by Judy Ravin | Apr 21, 2012 | Accent Modification, Accent Reduction, American Accent Training, American Pronunciation, English Spelling, Phonetic Language
I heard a delightful interview on NPR last week with Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herse, founders of the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL). Deck and Herse explained that typos are often caused by the discrepancies between the way English words are spelled and the...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 20, 2012 | Accent Neutralization, Accent Reduction, American Accent, American Accent Training, American Pronunciation, Phonetic Language
Fads and fashions come and go. What’s in vogue one day may be out the next. Hence the expression, “XXX is the old YYY.” For example, “the 70’s are the new 60’s” (for active seniors), “sushi is the new hotdog” (for cuisine), and “brown is the new...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 19, 2012 | American Pronunciation, Phonetic Language
Can you imagine an English speaking world without spellcheck? Eoin O’Carroll of the Christian Science Monitor quotes George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright, in saying “the word ‘fish’ could legitimately be spelled ‘ghoti’, by using the...
