present tense; that

http://www.englishforums.com/English/APairOfShoesIsAre/glxrp/post.htm(第8篇)
.... you often use present tense, and in real life, we don't use that very often. .....


http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_thread/thread/78b190dec1711976#
E.W:
"But in the third sentence, the author has hocussed himself into believing
that the magic can extend back a full two sentences, .....
He is mistaken. (And the forms are not parallel here, either.) "

英文上的問題?

Boston Globe上的一篇: Question? Answered. (副標題: The growing world of online language advice)
裡頭提到: ".... The venerable Usenet group alt.usage.english has long had a FAQ (frequently asked questions) list that is notable for its comprehensiveness and quality;..."

剛好我以前有寫篇關於AUE(alt.usage.english)的介紹

"山寨"的英文

The Washington Post一篇有趣的文章:
'Gray market' for counterfeit gadgets is red hot in China
They are known here as "Shanzhaiji," which loosely translates as "Mountain Bandit Phones."
(不同文章會有不同的表示/說明。這是其中一個)

/SK/, /SP/, /ST/ sound

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這篇算是延續我之前的一篇貼文: interesTing的發音(*1)(找djyang---我本人),或是點選下方的"顯示內容"看重點:

(*1) 我在回這篇時我還不知道(語言學的)這術語  unaspirated,但是我已經知道/會這種unaspirated [p t k] after /s/ (stan, span, scan) and at the ends of syllables 的念法(就是尋常的會/知道。我並沒有刻意去區分/注意/分析(/學))

(註:下方部份我做了些編排,方便說明用)

From: "Peacenik" <.....
Newsgroups: tw.bbs.lang.english
Subject: Re: 請問 interesting
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 19:40:54 +0800

: 請問,
: s在字首後面的pkt通常會變音,
: 那如果是intere"sting"是不是也唸/sding/
: 還是保持原來的/sting/音呢?為什麼?謝謝!
:
: 因為發現不同的老師發音不同,很困惑。
: 謝謝! 

(註: 這部份是我的回覆)
> Let me guess. 美籍老師?
> 並沒有"通常會變音"這回事。如果字典上的音標是/skip/,那麼唸出來的不會是/sgip/。
>
> 美語在唸子音時一般都唸得很輕,所以對我們來說會造成聽起來有點"像"是/sgip/的錯覺,但是對他們來說,那還是/skip/ -- 他們分的出來的。
>
> 如果你以為這變音成/sgip/,因為我們唸子音一般都唸得很重,等你真的/sgip/唸出去,他們會以為你在講sGip,然後會霧煞煞的問你說"What?"  

(註: 這部份是一個住在台灣的美國人的回覆)
Yes! Thank you!
I don't know who came up with the idiocy that /s/+/k/ = /sg/. It is false.
/g/ is a voiced sound; /sk/ has no voicing.



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一般人(很可惜的,也含一些老師)不懂得分辨voiceless T sound(或是看最下方的YouTube. 她用的說法是fast "d")和那個D sound(voiced D, 或是最下方YouTube那人用的說法strong D)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology

Allophones

Although regional variation is very great across English dialects, some generalizations can be made about pronunciation in all (or at least the vast majority) of English accents:

* The voiceless stops /p t k/ are aspirated [pʰ tʰ kʰ] at the beginnings of words (for example tomato) and at the beginnings of word-internal stressed syllables (for example potato). They are unaspirated [p t k] after /s/ (stan, span, scan) and at the ends of syllables.


更多影音links(SK,SP,ST) /SK/

BBC的Doctor Who影集裡頭的一小段(只有聲音)

/SK/

[0:04] I'm SCared.
BBC影集Being Human裡頭的一小段(只有聲音)

/SK/

[0:22] They tell me your blue skies ....
Daniel Powter-Bad Day (lyrics)

/SP/

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/desperate
(發音檔)


We talked about this. Personal space.
影集: Supernatural

/SP/


[5:58] (So I feel that the chances of spread and impact of ...)

---------
/SP/
這是個母語不是英文的例子。她是德國人,有在倫敦受過教育。目前是在荷蘭的一所大學任教
對一些英文母語的人來說,也許會說She(her English) sounds European.

Science Channel: Through The Wormhole S2 E4


/ST/

http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/interesting
(發音檔)


BBC影集Being Human裡頭的一小段(只有聲音)

以及CBS news: Massive Quake Rocks New Zealand
[0:00]the STreets ...
american accent - American T sound - pronunciation of american english


T sound
重點: almost "d", or fast "d",不是像我們念的很重的"d"(or strong "d")
注意聽她說 When we say "better", we don't say "be-D(很重)ER"


不直接相關: the disappearing "c"("k" sound)