Discussion Groups / British English / June 2006

Hello, I'm an Italian girl looking for an English language summer course...I
just have 2 weeks to spend in Great Britain...and my level is
intermediate....I'm attending first year of Foreign languages University in
Turin and need to improve my English skills as much as possible with ...

According to my dictionary, the word "Gaelic" should be pronounced gay-lick.
However, on a recent visit to Scotland, it seemed to me that most people there
pronounce it gah-lick.
Is this a specifically Scottish pronunciation, or is my dictionary wrong?

I've got an audio CD and book to learn Japanese. I'd like to
know of there any places where I can go and speak Japanese
with Japanese people in order to improve my language skills.
Many thanks

After having been cut off for several months I am now back on-line and
it would seem that in the meantime the lively community that was here
when I lost contact has gone into hibernation. After looking briefly at
the Google archives I can see no reason for this. So: Is anybody ...