Re: Good conversation & pronunciation evening course

"Paul Burke" <paul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ciro wrote:
>
> > I live and work in London and I would really like to improve my
> > spoken english. In particular pronunciation, words linking and so
> > forth. The problem is I work full time and every interesting C&P course
> > I found is during the day.
>
> Make some native friends and invite them home for a meal and a drink. Do
> it regularly. Let the conversation drift like a newsgroup.

....and end up speaking estuary English, or Mockney, sort of, innit, like.


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