….but sometimes he is just too cute for words. Spelling exactly as in the emails I received.

LELI -

I’m trying to learn howe to pronunce

Air , heir , her ,hair, hare

confuesd & confusing

Me -

The first two sound the same, the last two sound the same, the middle one sounds different from the others.

I don’t know why you would find that confusing at all.

LELI -

I set a meeting with J , Z and k tomorrow to go through them .

I don’t know why you would find that confusing at all. - I am just to able to pronuance them-

Me -

It’s not different from there and their and they’re.

I never understood why these all sound so different - through, though, thought.

Good old English language - probably would have been okay if we’d never had the latin influence….

LELI -

but I kbnow hoew to pronunce (or at least people usualy understand me )
there and their and they’re.

while I cannot pronunce

Air , heir , ,hair, hare

and not sure I can either

- through, though, thought.

Me -

I can’t say I’ve ever had difficulty understanding you, but then I’m not sure we’ve ever had a conversation about heir’s. Or hares.

LELI -

I can’t say I’ve ever ………does it mean
1) I have had difficulty understanding
2) I have not had

?

Any way I do have or at least I do want to improve my pronunciation, extremely difficult for me but I have to make an effort

Me -

The answer is…………

2)

“Can’t say I’ve ever” = “Can say I’ve never”

And I guess it is difficult, but I would also guess that your pronunciation is a hundred times better each year you are here. Let’s face it, most people find it easier to understand you than to understand S J! (note, SJ is an extremely Welsh man we work with, who even most of the Welsh people can’t understand, his accent is so thick, and he talks so fast. There is an urban legend that he interviewed LELI, but this is not true).

LELI -

and he has been here for a while

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 at 6:53 pm.