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Languages

Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages

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21. 五月 2006, 22:03:46

Ewe

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Fiona: lol hmmmm.....sorry

21. 五月 2006, 21:54:32

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被Ewe修改(21. 五月 2006, 21:54:55)

http://zhongwen.com/

hope this helps you Fi! :o)

4. 五月 2006, 23:36:22

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Walter Montego: wow they really sound amazing! I love trees! Lungs of the Earth :o)

4. 五月 2006, 11:35:20

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Walter Montego:
I had to look up 'sequoia' a red wood tree.

Love the word 'facetious'!

Never heard of meaiou spelled like that?

Hmm I'll have to think of that one! :o)

LOL at your tongue twister!! Had to say that very very slowly!

2. 五月 2006, 23:16:18

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Ok last post for the evening (promise lol)
I thought this site was fun......

http://www.whatdoesthatmean.com/index.php/Welcome_to_%27Whatdoesthatmean%3F%27

2. 五月 2006, 23:09:05

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6 letter vowel word:
AIOUEA (a genus of plants of the laurel family)

2. 五月 2006, 22:53:41

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How about this? (The English is American English)

http://www.languageguide.org/index.jsp

2. 五月 2006, 01:15:50

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رضا: no I don't say those either! Im English not American & those examples you have given sound more like an American accent to me.......I could be wrong????

2. 五月 2006, 01:13:54

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رضا: yes really! If I was being lazy with my speech it would come out 'did ya' instead of 'did you'

2. 五月 2006, 01:10:03

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رضا: dij you? hmmmmmmm no sorry I can honestly say that I say 'did you'

It's all very interesting....I think alot about the way I say things as I have a two year old child, who speaks very well, and is learning new words every day, so I am careful she learns it properly.

* I have to keep editing my posts as I'm typing too fast & making mistakes with my spelling lol

2. 五月 2006, 01:02:52

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رضا:

no, I still don't say 'tem boys' when I say ten birds fast!
Maybe I'm paying too much attention in pronouncing them correctly?

2. 五月 2006, 00:46:35

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رضا: Yes I understand what you mean now but I still don't think that it works on that example. It's two seperate words..ten cats..etc. therefore you pause between words so the 'n' stays the same.
Well it stays the same for me........

2. 五月 2006, 00:39:03

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رضا: no I still don't get it

2. 五月 2006, 00:12:59

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رضا: How does the pronunciation of 'ten' change? I read them out loud & it stays the same for me

1. 五月 2006, 17:58:16

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Pedro Martínez:

I'd love to hear that converstion!

Is dictionary.com American? It doesn't exisit in the Oxford English dictionary
http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=searchresults&freesearch=blue%20eyed&branch=&textsearchtype=exact

1. 五月 2006, 17:27:53

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Pedro Martínez: Poke your finger through your neck?

How often does that sentence come up in conversation???

Blue eyed! Two words, doesn't count

1. 五月 2006, 17:24:44

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Lamby: I meant learned! not leant!

1. 五月 2006, 16:25:30

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رضا: I have never thought of it before???

Plus I have never heard of the word 'consonantal' before! Thank you I have just leant a new word

21. 四月 2006, 00:44:46

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被Ewe修改(21. 四月 2006, 01:06:27)

Evolution of the English alphabet
http://janpeters.net/pics/stuff/alphabet.gif

16. 四月 2006, 17:01:55

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被Ewe修改(16. 四月 2006, 21:12:30)

http://www.krysstal.com/spoken.html

I thought this was interesting.

14. 四月 2006, 23:34:41

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Pedro Martínez: Hmmm I pronounce their & there as the link you put suggests, but I pronouce they're as....theyrrr
Maybe it's my accent?

14. 四月 2006, 22:57:12

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Rose: I agree with you..all that you have listed irritiates me too!

14. 四月 2006, 22:56:20

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رضا: There, Their & They're are not all pronouced the same!

There & Their are the same BUT They're is different

10. 四月 2006, 22:29:09

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Pedro Martínez: Hi there! Thanks! Im really enjoying reading this board :o)

9. 四月 2006, 23:41:35

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Hi! Great board!

here is my attempt to explain...

banned....to legally take away a right

prohibited...to forbid by authority

forbidden....to command someone not to do something

prevented.....to stop something from happening (usually to stop something bad from happening)

disallowed.....to not allow something

unpermitted....never heard of this!! we say 'not permitted' and that is similar to disallow

1. banned
2. prohibited
3. not permitted
4. permitted