Accents & variation
Consonant changes across accents
What actually shifts between regions. Hearing the pattern trains your ear for accents you have never met.
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Which English accent should you learn?
A practical answer rather than a snobbish one: pick for who you speak to, and stop worrying about the rest.
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Connected speech
Why British people say “bo’ohw’o’wo’er”
The glottal stop, explained with the internet's favourite example. Once you hear where the /t/ goes, a lot of British speech stops sounding slurred.
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Individual sounds
How to pronounce the letter “x”
One letter, more than one sound. When “x” is /ks/, when it turns into /gz/, and why the stress in the word decides it.
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