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Whatever the nativespeakers say Sophy Send a noteboard - 23/03/2010 05:01:16 PM
you'll have to speak this way to be seen as a good English speaker in your own country. And to get good grades.

Except from that you should try to be consequent, so if you speak more American than British, maybe you could explain to your teacher that you find it better to say the in the American way to keep the consequentic way of speaking. If you use more British English you should definetely learn the two-way-the though.
Sophy
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Do you really need to have two different pronunciations of "the"? Lordling - 23/03/2010 02:06:02 PM 1197 Views
Need? No. Rebekah - 23/03/2010 02:17:09 PM 369 Views
I've never heard of that in my life. LiterateDog - 23/03/2010 02:29:37 PM 442 Views
I pronounce it both ways Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 02:35:45 PM 452 Views
It's like "a". LiterateDog - 23/03/2010 02:45:14 PM 543 Views
Oh. I do that too. Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 02:59:20 PM 429 Views
"all intenstive purposes"...*shudder* LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 02:45:35 PM 409 Views
Yeah, that makes me shudder, too. People are retarded. *NM* LiterateDog - 23/03/2010 02:50:41 PM 250 Views
I have never actually heard anyone say "all intensive purposes". MightyYT - 23/03/2010 05:25:37 PM 400 Views
Or you could be surrounded by smarter people than I am. *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 05:26:44 PM 157 Views
Really? I'd say most people say it incorrectly and most don't even know... everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:35:49 PM 412 Views
I do too damookster - 24/03/2010 04:07:56 AM 330 Views
Or irregardless. *shudders* I saw it in the dictionary but really... globug0822 - 26/03/2010 12:03:13 PM 370 Views
You should a a few words Floffe - 26/03/2010 12:42:36 PM 355 Views
What Joe said, almost. Palatine - 23/03/2010 04:51:08 PM 624 Views
Seems to me that only works if you pronounce "history" without the H. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:02:29 PM 312 Views
That's my point. I've never heard anyone say it without the "h." *NM* Palatine - 24/03/2010 04:55:35 PM 254 Views
An history Rebekah - 23/03/2010 05:07:08 PM 573 Views
(h)erb. *NM* everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:37:58 PM 244 Views
I will not use "an." Palatine - 24/03/2010 04:59:00 PM 357 Views
Never heard that one snoopcester - 23/03/2010 05:09:40 PM 369 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 23/03/2010 05:13:17 PM 440 Views
I wasn't using it as that snoopcester - 23/03/2010 05:19:43 PM 366 Views
OK. Rebekah - 23/03/2010 05:25:22 PM 423 Views
It's enough of a rule. Palatine - 24/03/2010 05:02:46 PM 384 Views
Re: Never heard that one ßelals Girl - 23/03/2010 06:14:21 PM 529 Views
I speak mid-west English and have never said an history or ever heard anyone else use it. everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:38:53 PM 460 Views
I've heard it spoken that way several times--on TV/radio by someone trying to be "serious." *NM* Palatine - 24/03/2010 05:05:48 PM 248 Views
It seems I use them both. Beqi - 23/03/2010 06:05:30 PM 382 Views
I also don't post in the correct place, it seems. Beqi - 23/03/2010 06:36:59 PM 388 Views
One is sufficient. The Shrike - 23/03/2010 02:30:53 PM 605 Views
Is it possible you do it and don't realize it? Avendesora - 23/03/2010 05:11:28 PM 344 Views
I think I do it in many cases, yeah... Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:19:13 PM 444 Views
That's what we were taught in school as well ironclad - 23/03/2010 02:35:29 PM 430 Views
That's what I thought of, too. Joel - 23/03/2010 05:42:14 PM 424 Views
Re: Do you really need to have two different pronunciations of "the"? lyringlas - 23/03/2010 02:46:41 PM 544 Views
As long as you don't say, "should of" 'cos then I must beat you. Joel - 23/03/2010 05:49:09 PM 480 Views
Re: As long as you don't say, "should of" 'cos then I must beat you. lyringlas - 23/03/2010 06:09:27 PM 359 Views
"Should've" versus "should of" Bored - 23/03/2010 06:46:37 PM 439 Views
Sounds like we're on thee same page. Joel - 23/03/2010 06:58:21 PM 504 Views
I tend to use both Isaac - 23/03/2010 10:06:01 PM 403 Views
I think that there are people who pronounce The with that convention LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 02:47:59 PM 453 Views
Unfortunately you chose two very bad examples. Tim - 23/03/2010 02:48:42 PM 645 Views
British English is weird oO LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 02:59:49 PM 456 Views
I don't. Tim - 23/03/2010 03:04:22 PM 477 Views
Right Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 03:10:08 PM 434 Views
duly noted LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 03:10:16 PM 416 Views
I do! Liam - 23/03/2010 10:57:48 PM 431 Views
Shut up, Frenchie! LiterateDog - 23/03/2010 11:03:21 PM 379 Views
Hehe ironclad - 23/03/2010 03:06:31 PM 375 Views
"Park Life!" *NM* Tim - 23/03/2010 03:09:24 PM 160 Views
*NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 03:10:35 PM 196 Views
Heh, thanks for bringing this up. *NM* Avendesora - 23/03/2010 04:37:07 PM 220 Views
That was my immediate reaction to this post! *NM* Tom - 23/03/2010 05:21:16 PM 285 Views
"y" is a consonant? or the "u" sound Aeryn - 23/03/2010 09:02:57 PM 562 Views
Hopefully this will explain. Tim - 23/03/2010 11:29:58 PM 463 Views
Re: Hopefully this will explain. Aeryn - 25/03/2010 08:40:21 PM 608 Views
I've only just discovered I do it. Liam - 23/03/2010 11:02:18 PM 359 Views
AH! globug0822 - 26/03/2010 11:48:35 AM 350 Views
Whatever the nativespeakers say Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:01:16 PM 400 Views
Do you mean "consistent"? If not, I can't work out what you mean by "consequent". Tim - 23/03/2010 05:05:38 PM 382 Views
I can testify that that one is a terribly annoying false friend in Dutch. And apparently in Swedish. Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:10:03 PM 506 Views
What do people confuse "eventual" with? "Eventful"? Tim - 23/03/2010 05:12:02 PM 383 Views
You never realize even the most obvious of these things in your own language. Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:16:35 PM 440 Views
"Gift" has amused me ever since I started learning German. Joel - 23/03/2010 05:39:48 PM 324 Views
*NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 07:45:48 PM 214 Views
Oh, it must be an incredibly important word to know when visiting Europe. Sophy - 23/03/2010 08:12:19 PM 418 Views
Even so. Joel - 23/03/2010 08:29:52 PM 407 Views
I wasnt invited! Sophy - 23/03/2010 09:04:16 PM 402 Views
You were so. Joel - 23/03/2010 09:05:58 PM 357 Views
No, I better finish my stupid essay! Sophy - 23/03/2010 09:08:06 PM 398 Views
I can't imagine a world where that could possibly be as rewarding or invigorating as my company. Joel - 23/03/2010 09:11:49 PM 373 Views
Nah, it's not about EFL, it's about Dutch-English false friends. Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:17:28 PM 557 Views
Wait! The English eventual doesnt mean that? Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:21:19 PM 420 Views
English "eventual" means something like "in the end". Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:23:33 PM 395 Views
Whoops! Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:26:05 PM 414 Views
I think the English "eventual" applies to something that is more certain (or assumed) in the future Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 05:25:39 PM 347 Views
LOL what is it with you today?? *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 07:57:33 PM 227 Views
You mean that I'm usually brighter? Sophy - 23/03/2010 08:13:04 PM 414 Views
How would you translate eventueel into English? "Potential"? "The possibility of"? Tim - 23/03/2010 05:23:58 PM 495 Views
I think I'd ditch the adjective and switch the sentence around to a different construction. Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:33:19 PM 517 Views
Do you only use it for future? Or all possible things that may or may not be? Camilla - 23/03/2010 10:27:16 PM 421 Views
Dutch is way closer to Norwegian than to Danish. Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:07:51 PM 367 Views
Re: Dutch is way closer to Norwegian than to Danish. Camilla - 23/03/2010 11:09:54 PM 485 Views
*nods* Similar, but not the same, then. Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:12:37 PM 399 Views
Re: *nods* Similar, but not the same, then. Camilla - 23/03/2010 11:22:52 PM 351 Views
Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:28:01 PM 426 Views
tim might be able to answer that better than me, as he probably understands what you are referringto Camilla - 23/03/2010 11:33:07 PM 345 Views
Re: Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:39:37 PM 450 Views
Re: Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? Camilla - 23/03/2010 11:42:29 PM 715 Views
Nah, I know, that's why I said "eventuell" was a bad example - it makes no sense as a predicate. Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:51:06 PM 490 Views
I would come in and lay the smackdown, but unfortunately I have to leave in a few minutes. Tim - 24/03/2010 09:27:28 AM 329 Views
Re: I would come in and lay the smackdown, but unfortunately I have to leave in a few minutes. Camilla - 25/03/2010 12:15:14 PM 469 Views
Ah, that's the right word, yes. Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:10:19 PM 378 Views
konsekvent Camilla - 23/03/2010 06:22:26 PM 392 Views
We need to make a Dutch-Norwegian-Swedish mixture language to replace English, clearly. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 06:27:23 PM 309 Views
Re: We need to make a Dutch-Norwegian-Swedish mixture language to replace English, clearly. Camilla - 23/03/2010 06:28:47 PM 474 Views
This is an excellent point. Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:23:42 PM 299 Views
*clears throat* *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 07:58:21 PM 196 Views
Okay, we'll let Austrian join too. Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:00:26 PM 308 Views
Why dilute a perfectly good language with norwegian, dutch and austrian? *NM* jh - 23/03/2010 08:12:40 PM 242 Views
Cool! I'm in! Sophy - 23/03/2010 08:16:32 PM 411 Views
I've no doubt its grammar is awesome... making more sense, that sounds rather less likely. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:23:10 PM 254 Views
Don't listen to her ironclad - 23/03/2010 08:24:06 PM 368 Views
Hmpf! Böse Kartoffel! Sophy - 23/03/2010 09:05:37 PM 413 Views
Like Esperanto but with germanic roots? Me likey! *NM* Floffe - 24/03/2010 04:43:59 PM 231 Views
Nopes. nossy - 23/03/2010 05:03:18 PM 398 Views
In my dialect, it's more or less like that Larry - 23/03/2010 05:35:31 PM 321 Views
I don't, but I'm American, and apparently that makes the difference. Joel - 23/03/2010 05:55:10 PM 446 Views
Try it with a bunch of words starting with vowels, then. Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:59:03 PM 375 Views
"thuh" for the first two, seems like "thee" for the rest. Joel - 23/03/2010 06:08:14 PM 475 Views
The (thuh) for all of them. everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:53:16 PM 394 Views
Thee for all of them *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 09:54:58 PM 262 Views
Me too. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 09:59:16 PM 220 Views
Thee for all! o/ Avendesora - 24/03/2010 08:37:23 PM 429 Views
I don't know if we need to, but it would sound silly if we didn't ßelals Girl - 23/03/2010 06:05:53 PM 364 Views
Re: I don't know if we need to, but it would sound silly if we didn't Lordling - 23/03/2010 06:26:30 PM 532 Views
Just go with instinct Rebekah - 23/03/2010 06:29:52 PM 397 Views
Quit while you're behind... Tom - 23/03/2010 08:58:26 PM 409 Views
Unless you like to use archaic English, that is Larry - 23/03/2010 09:20:26 PM 393 Views
I somehow doubt that Lordling - 25/03/2010 08:09:44 PM 520 Views
I like it Camilla - 23/03/2010 06:23:06 PM 398 Views
You sound like him Lordling - 23/03/2010 06:32:09 PM 438 Views
Re: You sound like him Camilla - 23/03/2010 06:33:03 PM 471 Views
Oh!!! That's just the kind of teacher I'm going to be! *NM* Sophy - 23/03/2010 09:06:26 PM 376 Views
Haha good stuff *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 09:24:37 PM 229 Views
Never heard of that before. *NM* Wibble - 23/03/2010 08:18:48 PM 152 Views
I do it AgentOrange - 23/03/2010 09:32:04 PM 354 Views
Same here. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 09:33:51 PM 255 Views
Thuh is what most people I know use although I find that more educated people use thee at times. everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:58:57 PM 375 Views
I have never heard that before in my life. globug0822 - 26/03/2010 11:46:44 AM 482 Views
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