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Are there any other out-loud-slashers here?
Native speaker (American English): I say "slash" out loud sometimes in place of "and" or "or," and an example sentence that is natural in my idiolect is "When slash ...
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Does Mia Khalifa speak English with an accent?
She immigrated to America at age 7 (other sources say ten) she seems quite fluent to me.
From Wikipedia
Khalifa attended a French-language private school in Beirut, where she also learned to speak ...
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Any name for this feature of certain dialects where past simple is replaced with past participle?
For the record, I know there is a similar question here that asks about basically the opposite function in some Americam Dialects.
I want to know if there is a name for the type of dialectic feature ...
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Where is this accent from?
Where does the accent used by the actor who plays Mazikeen in the Lucifer series belong to? I can tell it is American, but I don't know what region in there. Here is a scene from the series where she ...
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Does using the words "might" and "could" consecutively in same sentence have a name or is it just improper English? (spoken English) [duplicate]
It is now more than a coincidence, but I have heard numerous people from different parts of the country use the words "might" and "could" together in a sentence as in:
"This ...
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"I'm Marsh Turner called."
From the movie Cross Creek, set in 1920s' Florida.
Marsh: I'm Marsh Turner called. This is my daughter Ellie.
The syntax of this line (as opposed to the standard "I am called Marsh Turner") ...
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Origin of 'cuz' as shortening for cousin?
Detailed answer please and thank you. I see this used a lot among youth. I'm interested to know whether it originated in the Southern US or not?
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Different pronunciations of "-ead"/"-ed"/"-aid" words
I find that American/British English dialects tend to pronounce words like "bed", "red", "dead", "bred", "said", etc. with the exact same vowel sound: the IPA ɛ vowel (- and so this question may seem ...
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What is it called when some pronounces their “t” sharply
What is it called when people pronounce their "t" sounds so sharply that it sounds like the sound "eh" comes after the "t" sound? So the "t" sound sounds like "teh" with a big emphasis on the "eh" ...
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What is it that allows a person to determine that a black person is speaking? [closed]
What allows people to know if a black person is talking, even if they are speaking standard English? They aren't using a separate dialect, nor have an accent, yet it's easy to know if they are black. ...
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Are some accents/dialects incorrect [closed]
I may not be incorrect in my knowledge about speech, but Dialects or accents that drop sounds from words, syllables from words, or just completely change the sound from words are they correct?
I see ...
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What is Mother Gothel's Accent?
What is the accent of Mother Gothel in the movie Tangled?
In an interview with the voice actor (see here), she has a pretty neutral American accent (GenAm + father-bother + caught/cot, from what I ...
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How many syllables does "Science" have?
The pronunciation of the word science seems to vary based on which part of the world you're in. I have heard it pronounced "sai-ens" and "saains" (think "signs").
I have checked the dictionary, but ...
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What's a Denver accent sound like?
I'm trying to learn to imitate the accent of someone from a slummy area of Denver (for a roleplaying game). Info on different local accents is welcome; a sound bite would be especially useful.
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