Discussion Groups / British English / February 2006

 Hi everyone:-) im new here and a bit embarassed to start with asking
for help at the very beginning.... but any help is really needed...J
im studying english philology at the jagiellonian university in
cracov, poland -   im right in the middle of writing my m.a. thesis. im

We discussed Wilfred Pickles here a few weeks ago.
I was watching Time Team on Ch4 tonight, followed by the News, and noticed
that the continuity announcer had a wonderful Geordie accent.
Congratulations Ch 4.

Hi. I'm Italian, I'm searching for someone to talk with in English. If
you're interested in italian learning or improving please contact me
I use skype: my username is marco_gs. I use a
microphone and i would like to talk in english! So, if you're interested to

i am a stupid french who need to improve his english. i look for
friends to talk in english about things and others...
i understand quickly but need a lot of explains..
also if there some valorous friends here who are ready to lost time and

hello, I came from China. This is my first time to come to Google
Groups, and I never wrote anyting in groups before. People here are
kind of answering each question,I believe it's my luck to join this
group. I knew there must be many mistakes in my message, although i

What is the guttoral stop ?
I have assumed it to be the 'g' sound some
folk use to pronounce words like 'nothing'
(nothing-k)

my native language is Dutch and I'm learning English.
Can somebody help me to give a description of:
1) vintage clothes  (mayby old-fashioned or old clothes)
2) Second-hand glass eyes. (Are it really eyes made of glass ?)

Does anyone here pronounce "the" with a schwa before a vowel sound  -
"thuh" instead of "thee"? (Obviously, "u" pronounced as "yoo" is a
general exception.)
It may be a dialect thing for some, and if so fair enough, but the

A Sunday pub lunch disagreement needs resolving. A friend stated that 'I
speak good English' is actally not good English at all and that 'I speak
English well' is the correct way of saying it. Is she correct and, if so, why?
Many thanks and regards, etc.,

I do know what a chav is... but I wonder why on earth I can't find it in
*any* of the print (not online) dictionaries I checked: NODE (1 vol),
the OED, a slightly older Collins, a huge French/English Larousse...
Is the term too new? Or somehow not PC (shouldn't be a problem for the

I have lyrics by BLACK EYES PEAS:
There are some words to explain I do not understand. Help, please:
hump
lump

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Petite correction...désolé !
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