yes, names are fine!

FREE

bled

brew

slow

step

stiw

its in the Urban dictionary....does that count??!!!! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stiw

I think the Northern English ( North of England? not sure how to say it) accents sound really lovely. I remember seeing a poll once where Americans voted the "Geordie" accent as the most pleasant to listen to, with the RP accents coming in very low.

forget star...ooops! that was the word just before...

stir is the word

star

The way that this words are said throws me

Bath--said in Britain, with the short a that Americans use in the world mall

Pall Mall--said in Britain with the broader a that Americans would use in the word bath8-)

Its humans...I have not even dared to try with robots...I am always left flummoxed, thinking, how odd I must sound given the level of perplexity I raise! And I have the most generic American accent, its not like a Southern accent or a New York accent...its the kind that the news broadcasters have, where its so generic, you think you do not have an accent! Indeed growing up I was told I had no accent, so that is what I thought, only to be shocked later to learn that everyone has an accent! Its just weird things that crop up in how people say the vowel letters...

Spar

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cowls

as in what monks wear

I have spent the morning tromping around checking out possible volunteer activities, as its essential for me to find something to do outside the walls of academia, and with my flexible schedule, I thought why not check out volunteer opportunities? There are so many to choose from, the ones that appeal to me most are working with animals, from helping the elderly or shut in walk their dogs, to work in a kennel or cattery with rescue animals.

But when I go to spell my name over the phone or in person, people have a really hard time with my American pronounciation of vowels. When I say A, they repeat back really puzzled, E?

How do British people pronounce the vowel letters of the alphabet?

Me:

A--its very broad, said like well...A

E---very long sound like you have been scared by a mouse ---EEEE

I--as in AYE

O--as in hmmm...O

U--as in yew