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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
About covering letter 1 Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:42 pm
SpeakYourMind - a thread of its own 9 Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:59 pm
deliver on his rhetoric 4 Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:28 pm
caucuses vs primaries 8 Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:44 am
grass-roots 2 Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:37 am
Why didn't English die out? 11 Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:34 am
"in the chair" and "out of the chair" 2 Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:02 pm
Should I put "that"? 7 Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:01 am
"yeah" vs. "yes" 10 Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:55 am
An apostrophe question 4 Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:24 am
bed, get, men.. 12 Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:37 am
New free language learning software 0 Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:32 pm
I know anything about cars. 7 Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:52 pm
what's a "chartered" street? 0 Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:08 am
What vs How in questions 5 Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:00 am
"pimped out" (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:42 am
of usage 7 Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:05 pm
What about 'Chicago Accent'? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 60 Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:18 pm
Free online phonetics tutorial 0 Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:37 am
To translate or to not translate 5 Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:55 am
Last vs latest 4 Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:05 pm
wanna give it a go? (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:07 pm
shit about? 10 Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:35 pm
see somebody did something or doing something? 10 Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:29 pm
Example sentences in SuperMemo 1 Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:13 pm
What do you think about the Callan Method? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 36 Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:27 pm
my -ing 10 Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:53 am
English - overly complicated? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 65 Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:43 am
Tag question 11 Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:52 pm
using "like" makes you look fluent in english (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:05 pm
American English - different language? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 62 Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:41 am
r+vowel e.g read, room,rice , road 2 Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:18 pm
What does the word "euromaxx" mean? 11 Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:10 pm
What's the difference between "ploy" and "dec 3 Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:13 pm
Pharyngeal Approximant <h> 0 Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:45 am
Why "of" ?? 3 Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:07 pm
on the way / on my way 3 Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:08 am
on the boat 6 Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:55 pm
bad imitator 2 Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:32 am
Vowel names, UK vs US 8 Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:15 am
Techniques for clearer pronunciation? 6 Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:38 am
just 6 Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:19 pm
What's wrong with this sentence? 13 Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:58 pm
monkey (pages: 1 2 ) 25 Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:42 am
Can I say "I am really looking forward for this positio 8 Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:16 am
Who here pronounces "our" as "are"? (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:02 pm
Black Canadian Accents 7 Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:53 pm
American Literary Periods! 4 Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:41 pm
Did non-rhoticism in England develop because... 10 Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:40 pm
Final drill 3 Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:22 pm
the difference of expression 2 Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:31 am
British accent on CNN? 12 Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:06 pm
What English mistakes are typically American? (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:34 pm
By who? For who? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ) 97 Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:32 pm
my accent (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:48 pm
yourself vs you 4 Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:22 pm
Speech Sample 7 Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:04 pm
Is this an Americanism? (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:47 am
Speech 2 Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:26 am
thou revival (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 52 Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:36 am
I gave it him 3 Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:50 am
cool - eternally cool 5 Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:43 am
Overloaded adjective 3 Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:27 pm
Linguistic question 2 Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:53 am
gotta go johnny 3 Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:52 pm
I have no Accent, but I need One. 10 Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:28 pm
caught and cot (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:10 pm
past or perfect? 2 Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:47 am
going to go 10 Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:17 am
we came from balls 1 Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:22 am
Does "like" mean "about" in spoken Engli 7 Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:50 pm
tip 4 Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:27 pm
refrigerator 3 Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:46 pm
heaveno 7 Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:12 pm
"smitten with" - good or bad? 5 Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:43 pm
coming and come in? 3 Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:19 pm
u: fronting and happY tensing in American English 1 Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:54 am
give 1 Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:48 am
zeroty 4 Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:08 am
Which word order is more acceptable? 6 Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:51 am
nasality of vowels 12 Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:19 pm
What does this chunk of language mean? 4 Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:22 pm
have wanted 2 Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:38 am
canadian raising + non-final syllable 3 Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:49 pm
out of, up to, down from 1 Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:43 pm
asking what's the difference / what the difference is 9 Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:58 pm
The Unknown Girl 2 Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:30 am
milk (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:18 am
Why is it that the same position as top executive leader ? 1 Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:42 pm
What are the A-sexual English Names? (pages: 1 2 ) 19 Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:49 pm
English palatal stop 7 Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:32 pm
Singular or Plural 6 Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:35 am
Jane's constant criticism. Any ambiguity? 1 Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:30 am
what do learners like? 0 Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:56 pm
"amen" 5 Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:30 pm
are the commas places correctly? 7 Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:31 am
Grammar Question, is it Ok?? 3 Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:26 am
bunching up 0 Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:30 am
I think this is stumping me 4 Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:54 am
Are there rules for splitting words? 2 Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:51 am
foot-strut split 11 Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:26 pm
ran and rang 4 Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:51 pm
What is Denzel Washionton's accent? 2 Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:57 pm
On exams vs in exams 7 Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:20 am
vocabulary -- when does it end? 5 Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:19 am
How do I read this? (about mathematics) 13 Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:07 am
English is the hardest language to learn (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ... 25 26 27 28 29 ) 432 Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:38 am
Book Unlimited Power 1 Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:46 am
What's love profussion? 3 Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:27 pm
constraints on wanna (pages: 1 2 3 ) 37 Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:40 pm
lot-cloth split 2 Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:22 pm
New Zealand and South Africa 3 Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:34 am
need/want/like + past participle 7 Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:34 am
Too few 2 Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:35 pm
"too much far" 5 Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:00 pm
Canadian raising - writer and rider 10 Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:36 am
Renaming the letter "w" (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:08 am
no ending?? 3 Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:29 pm
beening 7 Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:15 pm
Does Canadian English have regional differences? 7 Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:08 am
Kiwi accent 3 Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:45 am
The Speech Speed 6 Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:22 am
The meaning of official arrangements? 1 Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:14 pm
How do you pronounce 'H' in Britain and Australia? 5 Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:44 pm
Review 2 Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:12 pm
2020 6 Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:54 pm
numbers 3 Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:48 am
Britich Accent (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:59 pm
Reply to "Nice to meet you" (pages: 1 2 3 ) 38 Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:16 pm
Are these OK? 14 Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:54 pm
URGENT: answer please! 13 Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:14 am
...that I wonder if it... 0 Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:09 am
on 4 Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:31 pm
it's ok.. that's ok.. 2 Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:17 pm
Can you tell Canadian accent from American accent? (pages: 1 2 ) 25 Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:29 pm
Z 3 Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:36 am
merry marry Mary 7 Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:01 am
what are the practical steps to speak english fluently (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ... 32 33 34 35 36 ) 526 Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:26 am
German accent! (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ) 98 Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:26 pm
Killing me softly with his song 3 Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:17 am
a coarse feeder 9 Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:52 am
critter gitters 2 Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:08 am
What is 'mild language'? 3 Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:40 am
"smaller quantity" or "lesser quantity"? 0 Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:06 am
seek: American accent guide 2nd edition with CDs 0 Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:04 am
Anywhere vs Everywhere 5 Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:33 pm
"Versus" becoming a verb? 13 Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:12 pm
"wanna" and "gotta" can contrast with &q 4 Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:03 pm
the year 2000 5 Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:27 am
How to pronounce "blue" correctly? (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:59 am
I have a question, guys 1 Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:49 pm
Reification: Problems with Relation to Language Learning 2 Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:51 pm
Can you KIDnap an adult? 13 Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:41 pm
How is my accent? 3 Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:29 am
Some Questions! 1 Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:20 am
What is 'debut long player'? 2 Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:04 am
Working class accent 1 Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:21 am
Is CCALED 5e better than 4e ? 0 Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:45 pm
"gonna", "wanna", and "gotta" 2 Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:03 pm
Zero and Hero 6 Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:28 am
unit lexeme 6 Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:07 am
What does extenuating circumstances mean? 8 Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:28 pm
gonna London 14 Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:14 pm
friend of mine (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:29 pm
Language Mistakes in 2 Orders 12 Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:12 pm
Call the shots & Ain't 6 Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:40 pm
allophones 7 Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:41 am
will or would? 5 Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:01 am
Happy New Year 2008!!! 6 Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:10 pm
Happy Hogmanay! Happy New Year! 0 Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:45 am
Not a "consult a dictionary" thread 12 Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:04 pm
Could you please tell me what do you think about my accent? 14 Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:45 pm
well 4 Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:51 pm
Grammar book 6 Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:24 pm
Voice chat with Americans or British (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:59 pm
Merry Christmas!!! (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:30 am
why not will? 4 Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:06 am
want some piece of me 5 Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:28 am
wanna modal? 8 Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:03 pm
sunroof 3 Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:09 pm
I won't attend party, 11 Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:41 pm
Do the Americans speak English better than the British? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ... 15 16 17 18 19 ) 276 Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:25 pm
rhematic 3 Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:17 am
lust at first sight 1 Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:29 am
Friends with Benefits (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:03 am
potato in the mouth? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 33 Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:11 am
How to pronounce symbols encountered in reading 2 Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:44 pm
Pronouncation of "talk" (pages: 1 2 ) 19 Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:34 pm
"I heart him" 14 Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:24 pm
Grammar 1 Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:48 am
Merry Xmas my friends! what do u think about this accent? 0 Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:14 am
conversation on telephone 8 Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:55 am
Plotline 2 Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:09 pm
On Second Thought... 5 Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:54 pm
They perfectly fit 3 Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:04 pm
which text is considered hardest? 8 Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:37 am
Gothic Elements in the American Literature--Emergency Please 6 Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:23 am
Trilled "r" sound and american "r" sound 3 Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:29 am
Whose is that's? 4 Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:25 pm
literature 3 Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:50 pm
coloured future 11 Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:04 pm
Which English variety to settle on? British or American? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 31 Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:38 am
What does "I don't guess I do" mean? 8 Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:23 am
English phonology (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:36 am
Avalanche with -ch and moustache with -sh 5 Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:51 pm
Use of the word "momentarily" 4 Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:45 pm
exactly->&#618;gzæktl&#618; -> Is /t/ omitted? 6 Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:44 pm
Does BrE sometimes pronounce { as E? 4 Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:22 pm
About poker, How to call the different colors 3 Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:58 am
learned/learnt 0 Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:10 pm
Pronunciation of Except and Accept 9 Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:24 am
Why would a native speaker say this? (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:51 pm
Sounds with breath after S 1 Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:42 pm
my accent -- is it understanable? 9 Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:27 pm
Accent sample feedback 4 Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:03 am
ephemeral 3 Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:39 am
the last L in little 4 Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:44 am
Some more sounds in American pronunciation (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:14 am
Reflexive Pronouns Are Crazy! (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:54 am
Which English word/phrase is the most chic one in 2007? 11 Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:46 pm
Difference between English and english and Tuesday and tuesd 2 Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:36 am
"be going to and conditionals 10 Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:16 am
Plural of man and woman (pages: 1 2 3 ) 35 Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:24 pm
How it comes that "cheap" becomes "cheapo&quo 10 Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:24 pm
weep, cry, tear 13 Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:02 am
Too big of a vocabulary 3 Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:56 am
Some tricky sounds in American English (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:21 am
"instal" 11 Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:21 pm
William Davenant's Macbeth 0 Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:50 pm
The ending of a letter (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:23 pm
The rise of a new auxiliary? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:35 pm
How do Canadians pronounce the word "father"? 5 Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:30 pm
Which novel is the most widely read one in US? (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 53 Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:13 am
at school/ at a school 6 Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:16 am
American Literature vs British Literature (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ... 13 14 15 16 17 ) 252 Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:24 am
Help with transcription of a word. 0 Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:35 am
negative force (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 71 Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:57 pm
has been 7 Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:53 pm
HELP - Possesive form. (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ) 105 Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:49 pm
Any difference between "southeast" and "south 7 Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:35 am
I don't understand this sentence 5 Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:00 am
Ebonics translation 13 Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:18 am
A couple of expressions not found in dictionary 5 Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:38 am
The Century! 5 Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:41 pm
Cloning - Can you correct my mistakes 3 Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:05 pm
origin of "o'clock" , "let's" (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:45 pm
Sports Offense and Defense 3 Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:59 am
let 6 Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:20 am
Varieties of English Accents and Dialects 12 Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:37 pm
Wannabe? (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:21 pm
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