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Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 9

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

To get from eastern Long Island to the city, travelers and commuters have to go through Queens, so this borough naturally became a very important transit hub, with Jamaica at its center. It also became crisscrossed with many expressways for vehicles.

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Caption 48 [en]: As we know, Americans pronounce and spell foreign names in different ways,
Caption 48 [en]: As we know, Americans pronounce and spell foreign names in different ways,

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Sigrid - Enough is Enough - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Lots of English words can serve as nouns, verbs, or adjectives depending on the context. Sometimes even the pronunciation changes. Let's look at the slogan "Black Lives Matter" in both a grammatical and historical context.

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Caption 14 [en]: And we don't know how to pronounce things all the time.
Caption 14 [en]: And we don't know how to pronounce things all the time.

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Shakespeare - Original pronunciation - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

United Kingdom

David and Ben Crystal explain why Shakespeare verses read with Original Pronunciation convey very different emotions and open up another level of understanding.

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Caption 45 [en]: in the way that we pronounce it, you know...
Caption 45 [en]: in the way that we pronounce it, you know...

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Shakespeare - Original pronunciation - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

David and Ben Crystal explain what goes into original pronunciation (OP) productions of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language.

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Caption 63 [en]: He says "We pronounce the 'r' after a vowel."
Caption 63 [en]: He says "We pronounce the 'r' after a vowel."

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