Community Discussions
Do I have a thick or difficult to understand accent or speech?
I recently had a slightly amusing and confusing experience on Discord during a voice chat session in which all of the other people in it were struggling to understand what I was saying. Most of them were non-natives, which is fair enough if they don't get everything I say; but one of them was a native speaker from the States, and they too were struggling. I questioned them on whether it was the accent or my own individual way of expression, but they didn't seem too sure on what. It's worth mentioning that I am a former stutterer, and still an occasional one, which I suppose has made me difficult to understand even to people from my area. (On that note, could you also guess where I'm from?)
How do you say informally when someone steals electricity by tapping from the line illegally?
Are there any common idioms you may use to describe it? Or how would you say it naturally?
Is "s" in "fails" pronounced s or z?
I thought it is pronounced z because l is voiced but copilot says otherwise. Is this correct?
I was asked where did I work out and I couldn't answer. What do I call this? It's not in private territory.
Yard? Sounds British. Outdoors?
Let's practice English together!
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Is it okay to use british english but speak with american accent?
I'm kinda shocked why no one has questioned about this before! 😳 Or was there already the post about this? Tell me
Why is this wrong? Isn’t “ do one’s job” a common idiom? Thanks.
https://i.redd.it/cri3eozmdrke1.jpeg
Is using "women" or "woman" instead of "female" to describe an occupation/position correct?
I see a lot of native English speakers, including news outlets using the word "woman" or "women" in phrases like "woman teachers" or "woman drivers" on the Internet. However it doesn't really make sense to me because I thought those words could only be nouns and "female ~" feels more natural and logical to me. Is there any particular reason people prefer to use the former?
Is it correct to say “i highly appreciate it” ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1irroef/is_it_correct_to_say_i_highly_appreciate_it/
Do people say something is "too shabby" ??
I've only heard people say "not too shabby" so I'm wondering if that's like an idiom by itself, or is something being "too shabby" a thing??