do speak 3 Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:21 am
Re: Myth #6 1 Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:55 am
"If I would have" vs "If I had" 3 Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:45 pm
phrase: Don't get me started 2 Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:12 pm
Of "wearing backward a hat" and other weird stuff 5 Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:25 am
ESB 14 Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:15 am
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 12 Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:44 am
My Accent (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:10 pm
How to pronounce "THE". (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:35 pm
Do you think he is English? 3 Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:16 pm
How likely is it that your accent will naturally change? 10 Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:26 pm
"mistakes are bad" (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:15 pm
I have earned a Master's Degree in business administration 10 Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:47 am
passive => active vocab 1 Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:53 am
swimming labs 4 Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:40 pm
Are native speakers of English proud? (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 48 Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:53 pm
Free language learning software 0 Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:20 pm
How good is Michal Ryszard Wojcik? 2 Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:20 am
plural of Aircraft (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:49 am
How to pronounce months? 7 Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:41 am
Pre, Post- 2 Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:18 am
How to avoid making mistakes in English 12 Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:39 pm
Possessive 's after S - Pronounciation (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:52 pm
Difference between "may" and "might" 8 Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:47 pm
The role of mistakes in language learning 2 Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:26 pm
What do you make of Obama's inaugural speech? (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:39 am
Sander, The Second Coming 7 Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:14 am
Collins Cobuild: Bogey Man 4 Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:48 am
I or Me (pages: 1 2 3 ) 34 Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:43 am
TS Eliot discussion, American vs. British literature thread (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:08 pm
Jasper, a question for u. 11 Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:44 am
Fractions, singular or plural? 6 Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:58 am
"thank God" (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 45 Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:48 am
How to pronounce "TH" with other words? 2 Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:50 am
What do you think of the speech of this CCTV 9 news anchor? 5 Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:24 am
This commercial 7 Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:07 am
Prepositions on TV (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:06 am
Transcription of my speech (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 55 Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:59 pm
Linguistic Genius 5 Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:17 pm
Which one is correct? 1 Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:27 pm
Mortgage 4 Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:07 am
IPA: India Pale Ale 4 Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:24 pm
The Honeymooners 3 Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:53 am
prove yours 10 Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:44 am
How are double consonants pronounced in English? 13 Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:57 am
English people make modest company. (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:41 am
here is the question. 3 Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:50 pm
sentence checking #1 7 Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:40 pm
"ise" vs "ize" (pages: 1 2 ) 29 Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:20 pm
Help needed (Experiment) 10 Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:21 pm
If you must come, you do. 3 Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:47 am
Upset at OR Upset with? Compare to OR Compare with? 2 Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:16 pm
To the Point of Distraction 1 Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:56 pm
noroot neologisms? 1 Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:55 pm
Donald McGillavry 8 Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:44 pm
Stay Well 3 Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:56 pm
That's on GP? 2 Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:47 pm
Non-rhoticity and vowel length 10 Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:43 am
How to say this? 6 Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:38 am
Your eyes are blacknblue? 9 Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:48 pm
inhaling phonemes 3 Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:54 pm
vocab game - 7 letters 0 Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:59 pm
What d u think of the English in Deutsche Welle TV programs? 6 Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:56 am
kh 7 Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:02 am
How should I read books? 8 Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:39 pm
Awake and derivatives 8 Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:20 am
Baldacci (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:03 am
Are viruses life? (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:37 pm
'Eye-urn'? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 41 Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:35 pm
Omigod 3 Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:30 pm
Jamaican English 2 Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:33 pm
"An" historical... (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 46 Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:51 am
Houston Tranquility Base here ... The Eagle has landed. 3 Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:23 pm
a question- near & past 3 Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:20 pm
Hobble 2 Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:45 am
my accent sample 7 Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:28 pm
Short and Sharp 1 Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:34 pm
Language Level of Current Postings 0 Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:56 am
Talk about 2 Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:53 am
My voice sample 6 Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:32 pm
vowel pronunciations (pages: 1 2 3 ) 33 Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:04 am
The Best of Antimoon Forum (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:52 am
Cele 2 Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:08 am
Is alot used a lot? 1 Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:27 am
What is a "Posh Accent"? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 35 Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:55 pm
Cringefest - most cringeworthy common mistake (pages: 1 2 3 ) 31 Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:24 pm
Then/Than in American English (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:48 am
"Carl" and "coral" 9 Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:44 am
"They SHOULD have been there." 1 Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:24 pm
IPA 8 Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:21 pm
"How come" and "Why" are the same? 8 Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:34 pm
"therro" 14 Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:54 pm
How do you pronounce "analyst?" 2 Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:49 am
Could have variations 7 Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:50 pm
Plastic container 3 Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:35 pm
Do Irish students have to take TOEFL test? 8 Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:20 pm
What do you think of Dalai Lama's spoken English? (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:19 pm
Over my dead body??? 9 Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:55 pm
"In their own right" 5 Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:49 pm
Lot-cloth split. 8 Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:19 pm
"no one" should be written as "noone". (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:05 pm
Holy crap, this Dublin accent sounds almost American (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:22 am
How you pronounce "interview?" 2 Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:15 am
1600 Penn Ave (pages: 1 2 ) 25 Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:10 pm
Primitive fury 1 Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:48 pm
A new set of questions (American English) (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:10 pm
Audio sample for shadow technique? 14 Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:25 pm
Does anyone like the English Language? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) 133 Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:26 am
Is Antimoon expanding? (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:24 am
Blank (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:31 pm
"we like to party" 5 Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:44 pm
Dancer/denser 2 Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:45 am
Red, rusty or ... ? 2 Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:20 am
Website format 14 Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:02 pm
Happy holidays (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:49 pm
Inhuman & Inhumane 2 Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:49 pm
Novels and learning English (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:05 pm
Meaning... 3 Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:24 am
"two pair" 4 Wed Dec 24, 2008 4:39 am
Is this make any sense ? 6 Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:00 pm
Inglés sin Barreras 0 Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:02 am
running a flu or having a flu 1 Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:09 am
which sentence is correct? 8 Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:12 am
Which one is correct? 2 Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:21 am
How to learn the sounds in a language (English) 5 Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:19 pm
Written and spoken English 3 Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:10 pm
may I ask 2 Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:26 pm
No vs. not any 2 Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:20 am
If you change one aspect of the English language, 9 Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:53 pm
Please listen and tell me what to improve 4 Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:49 pm
Intimidate vs scare 3 Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:05 am
Petty crimes 3 Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:58 am
V 5 Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:56 am
Where are all the non-native speakers? (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:48 pm
Is Scottish Accent Understandable? (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:51 pm
Scrambled 7 Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:25 am
Readspeaker? 2 Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:06 am
Transient vs Transit 8 Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:01 am
I go make dinner 2 Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:18 am
unadorned metal pole 4 Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:56 am
bust burst 0 Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:40 am
Antimoon: United States/India/Iran 8 Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:39 am
Cot-caught distinction 7 Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:31 am
Long "o" fronting in the Midland 3 Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:08 am
How is the English language evolving? 14 Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:54 pm
Does English need a grammar wake up call? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 64 Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:59 pm
your own or yourself? a question 3 Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:44 pm
British Accents - Listen to these (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:36 pm
Long "i" in American English 11 Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:36 pm
Why does the English forum require you to use a French word (pages: 1 2 3 ) 42 Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:01 am
almost always and always 8 Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:08 am
adjusting to? 1 Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:36 pm
answer 5 Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:25 am
Countable equipment 6 Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:43 am
Do I sound native? (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:01 am
Motivation and Learning English 5 Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:17 am
words to describe beauty indulgence 1 Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:26 pm
I was wondering what I should use instead of I was wondering 13 Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:17 am
How is my accent 2 (pages: 1 2 ) 19 Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:02 am
How to pronounce "er" and end with "m" & 3 Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:10 pm
another standard to come ? 4 Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:05 pm
Fun games to expand your vocab 2 Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:08 pm
Word 3 Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:28 pm
non-disclosure document 8 Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:58 am
Assume the Position (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:43 am
making do 8 Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:16 am
Top 5Gifts for Christmas 6 Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:22 am
short piece 3 Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:01 pm
Wonderful resource for learning English 0 Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:53 pm
By radar 5 Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:12 pm
Only (recently) 1 Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:59 pm
Accent analysis (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:05 pm
I can see me 6 Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:13 pm
Need help deciphering this 5 Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:02 pm
lyrics 2 Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:13 am
classicaly handsome 14 Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:41 am
grammar 1 Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:58 am
Question for MJD 5 Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:15 am
Help with Supermemo 98... 1 Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:13 am
I must see you again. 10 Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:11 am
What is the most nasal accent? (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:02 pm
Masculine 4 Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:12 pm
Should Racial slurs be eliminated from the English language? (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:48 pm
To MOD: See Antimoon Harassed till F**king word canceled???? 8 Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:19 pm
Substitution of "have". (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:24 pm
Down with F**king French anti-spam asnwer! 14 Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:26 pm
Text-To-Speech freewares for language education 0 Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:14 am
Grammar! 3 Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:37 am
-Notwithstanding- 2 Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:59 pm
Word that should be banned: Cum (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 47 Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:35 am
Is it correct to use "super" as superlative in Spa 1 Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:06 am
Dubious&Skeptical 6 Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:34 pm
flavour of the month 6 Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:05 pm
Jakobson 0 Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:14 pm
Modality here? (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 52 Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:42 am
"I'm a dick I'm addicted to you" 6 Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:58 pm
Accent 4 Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:02 pm
T undotted 4 Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:24 am
How do you pronounce "ballute" ? 6 Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:10 am
Native speakers' mistakes 5 Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:39 pm
United States regional accents (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:47 pm
looking for a tome about cot/caught merger 0 Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:39 am
Colloquialism 3 Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:19 am
waht's better for learning vocab 3 Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:03 am
I played with my boyfriend yesterday 9 Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:22 am
Did I sound dorky? 7 Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:12 am
Formal vs Pompous 10 Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:59 pm
"Well I never" meaning 3 Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:46 am
Pray for (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:01 am
dishrag 1 Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:52 pm
snapped me 3 Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:31 pm
Do I have an accent? 14 Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:23 pm
Do the words Good, God and Gold have the same origin? 1 Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:01 pm
spoken English units 8 Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:45 am
Which paraphrase would you use here 6 Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:44 am
to screw up 5 Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:20 am
Several questions about American pronunciation 12 Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:47 pm
fun games to learn English? 2 Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:33 pm
Please help with a question 3 Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:05 am
Spell vs Spill 1 Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:36 am
Why is the Chancellor quoting Guy Fawkes? 4 Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:31 pm
resolute and resolve 3 Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:41 am
Recommend an American English podcast website? 9 Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:04 am
in your variety of English? 1 Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:47 pm
_in Italy and Spain_ Vs. _in Italy and in Spain_ 2 Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:22 am
How dare guys call us ladies chicks!!!!! (pages: 1 2 3 ) 39 Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:27 pm
NPR / MPR Public radios 4 Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:37 pm
Gender-specific pronouns and so-called sexism 14 Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:08 pm
need help with the sentences 3 Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:10 pm
General American English (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:29 am
"He ain't heavy, he's my brother" 7 Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:08 pm
Gents 2 Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:13 am
"have + to" versus "have + object + to + V&qu 13 Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:48 am
Nicholas Cage's Accent? 2 Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:44 pm
Recommend an audio book (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:01 pm
Lie 3 Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:40 pm
Conversational English 0 Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:34 pm
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