Community Discussions
What do you casually call glasses for shortsightedness and farsightedness?
In my native language they are simply called the ānegative / minusā glasses and āpositive / plusā glasses (to put it roughly) As in, āWhat type of glasses do you wear? Are they āplusā (??) or āminusā (??)ā What do people call it in the US? And the UK? Thanks everyone, much appreciated š
When talking about bands, is it used with "are" or "is"? I am confused.
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Can I omit the ātā in some words?
I've seen many people pronouncing words without the t, like fantasy, mentally and elementary, becoming like: fanÉsee, menÉlee,elÉmenÉree. But someone told me that it's not omitted, but glottalized, like the word ācertainā, ābuttonā, etc. Can someone tell me if it can be omitted or if it is glottalized as this person told me?
Many words in English sound the same. Can you tell which one it is when you speakļ¼
For example, 'Iām going too' or 'Iām going to the store' ā the words 'too' and 'to' sound the same. How do you know which one it is? Is it 'too', 'to', or 'two'? Similar to that are 'Theyāre', 'there', 'their'. Iām really confused because when I watch videos, I often canāt tell which word it is due to the fast pace of the conversation.
Why is it "He is Risen"?
Should it not be "He has risen"? Sounds weird to me. (Reposted to remove names)
Whatās your go-to phrase for sounding polite but still being a little sarcastic?
Mine is: āThank you for your request. You know how much we value your opinion. Weāll give it the consideration it deserves.ā
Does a T-shirt with words like that look weird to a native speaker
I've seen some "strange English on clothes" meme so I'm curious. for example, this outfit literally has a picture of a landscape tagged with its name and address. Is that weirdļ¼ I also had a hoodie that I realized the picture on it was just a map of all rivers in a certain part of the United States with some village names on it... I had never noticed the English on my clothes before I planned to visit an English-speaking country. I've already picked out a lot of clothes that I absolutely can't wear because some of them literally have stuff like 'Turn into a werewolf' written on them, which is really cringe lol.
Why is 'Reagan' in 'Ronald Reagan' not pronounced as 'Ree-gan'?
Is it because people get to decide how their own (last) name is pronounced or is there a deeper explanation to it?
Native speakers, how do you feel about this?
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Are natives able to understand Eminem-like rap music?
*Understand" definition here is being able to catch most of the lyric