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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
worry vs. fret 2 Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:49 pm
stuck in the middle 1 Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:59 pm
get a couple of cups in me? 2 Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:46 pm
Aesthetic qualities of English... 12 Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:30 am
sides? 2 Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:40 am
Will English be the number 1 language in 2025 12 Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:26 am
per = as per ? 4 Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:04 am
Accent? 2 Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:57 am
English translation of foreign-language books/movies 3 Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:03 am
Germanic/Latinate sentences (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:38 pm
The use of 'common' 6 Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:13 pm
back-and-forth? 2 Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:34 am
An English Gentleman! 0 Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:07 am
probably what? 2 Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:15 am
H 8 Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:32 am
Pronunciation of the letter "W" 10 Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:24 pm
WRATH 1 Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:47 am
Chinese rising in importance (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:29 pm
Homes? 10 Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:28 pm
..COPMLICATED WORDS.. 12 Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:21 am
Do you skip the "a" sound when "ral" at 8 Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:15 am
Looking for personal opinions. 1 Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:15 am
SuperMemo 3 Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:07 pm
a hen's night out? 7 Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:31 pm
track her down? the set of a film? 1 Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:06 am
wish/hope 1 Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:02 am
how do you pronunce "poor"? 5 Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:06 am
personal revelations? 1 Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:03 am
What do you think of my poem? 5 Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:41 am
A Million Little Questions 7 Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:51 pm
Oath (pages: 1 2 ) 25 Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:41 am
recall or remember 3 Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:31 am
Looking for the Agent. 14 Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:09 am
*The bell drowned out. (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:12 am
books on writing 3 Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:11 am
*The child aborted. (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:52 am
Dialect Distinctions (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:49 am
Is "Brit" an insulting term? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ... 8 9 10 11 12 ) 168 Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:24 pm
We want out school to be Gaelic only, say English on Skye. 5 Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:14 pm
Does english have subjunctive? 8 Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:12 pm
I dont understand some english sentences (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:00 am
my cousin 12 Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:35 am
is "hi" and "ok" used in Britain ? (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:42 am
My non-reading voice accent 3 Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:23 pm
special job 2 Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:25 pm
Uriasposten blev torsdag aften kl. 23.09 hacket af ukendte i 7 Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:01 pm
COCKNEY SOUNDS AMERICAN!!! (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 73 Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:32 am
Fish/Fishes (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:04 pm
Second language (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:37 pm
presentation 0 Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:45 pm
Devoicing (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:20 pm
"further" and "furthest" in AmE? 11 Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:36 am
Participants's Solutions 3 Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:00 am
Which is the correct term? 3 Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:34 am
My resolution in this new year 0 Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:53 pm
sipping or taking 2 Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:15 am
Why did formal and informal forms of address leave English? (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:32 am
English people mistaken for Aussies? (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:11 am
Is it a correct way to say it 2 Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:27 am
Oxymoron 14 Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:34 am
Unacceptable 1 Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:25 am
which one is correct? 3 Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:21 pm
listening to beatles 4 Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:11 am
alphabet (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:38 pm
Hello 5 Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:26 pm
Naming rivers 7 Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:59 pm
deciding on preposition 10 Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:21 pm
[o] vs. [oU] and [e] vs. [eI] (pages: 1 2 3 ) 35 Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:50 am
American standar accent (pages: 1 2 3 ) 42 Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:12 pm
Letter 1 Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:18 pm
Analyze This 9 Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:32 pm
audiolab 0 Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:24 pm
a question 3 Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:29 pm
primary, second and.. (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:27 am
"The white wool knits much easier than the blue wool.&q (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:44 am
lawn-mower (man) 8 Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:37 am
This manuscript is reading better every day. 1 Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:08 am
slate shall be acted on 0 Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:26 am
Type English 9 Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:37 pm
could you guess my accent? (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:07 pm
for english conversation 6 Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:03 pm
Please, correct my mistakes! 4 Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:46 pm
How do you pronounce ''kilometer''? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 37 Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:45 am
Pronunciation of simultaneously 8 Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:42 am
America's & American? 1 Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:39 am
assumed 'to be' and 'as' 3 Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:33 am
"summarize" 13 Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:05 am
Please, correct my mistakes! 0 Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:13 pm
2 questions 6 Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:54 pm
suffix 5 Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:47 am
About "Shaggy Dog Stories and other mp3 recordings" 1 Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:51 am
r as /P/? 7 Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:17 am
California Vowel Shift 9 Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:03 am
accents, website 1 Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:38 pm
Why is there no direct object here? 12 Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:53 pm
Passable/Possible 6 Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:06 am
QUICLY HELP ME... 7 Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:52 pm
"falling short" 2 Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:52 pm
AT the movie? 2 Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:06 pm
a helpful adress to have a better writting 0 Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:00 am
just 11 Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:42 pm
Both of "youse" 12 Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:21 pm
get or be 7 Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:36 pm
"don't matter" or "doesn't matter" ? 5 Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:03 pm
Is writing a natural gift or a learned skill? 6 Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:18 am
what's it like? 2 Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:59 pm
Past tenses in English language 5 Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:56 pm
care 7 Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:34 pm
Most common pronunciation of ''Mcdonald's'' in the United St (pages: 1 2 ) 27 Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:15 am
long 6 Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:11 am
Has or Had? Is/was? 3 Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:17 am
I am confusing about phonetic transcription. 1 Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:02 am
Pos 2 Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:56 am
china learning 0 Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:47 am
With God On Our Side (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:34 pm
Old Spice Bottle 7 Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:05 pm
middle voice 1 Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:36 am
Initial ''ac'' words. 6 Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:13 am
European language? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ... 10 11 12 13 14 ) 198 Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:33 pm
''behind'' 7 Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:58 am
exchage money (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:56 am
helo or hello ? 3 Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:29 pm
center and sinner (pages: 1 2 ) 27 Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:14 pm
whom or what? (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:39 pm
roses and rosa's 8 Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:15 am
True or False 4 Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:57 am
"Can I have " or "Can I get" ? 2 Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:38 am
The Articles (a-an) 10 Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:52 am
a phone and a phoneme 3 Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:17 pm
''film'' 8 Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:42 am
How'll we refer to the 2000s? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 42 Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:27 am
Is the glottal stop phonemic in English? (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:20 am
Food ready to eat 0 Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:25 pm
''what'' vs. ''yes'' 5 Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:27 pm
Northern US Accent 10 Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:02 pm
Shelly had been living in London in 1974. 13 Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:21 pm
Mr. President 5 Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:16 am
Backshifting 3 Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:50 am
Different Pronunciations of "OR" in "FORK&quo 5 Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:19 am
can you please make this letter look proffessional? 2 Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:06 am
'TION' 5 Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:53 pm
what is the right preposition? 5 Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:28 am
''duh'' and ''huh'' 5 Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:14 am
Very/Vary (pages: 1 2 ) 29 Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:57 am
Is the plural of ''list'', ''lists'' or ''listes''? 2 Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:42 am
pronunciation of genuine (pages: 1 2 ) 19 Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:28 am
"Steve has left at five" 14 Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:30 pm
Perfect and simple use. 2 Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:38 pm
substandard (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 56 Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:22 am
in the works 3 Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:56 am
happy, crappy, wooly, buttery, fluffy 2 Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:22 am
Please, what is "the past emphatic" tense? 14 Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:46 am
Nasality (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:28 pm
Moved: Linguistic survey ! 5 Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:26 am
weather, climate and all this effect speaking style,accent? 8 Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:05 am
English certificates 0 Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:01 pm
People got killed because of accents (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:35 pm
Management-speak..... 11 Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:22 pm
how does English accent sound? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:01 am
Patients pronunces same to patience? 5 Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:33 am
Where do English accents get their names? 8 Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:25 pm
Why? why? and WHY??? (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:44 am
Difference between "compare with" and "compar 1 Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:16 am
"toms..." 10 Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:41 am
Sound of words "can" and "can't" 14 Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:03 am
Charles Kennedy accent ! 4 Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:42 am
National/ regional differences in slang and cursing (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) 79 Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:17 pm
HSBC Voice message (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:54 pm
Why do rappers always pronounce the ''l'' in ''walk'' and '' 6 Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:23 pm
Please explain it to me 9 Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:24 pm
Frame a Question 11 Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:32 pm
Present perfect. 10 Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:07 am
POST YOUR FAVOURITE LIMERICK HERE 8 Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:48 pm
coherent words 2 Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:21 pm
the differences between Phrasal Verb and Verbal Phrase 4 Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:20 pm
what's the difference between "mad" & "cr 14 Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:28 am
English:a language bristling with new discoveries every day 3 Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:37 pm
Hallo Booyakasha Westside, What is youse think of my show? 9 Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:07 pm
the differences between Phrasal Verb and Verbal Phrase 0 Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:48 am
C C CATCH 2 Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:59 am
"Um" and "Uh" 9 Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:35 am
none 2 Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:47 pm
New learner's online dictionary 1 Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:44 pm
phrasal verbs 5 Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:34 pm
american formula? 5 Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:04 am
fluent english??? 4 Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:16 am
i need your help... urgent 4 Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:04 am
what does this sentense mean? 2 Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:01 pm
what is the plural for penis? 11 Sun Jan 01, 2006 4:05 pm
what if you give it a glance? 2 Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:48 am
Harry Potter's Accents (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:08 am
"All your ___ are belong to us" (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:46 am
little 4 Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:40 pm
Happy New Year! 3 Sat Dec 31, 2005 3:10 pm
Happy New Year, a year of luck if your language isn't in it! 5 Sat Dec 31, 2005 3:01 pm
I decided to improve my english, review my steps please. 0 Sat Dec 31, 2005 2:55 pm
Learn all the differences between the UK and US English? (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 45 Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:28 pm
''twenty'' 6 Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:54 am
art, technique, skill 1 Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:46 am
People shouldn't have told you if you don't have an accent 4 Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:39 am
Empty infinitive? 6 Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:11 pm
looking for help 5 Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:20 pm
To everybody... 2 Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:50 am
baths, paths, moths, myths, houses etc. (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:33 am
Have to and must. (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:14 am
what will be the correct reporting 7 Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:37 pm
According to Mxsmanic, the distinction between Mary-marry... 10 Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:25 pm
click on / click (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:18 pm
Learning English 1 Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:23 pm
punch each other awake 2 Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:03 pm
run circles around most academics 4 Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:59 am
how to pronunce /ths/? 12 Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:27 am
Wanna vs. Want to...Gonna vs. Going To...Lemme vs. Let me (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:19 am
Scots - just a dialect of English. 7 Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:32 pm
Antimoon method (without interaction with native speakers) (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:05 pm
Well.... (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:34 pm
Lie vs lay 13 Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:23 pm
Frosting or Icing (pages: 1 2 3 ) 36 Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:03 pm
English test (pages: 1 2 3 ) 36 Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:12 am
CDs and CD's 13 Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:33 am
to sport 2 Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:21 am
being 2 Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:45 am
how do we say "the" and "this" correctly (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:35 pm
Learning an Accent 0 Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:42 pm
big problem 2 Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:04 pm
Florida 2 Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:58 am
out at the river 6 Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:19 am
time goes by OR time passes by 7 Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:58 pm
Lost tenses 3 Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:23 pm
Closet? (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:47 am
By/In/From our experience? 3 Sun Dec 25, 2005 2:51 pm
second time around 2 Sun Dec 25, 2005 2:48 pm
if worn out ? 9 Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:58 pm
why english? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 37 Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:14 pm
How to import many different audio files? 0 Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:02 pm
2 questions are intended to answer 3 Sat Dec 24, 2005 5:30 pm
about "be meant to do" 5 Sat Dec 24, 2005 3:43 pm
Do you read books in English ?? 12 Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:01 am
Merry Christmas everyone! 7 Sat Dec 24, 2005 3:57 am
select or elect? 3 Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:14 pm
Help with pronunciation 14 Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:01 pm
Please assess the accent of this linguist 0 Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:51 pm
what is the meaning of this? 3 Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:52 am
Attention native speakers! 13 Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:39 pm
What is your point of view dear??????? 4 Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:42 pm
Singing with an american accent 13 Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:25 am
for though 1 Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:12 am
father-bother (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:54 pm
Are Harry Potter movies dubbed into American English? (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:10 am
Please assess my accent again & give advice for improvem 8 Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:25 am
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