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Snapshots of a trip

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 26, 2025January 26, 2025

We managed to do 2000km of exploring this trip, as well as spending quality time…

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Learning a non-native language feels like…

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 25, 2023December 22, 2022
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Silent letters in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 3, 2022December 24, 2021

The problematic silent letters I come across most often among Swedes are: bomb comb tomb…

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Annoying mispronunciations

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on July 9, 2021June 25, 2021

Do you have any mispronunciations that annoy you? I am unable to think of one…

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Commonly mispronounced words

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 25, 2020June 7, 2020

Most Commonly Mispronounced Words 1. affidavit [af-i-dey-vit] 2. almond [ah-muh nd, am-uh nd] 3. beget…

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How to pronounce designer brands

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 8, 2020November 7, 2019

Find the rest here

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I am not sure why I found this so funny…

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 19, 2019April 14, 2019

…but I howled with laughter at it!

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Phonic Phun

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 23, 2019February 3, 2019
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Interesting article on the historical development of pronunciation

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 22, 2017November 11, 2017

Did you find it as interesting as I did? Read the rest here

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Honorable Mr Dick?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 9, 2017April 8, 2017

In the South African Parliament

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