Among the Ga people in Ghana , the coffins are designed to reflect the deceased person’s career,personality or something he loved dearly

Posted on June 22, 2026 by agogo22

Among the Ga people in Ghana , the coffins are designed to reflect the deceased person's career,personality or something he loved dearly
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The life cycle of a cherry🍒

Posted on June 22, 2026 by agogo22

r/interesting - The life cycle of a cherry🍒

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/s/GnG00SaPfC

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A clever street art on a metal fence.

Posted on June 22, 2026 by agogo22

A clever street art on a metal fence.
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European languages from India? #linguistics #language #history #india

Posted on June 21, 2026 by agogo22
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Wild Dolphin does something unbelievable!

Posted on June 21, 2026 by agogo22

Freediving with an amazing Dolphin off the West Coast of Ireland!

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Suzanne (@suzannevtw.bsky.social)

Posted on June 21, 2026 by agogo22

#BlueSkyArtShow #Curve #StreetArt #VT

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In China, sometimes cherry blossom season overlaps with the windy season

Posted on June 21, 2026 by agogo22

In China, sometimes cherry blossom season overlaps with the windy season
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This Japanese restaurant logo is simultaneously a Japanese crane and a hand holding chopsticks.

Posted on June 21, 2026 by agogo22

This Japanese restaurant logo is simultaneously a Japanese crane and a hand holding chopsticks.
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Inside Miniatur Wunderland. The $49 million mini-city that built the world’s largest model railway

Posted on June 20, 2026 by agogo22

Inside Miniatur Wunderland. The $49 million mini-city that built the world's largest model railway
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What has happened to /iː/ in British pronunciation?

Posted on June 20, 2026 by agogo22

31 May 2026 #accents #phonetics #vowelsound
/iː/ (widely known in phonetics as the FLEECE vowel) is generally classified as a long, close/front, monophthong in Standard British English, and this is how it appears in dictionaries. But how far is this true?

In this video I explore how the sound behaves in different contexts including its surrounding sounds, its level of stress, and its variations in different accents throughout the UK and Ireland.

Some academics would go so far as to reclassify the sound as a diphthong to join the /eɪ,ʌɪ,ɔɪ/ group; I explore the pros and cons of this approach from a teaching perspective.

CONTENTS:

00:00 Introduction
00:45 Mouth Movements & Pronunciation
01:56 Length & Clipping
02:38 Is it a Diphthong?
04:37 Weak /i/
05:56 Accent Tour (UK & Ireland)
07:45 Summary & Tips for Learners

#phonetics #vowelsound #accents

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