When writing English we use the 26 letters of the alphabet. However, when speaking there are roughly 44 different sounds in English. If you're concentrating on the sounds of English, you need 44 ...

For example, the International Phonetic Alphabet when pronounced 'IPA' in English is written as follows. IPA Chart is a website where you can hear the actual pronunciation of the International ...

Then, I said, pronunciation had changed while spelling did not. Centuries of overseas expansion had enabled English-speaking colonies to develop their own dialects, with distinct vocabularies and ...