Is there a word or a phrase, other than the too-broad "understand," for when a listener understands what someone else is trying to convey even when the speaker doesn't express it clearly and/or correctly? [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 31 answers 
Can anyone help me select a high-quality recording device for fieldwork and speech analysis, please? [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2007 - 12 answers
I'd like some advice about preventing "regression" in the ability to speak a foreign language. If I am away from communicating in a foreign language for a few days, it feels like I might have lost it. That's because when I start speaking, I don't feel like I can get into it. [more inside]
posted on Oct 11, 2007 - 10 answers
What is the origin of pronouncing "I've got you" like "I've gotchew?" Does this go back to ancient English speaking times, or is this merely a sloppy, learned Americanism? Is there a name for it? [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2007 - 32 answers
Is there a term for mangling two words to create a new word or term? [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2007 - 28 answers
Intonation (specifically English). Can I change it? Can I flip between them? [more inside]
posted on Jul 2, 2007 - 11 answers
Help me speak and write two phrases in Farsi. [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2007 - 2 answers
I am a master's student in speech-language pathology looking for a clinical fellow position starting this summer. I'm doing all the regular sending out resumes to hospitals and whatnot, but I'd like to know if anybody here has any experience with the big US based therapy agencies... [more inside]
posted on Feb 15, 2007 - 10 answers
I know some people who just can’t seem to get the hang of correctly pronouncing uncommon words, no matter how many times they hear the correct way. These are intelligent, educated people, and at least one is an avid reader, but for some reason they constantly, repeatedly, stumble over certain words. Is there a name for this? [more inside]
posted on Jan 29, 2007 - 72 answers
How do I keep myself from mumbling and speaking at mach 3? [more inside]
posted on Nov 18, 2006 - 9 answers
Language/Dialect-filter: In search of "authentic" Southern (American) accents... [more inside]
posted on Oct 11, 2006 - 48 answers
I friend of mine from London, England had this "way" of coming up with names for people. As an example; he would call me bubbles (wasn't thrilled about that) because you can associate it with "squeak" (the sound bubbles can make when cleaning something, or like squeaky clean), which rhymed with the word "greek" which is my nationality... does anyone know what this is called and what the origin is?
posted on Apr 12, 2006 - 33 answers
Where did pirate speech come from? [more inside]
posted on Jan 9, 2006 - 18 answers
I'm concerned about my oldest nephew's language development. [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2005 - 18 answers
Why do senior citizens refer to one-word objects with two words? [more inside]
posted on Oct 15, 2005 - 27 answers
Help! I have less than one week to memorize a 5-minute speech for a contest--in Japanese. Most of what I can find on Google tells me not to bother with memorization, but the contest rules say I have to have it memorized verbatim. I have about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes memorized so far, but they're not solid yet. Does anyone have some tips for memorization?
posted on Mar 7, 2004 - 17 answers
