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504, 2016

Speech Idioms

By |April 5th, 2016|Categories: Words, Written English|

Speech Idioms [ssba] We're talking shop this month at Pronunciation Studio. That's right - idioms about speaking. Here are 10 really useful ones that are used to describe speech. I'll stop [...]

903, 2016

Intonation, innit?

By |March 9th, 2016|Categories: Intonation|

Intonation, ↘innit? Intonation is all about the way we say something, rather than the words we actually say. Every language has a different melody and structure, so what's unique about English? Here [...]

2202, 2016

Upspeak

By |February 22nd, 2016|Categories: Intonation|

Upspeak - the unstoppable rise of rising intonation. You may have noticed that some English speakers use a rising tone on a statement. It almost sounds like a question? This is commonly [...]

902, 2016

OK

By |February 9th, 2016|Categories: Highlights, Pronunciation, Written English|

How to pronounce 'OK' O.K. okay, ok. Overused by many speakers and meaning anything from “yes” to “average”, “listen” to “really?”. It all depends on when you say it and how [...]

2612, 2015

2015 Best Bits

By |December 26th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|

10 best bits from the blog - 2015 2015 was our busiest year yet on the blog. We tackled difficult spellings, confusing words, 'hello' and... the Queen. Here are the 10 [...]

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