English phonology — See also: Phonological history of English English phonology is the study of the sound system (phonology) of the English language. Like many languages, English has wide variation in pronunciation, both historically and from dialect to dialect. In… … Wikipedia
English-language vowel changes before historic l — In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic splits and mergers. A number of these changes are specific to vowels which occur before /l/. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
Common English usage misconceptions — Text from Robert Louis Stevenson s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as it would appear in a professionally published edition in the United States today, featuring one sentence paragraphs, sentences beginning with the conjunctions but and and … Wikipedia
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British and Malaysian English differences — This article outlines the differences between Malaysian English or more popularly Manglish, the form of street Malaysian English spoken by most Malaysians and British English, which for the purposes of this article is assumed to be the form of… … Wikipedia
David Briggs (English musician) — David John Briggs (born November 1, 1962) is an English organist and composer. He started his career as a cathedral organist as Assistant Organist in Hereford Cathedral before becoming the organist of Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals. Heavily… … Wikipedia
Tobi — is a Unisex name in Nigeria. In the native Yoruba language Oluwatobi/Oluwatobiloba/Jesutobi it means Our God/Jesus is Great . Tobi may also refer to:* Hatohobei, an island and a state in the Republic of Palau * Month of Tobi, a month of the… … Wikipedia
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Romanization of Chinese — The romanization of Chinese is the use of the Latin alphabet to write Chinese. Chinese has been written in Chinese characters since about 1500 B.C. Chinese characters do not represent phonemes directly.There are many uses for Chinese romanization … Wikipedia
Romanization of Mandarin Chinese — National language (國語; Guóyǔ) written in Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters, followed by Hanyu Pinyin, Gwoyeu Romatzyh, Tongyong Pinyin and Wade Giles romanizations. Chinese romanization Mandarin for Stand … Wikipedia