I'm still here!

 1 ɪts wɛnsdey twelf fifɾin nowvmbɛr θɛrth æn ðɪs ɪs mɑy fɪfɾin mɪnʌt vɔys sæmpʌl for yuh meyri ( Read more... )

 Devoicing of consonant before final s

ɑy rɪli wʌndɛr wʌt ðey du wɪð ðə bif rɪps lɑyk ðeyrs onli pork rɪps
I really wonder what they do with the beef ribs like there's only pork ribs

æn hɛr rum:meyts tʊk ʌs ænt ʃowd ʌs ɑl lɑyk ðis ( Read more... )

 1 ɪts wɛnsdey twelf fifɾin nowvmbɛr θɛrt æn ðɪs ɪs mɑy fɪfɾin mɪnʌt vɔys sæmpʌl for yuh meyri ( Read more... )

 I guess you have to lose a lot before you can ever win...?

Can someone tell me what is Twilight? I know it's a movie about vampires...but I know nothing other than that. Someone please help me, I don't know my own pop-culture anymore. 

To all who replied to my last post, which was inspired by emergency - thank you. Lena was thrilled to get real native-speaker feedback from two other Americans (because obviously I also made comments ( Read more... )

GUYS!!!! I know, I know, I only post on here now when I am in desperate need of things. This is no exception. One of my friends and fellow teachers of English here in Siberia (who is Russian) is doing a round-table discussion on English proverbs on Tuesday and how native English-speakers feel about them. Of course, I only got the official list of ( Read more... )

Hi from Siberia! I have been in Russia for two months now and am still alive, which is pretty amazing, I think. Anyway, I have been too lazy to update at all but hope that a number of people still read this and can help me out ( Read more... )

Today, my horn broke.,  As I went through the drive-thru line at Wendy's, my horn started beeping when I turned around the corner. From then on, anytime I turned, even a tiny bit, my horn would go 'beeeeeeeeeep beep beep.' The ladies at the pick-up window looked at me like I was crazy. I had to drive to campus to stop by Dr. Young's office, and the ( Read more... )