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pronunciation

Oh, deer!

Dagmar Taylor writes: "What's the name of that dog? And does anyone care about the deer?"

I heard it through the grapewine

It's OK to mispronounce words in a foreign language, but do avoid the V-as-W mistake. Mike Pilewski explains why.

Spotlight 12/2011

 
EASY READING
Improve your English

ROMANTIC IRELAND
Holiday in a castle

HISTORY: Walt Disney

Spotlight Audio 12/2011

This month on Spotlight Audio: Travel to romantic Ireland. Practise similar sounds you might confuse. Dialogues at a Christmas market. Better reading in English. And much more.

Which word in "Times Square" is stressed?

Times or Square?

The word "comb" rhymes with...

Bomb, dome or tomb?

A Scotsman called Ann-Jess

Pronunciation is particularly important when it comes to people's names. Dagmar Taylor writes: "I shouted at the radio, but I don't think they heard me."

The Replay effect

"We've learned vocabulary and idioms from people like Barack Obama, Richard Branson and Sting." Rita Forbes describes the Replay section of Spotlight Audio.

Crowded House in concert.

Why those Kiwis sound Texan, or Californian

During his research at Auckland's University of Technology, Andy Gibson found the American accent is so much a part of pop music that it has become the standard. As a result, New Zealanders now find it difficult to sing with their own accent.

Phonetic punctuation

Dagmar Taylor writes: "If it weren't for punctuation, sentences could be quite misleading."

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