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05/08/09
05/08/09
Twenty pronounced "tweny", Forty = "fory", Wednesday = "Wensday", island = "iland", party = "pary"
What is wrong with you people? English is easier to learn than Spanish or French because it has a lot less verb tenses. But now I have to learn to learn to ignore, add, replace or misplace letters because the locals do?
05/08/09
We are a country of liberties, and that applies to our language as well. We don't speak tea-and-crumpets English, we speak 'merican. And that's what makes this country great.
05/08/09
I do like the idea of the TTS though, and I hope they update the software at some point to give it a better pronunciation dictionary and a more realistic voice. It's a cool idea, and it would be even better if they included it in the iPhone app too.
05/08/09
05/08/09
So how do you actually pronounce Herzegovina? Or how about something "simple" like Beijing? How is it possible to make 6 figures and not pronounce words correctly? Wait, big hair right?
05/08/09
"HAIR-tze-GO-vee-nuh" and "BAY-jeen"
05/08/09
$500 for Kindle DX plus $14/month for newspaper = too much money.