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I introduced 'ain't' to the students today with great trepidation. I figured that they needed to know what it meant but also warned them that using the word in some situations was socially unacceptable. I was far too overemphatic about understanding but not using 'ain't' (since its never included in...

Maybe you should explain that some English Speakers pronounce the H, others don't. But considering that, the Latino culture is very gender specific, they will understand the need not to confuse the two. Part of the problem is that the Spanish Jota was once pronounced as SHota rather than today's Hot...

I think there is a lot of imitation of some 'American' styles: soul, rap, country-western, bluegrass, blues, jazz etc. I've also heard Japanese doing Japanese that sounds a lot like the Jamaican reggae English (only done in Japanese of course). I like that "Jamaican Reggae English." It's called Pat...

Well, I guess, you're right. I think her problem is that she doesn't understand when people drop the H because she isn't a native English speaker. She also has a slight California accent and pronounces else as alse, and elevator as allevator. Its not a problem for native speakers. I'm of the school ...

I'm a lowly TA and I am slightly annoyed by the teacher I am assisting. She emphasizes the need for the Spanish speakers to pronounce the H and de-emphasises the need to distinguish between the S an Z phonemes. I explained to her that native English speakers don't listen for the H but they do listen...