Learning English Pronunciation - RURAL - #342

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An idiom is an expression used in an appropriate situation, whose meaning differs from the meaning of the words that form it.

Canape Suggestions

1- Cream cheese, with onion, served on crackers.
2- Caviar and cream cheese, combined and served on crackers.
3- Small circles of white bread with chopped watercress and slice of cucumber.
4- Creamed American cheese spread on bread rolled with strip of bacon-toasted.
5- Roquefort cheese, creamed with butter, spread on bread, rolled and toasted.
6- Potato chips spread with anchovy paste.
7- Sardines creamed with mayonnaise, grated onion and lemon juice served on toast.

Dialects

English has many different dialects like Portuguese. What determines them is a common core according to certain regions, for example, there are differences in vocabulary, in phonology, in accent, in pronunciation and in intonation of voices.

Spoken Realization of -ed Form

Examples:

/d/: played, called, traveled
/t/: laughed, mixed, worked
/id/ persuaded, changed, studied
(For both -ed past and -ed past participle)

Order of Two or More Adverbs

1- They have been studying hard at school all morning. (The usual order for several adverbs is manner, place and time - MPT)

2- I was born at 10 pm on August 31st in 1960. ( The more exact adverb is before the more general one)

3- Press the button with your finger. Press it gently and countinuously. ( The shorter adverb is before the longer one)