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[liuzhou]

"Pronounce all the consonants unless they are silent." That's possibly the most useless advice I've ever heard.

And Standard British English (and some other varieties) does not pronounce the 'r' in park.

[adorianvlad]

Thanks for the tips!

[abdulchaudhary]

Splendid

[bobcooper31]

@crossleydd42 I agree unless he meant accidentally pouring his coffee over his grammar books

[crossleydd42]

'Pouring over grammar books' I think you mean 'poring'!

[M5Racha3l]

@SonatinaVirtuoso I'm Australian, and I've been teaching since 1997. I've taught in Japan, Italy, London, and Australia. In terms of accents, it doesn't matter as long as you can make yourself understood. Personally, I like it when I meet someone with an accent. Accents are also a great ice-breaker!

In my opinion, this whole popularity contest between American or British English is arrogant.

[M5Racha3l]

@SonatinaVirtuoso You're perfectly correct- the 'd', which would be pronounced as /t/ when saying 'milked' in isolation of any other words, is not clearly pronounced when it is followed by 'the'. Fluent speakers of English don't do this when speaking naturally because sounds change, are omitted, and also added when speaking at a natural speed. (In this case, the sound /d/ sounds like it's omitted.) Check out Connected Speech.

[M5Racha3l]

@SonatinaVirtuoso I absolutely agree. I can see what he was trying to do, and it would be helpful, I guess, for speakers, who because of L1, tend not to pronounce some final consonant sounds. However, I would direct them to how the word is formed phonetically, rather than focusing on spelling.

[itsjdon408]

great strategy.. I talk so fast and I never realized I would mumble sometimes

[nahum67]

The youtube's piranha comments impress myself everyday... it is like in that movie Monsters Inc. where monetsers are focused on scaring people.

-Mike Wasouski-

[liuzhou]

@stephruth07 You idiot. Just because I live in China doesn't mean I am Chinese. I am British! I don't know what drove you nuts, but you certainly show all the signs.

[stephruth07]

@liuzhou coming from someone who lives in china! yeah, you know tons about British English. It drives me nuts how the rest of the world think they know everything about us Brits!