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Announcement: Thank you and goodbye 0 Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:25 pm
Announcement: Ask Antimoon 0 Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:24 pm
Word Order in Questions (so complicated) 12 Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:10 am
English words are American words and vice versa? 9 Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:32 pm
accents 5 Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:30 pm
Is this a native speaker? 2 Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:40 pm
"the last offering" 4 Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:14 am
alternate vs alternative 2 Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:21 am
Should Ebonics be taught in schools? 10 Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:16 pm
The 4ht dimension 12 Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:26 pm
How do you pronouce "sixths?" 2 Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:11 pm
It's cool wip. 3 Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:40 am
I think I've embarrassed myself 9 Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:12 pm
Were Oxford and Cambridge originally public schools?  (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:05 pm
glottal stop in Cockney 2 Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:14 pm
Which accent does Carey Mulligan speak? 3 Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:40 pm
Pet pevees 13 Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:16 am
Moved: Languages you aren't expected to know... 0 Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:24 pm
Matrix Verb/ Past + Subordinate Verb/ Present 5 Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:34 am
Speech 3 Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:46 pm
What's.. 5 Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:48 pm
Do native speakers wing it? 14 Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:22 pm
Planet Uranus pronunciation 14 Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:21 pm
happened to - happened with 5 Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:39 am
BrE and AmE inevitably together?  (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 50 Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:28 pm
The Mechanic Example  (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:58 am
plural you in the UK  (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:02 am
english letter q  (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:57 am
Unconsciously writing the way I speak... 7 Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:34 pm
English words are American words and vice versa?  (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:57 pm
Is English's large vocabulary detrimental  (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 48 Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:38 pm
BrE / AmE vocabulary and grammar perception  (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 54 Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:46 am
Time Sequence 8 Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:40 pm
Please speak of my accent 12 Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:27 am
Does Alan Keyes sound black? 2 Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:31 pm
change of vowel in present and past forms? 2 Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:11 pm
Concerning accent 4 Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:06 pm
Where do you think Standard American English is spoken? 10 Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:20 pm
A question to Americans - vowels  (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:41 am
High English  (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:41 am
Is it possible to learn advanced vocabulary  (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:16 am
This is what English sounds to us foreigners 3 Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:15 am
Spawned 1 Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:12 pm
Pronunciation of the word few 5 Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:05 pm
Tom is not right on low back merger 5 Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:39 pm
Since/For (Opinion for Native Speakers of BE mostly)  (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:28 am
english and sexism  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 34 Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:38 pm
What is this accent? 11 Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:53 am
I'm confused with certain homphones from RP English... Help! 3 Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:13 am
"As well you should" &"so you should"  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 36 Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:18 pm
What do the couple sentences mean? 1 Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:29 pm
Few questions to Tom 10 Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:34 pm
this is also/this is all so 3 Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:50 pm
Liverpool accent  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 38 Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:44 am
A mistake in an Antimoon article  (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:56 pm
a/the 6 Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:16 pm
For that Matter, Come to That 3 Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:01 pm
Spelling reform 8 Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:28 pm
Where is this acceent from? 2 Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:40 pm
Flapped or omitted 't' here? 5 Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:47 am
"Funny you should ask" 14 Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:27 am
A historic or an historic  (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:47 pm
Detailed Programmatic Specificity 4 Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:49 pm
NCVS in the Kesha song. 4 Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:01 pm
good and look has the same 'oo' sound or not? 3 Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:03 am
short a 2 Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:48 am
Word Play 3 Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:06 pm
l in walking and talking 3 Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:30 pm
once you pop you can't stop 9 Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:53 pm
English monolinguals  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 38 Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:54 am
I is 10 Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:38 pm
Britons: How do you pronounce 'inch' and 'lunch'?  (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:31 pm
"I wish i would have done that..." -- bad english?  (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:47 pm
Question for Americans about the "flap t"  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 43 Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:38 pm
Accent question 6 Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:08 pm
Google Spellchecker Mistakes 1 Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:47 am
identify an accent by ipa 1 Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:43 am
J.D. Salinger, his death and his cultural contribution 9 Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:25 am
What do you think of my accent? 9 Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:36 pm
"thwarted rage"  (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:49 pm
Flap t in "seventy"  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 31 Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:38 am
Question about "trap/ash" vowel quality...(British 1 Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:35 am
How to pronounce dark L? 11 Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:55 am
I'ma do it 13 Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:40 am
Two sides of the same coin 1 Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:18 am
Articles 8 Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:35 pm
How to pronounce "coup" 8 Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:08 am
accent of this audiobook 8 Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:10 am
Pronunciation of the word try 8 Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:38 pm
Name these accents 0 Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:56 am
Status 3 Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:24 am
Moved: Sardo 0 Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:04 am
bum vs bomb [US vowels]  (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:19 am
Australian accents 1 Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:46 am
Speaking English in Classroom 10 Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:41 am
English turning into globish  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 38 Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:38 pm
Why are female voices always used in public announcements?  (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:32 pm
What accent is this? 6 Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:26 am
My experiences with language learning 8 Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:06 am
Unvenial 3 Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:06 am
Not Cricket!  (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:31 pm
What accent is this? 5 Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:47 pm
Question on the verb "to guest" 8 Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:31 am
rewrite 1 Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:23 am
In the context of 3 Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:56 pm
so too 6 Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:23 am
Is the phrase "United States" singular or plural?  (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:55 am
will/we'll 6 Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:37 am
Comma gets a cure (my accent)  (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:08 pm
Air-scrawl 2 Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:44 pm
European and American Cultural Differences  (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 69 Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:06 am
Unstressed /p/, /k/, and /t/ 1 Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:57 am
damn/damned 2 Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:33 pm
How to register? 3 Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:17 am
Can may you help improving my accent? 4 Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:11 am
You Too, or Me Too?  (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:08 pm
Is English the least narcissistic language? 8 Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:31 pm
Research of a ouple of concepts 9 Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:45 am
owhay idespreadway isay Igpay Atinlay? 2 Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:30 pm
Fooled again? 1 Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:55 am
Can you comment on my pronunciation, please. 14 Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:57 am
Please help. I really need your advice. 2 Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:03 am
know vs no 3 Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:51 am
'one' says... 1 Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:37 pm
My opinion 0 Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:57 am
Dear Germaine 1 Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:41 am
What is the difference between land and lend? 4 Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:18 am
How to pronounce 'N' and 'L' correctly? 5 Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:30 pm
The /tr/ sound in english 14 Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:26 pm
t and d confussion 5 Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:12 pm
How English is taught? 10 Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:26 pm
Indiglish, Spanglish, Chinglish, Japish, Franglais,yr chocie 11 Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:06 pm
presentation 4 Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:14 am
Churchill even fails in computer essay marking system?!! 11 Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:14 pm
Does Mariah Carey have a NY accent? 8 Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:01 pm
Reading for style or content? 1 Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:29 pm
blah blah King Charles blah blah 8 Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:14 am
cringefest: worst foreign pronunciation 6 Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:08 pm
Stunning similarities btw Chinese & English, China &  (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:40 am
did 7 Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:38 am
how to pronounce live in different situation 9 Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:19 am
Simplification of the verbs conjugation in English when how 6 Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:19 pm
created 13 Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:26 pm
Question for native speakers of English 0 Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:52 am
Bed time - Bet time 9 Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:52 pm
I don't understand this sentence at all  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 37 Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:53 am
Please can you bewisen me 13 Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:46 am
GAY ACCENT IN ENGLISH  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:45 am
This Financial Crisis marks English turning-point? 10 Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:43 pm
Difference between schwa and the sound in "cup" 5 Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:25 pm
Piotr Wozniak 1 Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:00 pm
Please give me some advice on my English audio sample  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:53 am
Sentence structure question 14 Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:20 am
What does CAPITALISM mean to you? Do you like it or not?  (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ) 115 Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:23 pm
PerfectPronunciation 12 Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:00 pm
Werevixens and Wereknights 6 Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:06 pm
"You want to put that where?" 4 Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:12 pm
Flap t after L (question for Americans)  (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 45 Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:16 am
is this short english text correct? 10 Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:35 pm
The Hunger Artist 1 Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:21 pm
What does this sentence mean? 7 Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:01 pm
More on assimilation 2 Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:52 pm
American "gonna"  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 37 Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:08 pm
What's her accent? 1 Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:28 pm
Unprecedented financial crisis's impact upon English 2 Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:58 pm
Questions About Glottal Stop 7 Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:44 am
/i:/ and /i/ is confusing 11 Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:13 pm
Flogging a dead horse  (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:17 pm
It was the stillness of an implacable force ....  (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:14 am
Luke Perry's accent 1 Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:57 am
Assimilation and elision  (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:07 am
Are there hidden rules for English intonation? 7 Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:20 pm
nicest language in the world  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 39 Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:19 am
Some Basic Chinese Language Points & Key Sentences 0 Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:57 am
Doesn't matter which article I use? 2 Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:25 pm
"Chimerica" listed in buzzwords of 2009 in NY Time 12 Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:49 pm
2010 pronunciation and name for this ending decade.  (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:19 pm
Does this singer (Regina Spektor) have an accent? 3 Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:17 am
Glad tidings 4 Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:27 am
Pronunciation Differences in British and American English  (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:01 am
Why do Americans do this?  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 41 Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:50 am
What British accent? 13 Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:32 pm
Welcome to Australia 2 Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:44 pm
second vowel in against 3 Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:42 am
Please 6 Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:47 am
I love you all! 5 Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:48 pm
What is your favorite EU Country, Culture and Language  (pages: 1 2 ) 28 Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:50 pm
Why is "cunt" considered to be the worst word in t  (pages: 1 2 3 ) 37 Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:58 am
idioms are disappearin'? 3 Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:18 pm
bleeding heart 10 Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:33 pm
spicy vs tangy 5 Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:06 am
Capitalism 13 Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:20 pm
"I'm oberblown with bliss" 1 Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:13 pm
the origin of YOU SUCK THIS SUCKS ETC 6 Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:03 am
Did a native speaker write this ? 6 Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:46 pm
How do you pronounce Antimoon? 3 Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:20 pm
Some questions about Australian pronunciation... 3 Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:20 pm
"once you go white, you know it's right" 5 Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:53 pm
I'm shocked by the indecency of "The Imperfect Enjoymen  (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:13 pm
question for the experts 12 Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:23 pm
HELLO SIRS HOW ARE YOU 11 Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:03 pm
Some questions about Australian pronunciation... 0 Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:07 am
The most horrible accent 14 Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:49 am
bears 0 Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:27 pm
Glasgow vs Edinburgh 2 Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:53 pm
Better English: Brits or Americans  (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) 82 Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:07 pm
Christmas...  (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:05 pm
Family Guy 4 Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:13 pm
'bout those Jamaican junkies. 1 Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:25 am
path 3 Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:30 am
English spoken in Arlen, Texas? 5 Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:05 pm
What is Jeremy Clarkson's accent? 9 Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:49 pm
Questions About Pronunciation of TH and T 4 Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:08 am
Another one for native speakers 4 Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:38 pm
Why are they both not 'it's?' 11 Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:30 pm
How does this sound? 10 Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:54 pm
How to Have a Great Conversation 0 Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:18 pm
Whatcha say 3 Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:54 am
rate 3 Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:52 am
Beginner /Elementary intensive course coming in Shanghai! 1 Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:18 am
Could you distinguish English accent when one sings?  (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:18 am
Who votes antimoon makes it so you have to register to post?  (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ) 155 Sun Dec 20, 2009 9:50 pm
Third person singular/past and plural form of 'text' 4 Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:39 pm
got 1 Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:00 pm
How did Spanish influence on American English? 4 Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:59 pm
Text speak 1 Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:17 pm
Got a Book on English Phonology to suggest? 2 Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:04 pm
bag of food 3 Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:49 pm
What does "firecracker in a sack" means? 4 Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:20 am
Hidden Message? Pictures and Language Sites 5 Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:29 pm
The Roots of Inequality 10 Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:07 pm
better bedder 10 Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:46 pm
S. Palin accent finally decoded 1 Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:40 pm
Some word combinations  (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:43 am
What's the difference between TOEFL, IELTS and CPE exams? 5 Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:15 pm
How much more simpler cud English still become?  (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:33 am
Roots of inequality 3 Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:19 pm
One unique question 7 Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:00 pm
Scots-Irish, and Appalachian English (a thread for Damian)  (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:48 pm
Evildoing 3 Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:31 am
Mixed conditional vs Type III Conditional 4 Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:27 am
Which is the best language for arguing about which the best 2 Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:24 am
bow 4 Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:46 am
Experimental speech samples 0 Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:35 am
BBC news presenter takes Beijing-based China job 8 Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:32 pm
Scottish Independence? 4 Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:07 am
How popular is Thanks giving day in the US?  (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:32 pm
how do natives use you'd better? 1 Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:22 pm
Dosing 5 Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:43 pm
For native speakers 3 Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:55 am
exams 1 Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:40 pm
towards 3 Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:07 pm
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