The September 11th Attack on the Pentagon. Feel free to share your thoughts on this horrific event or send additional web links to . Within 30 minutes of two planes hitting the World Trade Center twin towers, American Airlines Flight 77 departed Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles. The Boeing 757 was hijacked and crashed, loaded with 10,000 gallons of fuel, at 345 mph into the west side of the Pentagon.
Iceland volcano song aids pronunciation of Eyjafjallajokull An Icelandic musician has composed a lighthearted song to attempt to help people remember how to pronounce the name of the volcano which has caused travel chaos.
In both British and American varieties of English, a / t / which comes at the end of a word or syllable can often be pronounced as a glottal stop / Ê / (a silent gap produced by holding oneâs breath briefly) instead of a / t /. For this to happen, the next sound must not be a vowel or a syllabic / l /.his guide will help you to understand and use the pronunciation symbols found in this dictionary. The British pronunciations given are those of younger speakers of General British. This includes RP (Received Pronunciation) and a range of similar accents which are not strongly regional.