Archiwum miesięczne: Marzec 2021

The aristocracy in England used a different dialect than the commoners, not only in the courts and in war, but also to describe the more refined aspects of their lifestyles, such as their cuisine. Anglo Norman, a dialect of French originating in Normandy and used among the nobility, supplied the English language with many new words that we still use. The consequence of this hierarchical imposition on the language is that, today, in English there are often several words to describe the same thing. The words on the left of this chart come from the time…Czytaj dalej …

One of the most recent additions to the English language is the verb to butt-dial. It means to call someone by accident when your phone is in the back pocket of your trousers. e.g. You butt-dialled me yesterday in the middle of the night. Where were you then?Czytaj dalej …

• record and listen to yourself • don’t practise pronouncing individual words, as you need to practise intonation and sentence stress as well • read aloud • watch pronunciation videos, e.g. English with Lucy • read tongue twisters out loud, such as – Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pecks of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? – Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze. That’s what…Czytaj dalej …

The phonetic transcription of the individual word can looks as follows /kæn/. However, in rapid speech, when it is not stressed, can would be pronounced with schwa /kən/. The strong form /kæn/ is used in the final position in a sentence, e.g. I suppose I can /kæn/. schwa | szwa, nazwa samogłoski w języku angielskim zapisywanej jako əCzytaj dalej …