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One of my dream jobs

BBC has just issued the following recruitment advertisement: Colleagues, We are pleased to announce a vacancy for a Pronunciation Linguist in the BBC Pronunciation Unit. The vacancy is for a full-time fixed term one-year contract to cover maternity leave. The … Continue reading

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How do you say the word 人?

A man called the RTHK phone-in talk show yesterday morning. He got through, and the first thing he did was to correct the pronunciation of Leung Ka Wing, a co-host of the programme: “The word 人should be pronounced like 仁; … Continue reading

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