Pronunciation of “mirror”

by | May 17, 2009 | Uncategorized

Paolo asked:hi, i’m italian and i have trouble pronouncing “mirror”, any suggestion?paoloMy answer:There are some words that are hard to pronounce even by native speakers. “Mirror,” “horror” and “murderer” are...

American Accent Video

by | May 15, 2009 | Uncategorized

My new American Accent instructional video will finally be available for sale in about a week. Students have been asking me to make one for years. They want to be able to see the mouth movements rather than just hear them on CD. Well, finally it’s been done! I...

held consonants (stops)

by | May 7, 2009 | Uncategorized

Alex asks another question:You mention in the book that many of the final stops are not realeased. Are they “p”, “b”, “t”, “d” and “g” only? Also are they still not released in the plural form of words that...