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Great Vowel Shift Pronunciation Changes in both Audio and text versions. The following words are pronounced how they would have been in the Pre-shift, Mid-shift and Post-shift way in the audio recording. Your browser does…
Gullah: an English-African Patois Dating Back to the Days of Slavery in both Audio and text versions. I’m getting ready to patch up this net. I’m going to the creek today.Fetch me back some big…
James Joyce reads an excerpt from ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ (Book I Ch. 8) in both Audio and text versions. Subdue your noise, you hamble creature! What is it but a blackburry growth or the dwyergray ass…
Prologue from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare in both Audio and text versions. Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood…
Thomas Edison Talking About Electricity in 1908 in both Audio and text versions. When I look around at the resources of the electrical field today, as shown in this exhibition, I feel that I would…
Winston Churchill’s 1941 War Speech in both Audio and text versions. We shall go on to the end.We shall fight in France.We shall fight on the seas and oceans.We shall fight with growing confidence and…
If you’re online often, particularly if you spend a lot of time on TikTok, you might have come across the phrase “can I get a Hoya?” Probably followed by a chorus of “hoyas” from whoever’s…
What does idiom mean? Idioms are phrases or expressions that don’t really translate into another language. For example, “wear your heart on your sleeve” means to show emotions openly. Idioms are often very specific to…
Here’s a term with a lot of versatility. To “vibe” could mean a lot of different things, and it’s generally dependent on the tone and context to figure out exactly what this phrase means. If…
Picture this: you’re sitting in your home, maybe enjoying a good book or relaxing to music, when your sibling comes up to you excitedly and says “guess what!”. Though you’re interested in what they might…
Has anyone ever turned to you and said the phrase “I was running through the six with my woes”? If you’ve heard this before then you’re probably aware that this is a phrase that will…
There are many words and phrases that people use to describe one another these days, and often it can be a little confusing to know what some of these words mean. One such word is…