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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
English in a wrong teaching advertisement for students (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:41 am
bold bald merger 14 Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:10 pm
Jury 1 Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:00 pm
How do you pronounce my surname? (pages: 1 2 ) 29 Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:38 pm
instantaneously vs instantly 10 Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:43 am
long consonants 14 Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:50 am
courier/Curia 4 Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:48 pm
G8 (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 51 Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:47 pm
What does "whom" refer to in this sentence? 2 Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:32 am
ABBRIVIATION 7 Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:01 am
31 years' service confusion 1 Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:33 am
Using translations of books to help understanding 10 Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:58 am
How many people speak English? 0 Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:04 am
How to understand "US policy" here? (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:15 am
Posh English (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:10 am
sentences 4 Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:31 pm
Stress in compound words - are there any rules for that? 5 Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:42 am
What happened to the Aussie language? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:45 pm
Is this an English saying??? 9 Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:23 pm
What does "pay claim" mean? 1 Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:21 am
what's the difference between minus, subtract,deduct? 2 Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:13 am
Media accent 3 Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:33 am
work 10 Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:32 am
Brian Sewell's accent 1 Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:32 pm
OMG PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!1 4 Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:46 pm
Present perfect / Past? 3 Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:24 am
Present perfect / Past? 0 Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:00 pm
How do native Englisch speakers pronounce unknown words? 4 Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:44 pm
-ize or -ise 3 Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:30 pm
Creaky Voice 12 Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:39 pm
sentences (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:03 pm
This Forum should be recalled American not English (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:16 pm
Disconnection 4 Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:47 pm
"another" or "an another"? 7 Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:24 pm
Question 2 Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:56 pm
Where's Sarcastic Californian? 7 Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:31 pm
How you goin, MATE? 11 Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:14 pm
She left abruptly about 90 minutes into the show? 1 Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:53 am
I can't tell the difference between [o] and [Q]. (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:57 pm
Trap-bath split in North America 4 Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:15 pm
Who you calling a dykon? 0 Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:17 pm
What is RP accent?? 2 Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:22 pm
Is there a general word for such people? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 34 Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:49 am
cool SF short story 1 Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:53 am
Are these common english? 2 Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:50 am
Can Midwesterners distinguish the NW accent? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:28 pm
help for checking ;) 1 Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:20 pm
Oprah's accent 14 Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:11 pm
meaning of 'Bizz' 2 Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:03 pm
How is it that "love" is used for "zero" 2 Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:47 am
What does this sentence mean? 8 Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:47 am
The Epigram 0 Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:07 am
Washington Island, Wisconsin 0 Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:32 am
"Rahma" from which language you think this word is 9 Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:37 pm
Does this sentence make sense?? 7 Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:21 pm
Where is BRO used? (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:20 pm
Pendle 7 Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:08 am
Sarah 3 Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:29 am
Baltimore and D.C. accents 6 Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:10 pm
Feist, what's her accent? 1 Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:10 pm
Robot? 2 Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:20 pm
George Michael - Estuary 0 Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:06 pm
That and Which 6 Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:10 pm
give a start (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:00 am
Best ESL Teachers: Native speakers, Non-native or both? 4 Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:44 am
I wondered if... (Referring to the present moment) 8 Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:42 pm
"is" or "there is"? 11 Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:58 pm
Kiwi accent 3 Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:39 am
Mutual intelligibility 9 Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:41 am
Take/have a shower 8 Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:39 am
Until 7 Thu May 31, 2007 8:31 pm
Which of 2 Thu May 31, 2007 11:22 am
fluency in speaking english (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Thu May 31, 2007 10:17 am
given phrases/phrases given 4 Thu May 31, 2007 5:13 am
Synonimity (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Thu May 31, 2007 2:47 am
In regard to&In relation to. and some grammar questions. 2 Thu May 31, 2007 1:12 am
Weird NC accent 1 Wed May 30, 2007 10:17 pm
Pronunciation 1 Wed May 30, 2007 4:32 pm
Turn on vs switch on 2 Wed May 30, 2007 12:19 pm
"There live ..." 6 Wed May 30, 2007 12:16 pm
What happened to the "most racist country" thread? 4 Wed May 30, 2007 11:37 am
YouTube Video: Does this guy have Canadian raising? 5 Wed May 30, 2007 9:00 am
Clerk, derby 12 Wed May 30, 2007 7:53 am
The Past Perfect?? 4 Wed May 30, 2007 6:04 am
Beginning to define the difference (pages: 1 2 3 ) 41 Wed May 30, 2007 5:15 am
all people/all the people 3 Tue May 29, 2007 11:56 pm
"It's a pretty one that, isn't it?" 10 Tue May 29, 2007 10:23 pm
The car needs cleaned. (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ) 95 Tue May 29, 2007 6:13 pm
English loanwords in European languages 1 Tue May 29, 2007 4:10 pm
ETAOIN SHRDLU 1 Tue May 29, 2007 12:44 pm
What does this sentence mean? 1 Tue May 29, 2007 11:25 am
Using "would". 14 Tue May 29, 2007 11:20 am
hitten 9 Tue May 29, 2007 3:15 am
Canadian L 3 Mon May 28, 2007 5:59 pm
past perfect/past simple/present perfect (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Mon May 28, 2007 8:36 am
See in 7 Mon May 28, 2007 8:20 am
Your Comment!! 10 Sun May 27, 2007 10:42 pm
Smoothing? 5 Sun May 27, 2007 9:45 pm
American Spelling in Canada 11 Sun May 27, 2007 8:54 pm
"you guys" (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Sun May 27, 2007 8:20 pm
"probably" 9 Sun May 27, 2007 6:35 pm
My accent, could anybody tell my how to improve it? 7 Sun May 27, 2007 5:56 pm
English Snobbish? 6 Sun May 27, 2007 11:28 am
Just a code 6 Sun May 27, 2007 8:26 am
stuck in a traffic jam 9 Sun May 27, 2007 6:19 am
Reason 3 Sun May 27, 2007 5:32 am
toilet humor 12 Sun May 27, 2007 2:45 am
Reduced vowels 5 Sat May 26, 2007 5:22 pm
Fun with English 0 Sat May 26, 2007 3:14 pm
high/low profile 3 Sat May 26, 2007 9:26 am
"Alma" 5 Sat May 26, 2007 1:56 am
thou, thee, and thine 5 Fri May 25, 2007 10:33 pm
Which accent do you think this is? 3 Fri May 25, 2007 3:22 pm
pray 7 Fri May 25, 2007 6:27 am
Happen II 3 Fri May 25, 2007 6:21 am
What does "miss" mean here? 11 Fri May 25, 2007 4:55 am
What are the best websites for learners of English? 9 Thu May 24, 2007 3:39 pm
Speak as you would write? (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Thu May 24, 2007 2:24 pm
Is this person a native speaker? 6 Thu May 24, 2007 12:58 pm
"Love" - pronunciation 5 Thu May 24, 2007 12:24 pm
"four times", "five times" etc. (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Thu May 24, 2007 6:37 am
FACE and GOAT sets 4 Thu May 24, 2007 3:15 am
what's the different between two ways to use suppose? 11 Thu May 24, 2007 3:00 am
what does this lyric mean? 1 Thu May 24, 2007 2:43 am
Family 12 Wed May 23, 2007 8:54 pm
"you people" (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 46 Wed May 23, 2007 4:38 pm
She blew (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Wed May 23, 2007 4:35 pm
gender of countries 12 Wed May 23, 2007 4:26 pm
Studied English for 8 years, will Antimoon method still work 7 Wed May 23, 2007 4:21 pm
Accent of BBC news readers? 7 Wed May 23, 2007 3:22 pm
Racist 12 Wed May 23, 2007 11:32 am
A doubt on sentence 1 Wed May 23, 2007 8:36 am
tiffany wholesale&wholesale gucci jewelry&wholesale 0 Wed May 23, 2007 7:54 am
Cot/Caught Revisted and All (pages: 1 2 ) 25 Wed May 23, 2007 5:39 am
This movie 3 Tue May 22, 2007 11:06 pm
"get", "Wendy", "pretty", &quo (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Tue May 22, 2007 5:50 pm
What does "though" mean here? 4 Tue May 22, 2007 7:35 am
Caramel and Syrup (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Tue May 22, 2007 3:09 am
dislocated topic sentences 2 Tue May 22, 2007 2:23 am
Movements in the area of teaching spoken grammar 0 Tue May 22, 2007 12:29 am
Exact Difference between "May" and "Might&quo (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Mon May 21, 2007 11:56 pm
Distinguishing the "th" sounds in a spelling refor (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Mon May 21, 2007 4:35 pm
Proposed international accent. 9 Mon May 21, 2007 3:27 pm
spell/spelling (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Mon May 21, 2007 2:48 pm
Expressing doubt 5 Mon May 21, 2007 11:31 am
How to interpret this sentence? 1 Mon May 21, 2007 1:54 am
Norah Jones accent 1 Sun May 20, 2007 10:43 pm
"keep out of reach of children" 4 Sun May 20, 2007 2:48 am
Please answer my questions! 5 Sat May 19, 2007 4:00 am
ESL topics: You get to choose 3 Sat May 19, 2007 1:37 am
on tomorrow 1 Sat May 19, 2007 1:03 am
Psycholinguistics 1 Fri May 18, 2007 5:07 pm
remoteness versus proximity 2 Fri May 18, 2007 11:45 am
How i improve my english writing skills 11 Fri May 18, 2007 9:52 am
speak up, speak out... 6 Fri May 18, 2007 7:40 am
more remoteness? 14 Fri May 18, 2007 6:33 am
was/is (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 65 Fri May 18, 2007 4:39 am
NEAR and SQUARE 3 Fri May 18, 2007 3:13 am
FORGET and FORGOT 13 Fri May 18, 2007 2:45 am
Pronunciation Workshop: Speaking with an american accent 1 Fri May 18, 2007 1:57 am
What does "eye of eye death of death" mean? 1 Fri May 18, 2007 1:48 am
Canadian Raising (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Thu May 17, 2007 8:05 pm
does American English sound like Irish English? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 140 Thu May 17, 2007 6:14 pm
from or in? 4 Thu May 17, 2007 10:46 am
"Penpal ads and Partnerships" Section NEEDED 2 Thu May 17, 2007 8:00 am
tell/telling 5 Thu May 17, 2007 7:14 am
already 4 Thu May 17, 2007 4:16 am
grammar questions in narrative style of writing 3 Wed May 16, 2007 8:56 pm
YouTube Video: Does this singer have a GA accent? 0 Wed May 16, 2007 11:23 am
Neutral American English (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 139 Wed May 16, 2007 1:46 am
"food" 7 Wed May 16, 2007 1:25 am
Precedent versus Precendence 2 Wed May 16, 2007 12:15 am
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Tue May 15, 2007 4:48 pm
What does "again" here refer to? 3 Tue May 15, 2007 7:13 am
find out – learn – discover 5 Tue May 15, 2007 7:12 am
A puzzle 4 Tue May 15, 2007 5:37 am
What accent is this? 11 Tue May 15, 2007 12:22 am
as/like 3 Mon May 14, 2007 5:53 pm
Germany brings in spelling reforms 13 Mon May 14, 2007 4:23 pm
morning/mourning pronunciation 6 Mon May 14, 2007 4:00 pm
Voice help 1 Mon May 14, 2007 11:11 am
active vs passive 2 Mon May 14, 2007 10:52 am
British Columbian Canadian Raising 0 Mon May 14, 2007 4:26 am
THOUGHT set 5 Sun May 13, 2007 7:54 pm
conjunctions (not only ... but also) 0 Sun May 13, 2007 7:43 pm
English expressions about transportation 0 Sun May 13, 2007 7:24 pm
Questions this week! 0 Sun May 13, 2007 9:09 am
Sorry in Alaska 2 Sun May 13, 2007 5:59 am
Post-velar glides 5 Sun May 13, 2007 2:56 am
Native Speakers of Eng. please help me dispel my doubts 5 Sat May 12, 2007 8:27 pm
He is gone OR he has gone? 6 Sat May 12, 2007 7:16 am
Obstruents and nasals unreleased word finally. 1 Sat May 12, 2007 1:32 am
FOOT and STRUT in Northern England 9 Fri May 11, 2007 9:33 pm
I Wish I Were (or Was)...? (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Fri May 11, 2007 11:39 am
pwnonym 10 Fri May 11, 2007 11:01 am
why do all want to learn English? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 64 Fri May 11, 2007 10:40 am
Benny or Persil? 4 Fri May 11, 2007 9:53 am
Some days we are ravens; other days, frogs 10 Fri May 11, 2007 3:14 am
What does the sentence mean? 2 Fri May 11, 2007 3:10 am
Subsitute sentence "game". 2 Thu May 10, 2007 9:13 am
do you like fruits ? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Thu May 10, 2007 5:49 am
What does "a circular to this effect" mean here? 1 Thu May 10, 2007 4:11 am
What is the best English-English Dicitonary for Learners? 12 Wed May 09, 2007 10:22 pm
How to pronounce NIKON (tm)? (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Wed May 09, 2007 8:38 pm
grocer and associate 3 Wed May 09, 2007 7:33 pm
Euphemism for "shit"? (pages: 1 2 ) 29 Wed May 09, 2007 1:50 pm
Why the Eskimos 8 Tue May 08, 2007 6:25 pm
Raised vowel in START 14 Tue May 08, 2007 4:45 am
MOUTH and PRICE sets 2 Tue May 08, 2007 1:14 am
Help with this sentence! 1 Mon May 07, 2007 11:09 pm
never did 3 Mon May 07, 2007 5:23 pm
protologism 8 Mon May 07, 2007 10:46 am
/kl/ 10 Mon May 07, 2007 8:53 am
redundant redundancies (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Mon May 07, 2007 8:01 am
asking question 2 Mon May 07, 2007 7:18 am
Saying "Congratulations!" to a Bride!! 6 Mon May 07, 2007 12:13 am
immerse + in/into 5 Sun May 06, 2007 10:03 pm
"shr" pronunciation. 7 Sun May 06, 2007 9:57 am
How do you pronounce SMALL DOLL? 10 Sun May 06, 2007 8:06 am
Even if OR Even though ?? 3 Sun May 06, 2007 7:00 am
water 9 Sun May 06, 2007 6:59 am
If English is your second language, come here 3 Sun May 06, 2007 6:27 am
Your 10 Sat May 05, 2007 8:37 pm
Malapropism (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Sat May 05, 2007 5:41 pm
Fluency or Accent ? 8 Sat May 05, 2007 2:04 pm
"thon", "thon's" and "thonself" (pages: 1 2 3 ) 43 Sat May 05, 2007 10:43 am
"web." rather than "www." (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Sat May 05, 2007 4:39 am
How do you pronounce "when"? (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 50 Sat May 05, 2007 4:31 am
Going? or goign? 9 Fri May 04, 2007 9:26 pm
a man of my kidney 1 Fri May 04, 2007 8:33 pm
Pronouncing "guest". (pages: 1 2 3 ) 34 Fri May 04, 2007 6:29 pm
Anyone from the West? 10 Fri May 04, 2007 3:08 pm
Does this sound like gay? (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Fri May 04, 2007 1:28 pm
English has no curses, why? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Thu May 03, 2007 9:33 pm
Improve your English and pronunciation! 2 Thu May 03, 2007 7:45 pm
"most of them IS..." or "most of them ARE...& (pages: 1 2 3 ) 34 Thu May 03, 2007 6:12 pm
"pre-requisite"? 5 Thu May 03, 2007 6:01 am
help me with some lyrics:) 5 Thu May 03, 2007 3:01 am
Irish /o/ 1 Thu May 03, 2007 12:55 am
Questions with 'have' (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Wed May 02, 2007 5:04 pm
spunky (pages: 1 2 3 ) 39 Wed May 02, 2007 9:10 am
Weights and measures (pages: 1 2 3 ) 38 Wed May 02, 2007 9:07 am
I really hate my accent.[really long story] (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Wed May 02, 2007 6:31 am
Is this sentence right? 2 Wed May 02, 2007 6:21 am
Audio files for early 1800s English 6 Wed May 02, 2007 1:51 am
Am, at, catch 7 Wed May 02, 2007 12:28 am
Syllables in Fire (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Tue May 01, 2007 7:02 pm
Flapping 7 Tue May 01, 2007 6:22 pm
"ape" 9 Tue May 01, 2007 3:51 am
tolerated or objected to? (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Tue May 01, 2007 3:42 am
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