How English sounds to non-English speakers

33 Eye-Wateringly Funny Dutch Phrases and Idioms [Infographic] | The Intrepid Guide If you ain’t dutch you ain’t much! They say roughly 30% of our everyday speech is made up of expressions. Well, the Dutch probably use closer to 90%! Here are 33 eye-wateringly funny Dutch phrases and idioms to get you started. There are 16.99 million Dutchies across the globe and a further 28 millions of Dutch descent. Despite the longest word in the Dutch dictionary ‘Meervroudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornissen‘ (meaning ‘multiple personality disorder’) weighing in at 38 letters, they don’t speak ‘double Dutch’. Apparently, Dutch is one of the easiest languages to grasp if you’re an English speaker and even easier if you speak German, but you might need some ‘dutch courage’ to attempt pronouncing all their guttural-sounding ‘g’s. Since learning Afrikaans, I’ve discovered a bunch of hilarious Afrikaans expressions. So, all this hilarity actually comes from the Dutch. The Dutch love expressions and will litter their everyday conversations with them. Confused? Happy reading! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

The Color Vowel Chart Pharrell Williams - Happy Don't forget to check out my youtube... - Steve the vagabond and silly linguist English: A Stress-Timed Language American English Pronunciation :: English - A Stress-Timed Language Video Text: In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over why some words sound different when they're said on their own than they do when they're said as part of a sentence, like 'for', 'fer'. A lot of people think, when they're studying a language and they're new to it, that they need to pronounce each word fully and clearly in order to be well-understood. So this is why stress is so important in American English. ----. What about ----? This is really of primary importance in American English pronunciation. The word 'for': part of a word becomes fer, fer, fer you, fer me, fer dinner. That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English. I'm excited to announce that I'm running another online course, so do check out my website for details. Don't stop there.

Ancient Egyptian Stories Will Be Published in English for the First Time While people may view inscriptions in Greek or Latin as pretty, they still recognize their merit as text. Indeed, writings from ancient Greece and Rome are revered and considered classics of Western literature. Egyptian hieroglyphics, however, are often seen as mere decoration. Sometimes, the characters are literally used as wallpaper. One reason is that schoolchildren and classicists alike have read Greek and Latin widely for centuries. Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson, a fellow of Clare College at Cambridge University, tells Dalya Alberge at The Guardian that the ancient Egyptian writing is just as compelling and layered as those written by the Romans. The selections include stories like “The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor,” the text from the Tempest Stela and letters written around 1930 BC by a farmer named Heqanakht. By the second century A.D., hieroglyphic script had been mainly replaced by Coptic, a Greek-based alphabet, according to Owen Jarus at LiveScience.

BBC Learning English | Pronunciation Tips I am on youtube:... - Steve the vagabond and silly linguist A poem about pronunciation The poem below is called "The Chaos" and was written by G. Nolst Trenite, a.k.a. Charivarius (1870-1946). See: it aloud:Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I am on youtube:... - Steve the vagabond and silly linguist