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No wonder (verbal) English is Confusing–Part 5
I often enjoy reading the blog/website Anglotopia, as it is written by a person who loves England and UK stuff as much as I do (if not more) and is making a living doing it (lucky!). This latest article that … Continue reading
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No wonder (verbal) English is confusing – Part 4
Evidently, Siobhan Thompson is back, and BBC’s Anglophenia must be doing a series on the difference between British English and American English. Here’s another gem on British colloquialisms–some you may have heard before, and some that, well, my British friends … Continue reading
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No wonder (verbal) English is confusing, Part 3
It seems these kinds of articles are coming out nonstop these days. While this one doesn’t have a video (awwwww), it’s short and to the point, and is another example of why spoken English can be rather confusing. We have … Continue reading
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No wonder English is confusing, Part 2
As a follow-up to my fun post, “No Wonder (Verbal) English is confusing!“, here’s a follow-up that really shows how crazy it can get. Although I think in the end, there is some (okay, a lot of) Celtic actually thrown … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, American accent, American English, Amy Pond, British accent, British English, Celtic, communications, dialects, Doctor Who, English accents, English language, Karen Gillam, Learning, Linguistics, localisation, localization, localized content, Online Teaching and Learning, Scottish, Scottish English, simplified English, speech, standardised English, standardized English, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, translation, verbal language, writing, written language
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No wonder (verbal) English is confusing!
I’ve been seeing a lot of videos about various accents in the English language lately, and it makes me think that I must have missed some sort of calling to be a linguist. I find it all fascinating! But in … Continue reading
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