Drop your foreign accent

Drop your foreign accent, by Gerard N. Trenite

Creator: Nolst Trenite, Gerard, 1870-1946

Call Number: 421.6 NOL

Created/Published: London, Allen & Unwin [1932]

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DROP YOUR FOREIGN ACCENT	1
Drop Your Foreign Accent	6
PREFACE	8
CONTENTS	12
DIRECTIONS	14
DROP YOUR FOREIGN ACCENT CHAPTER I VOICED AND VOICELESS CONSONANTS (If necessary, study Chapter III first)	16
CHAPTER II L	28
CHAPTER III S	30
CHAPTER IV SH	34
CHAPTER V R	36
CHAPTER VI TH	48
CHAPTER VII THE A OF “MAN”	62
CHAPTER VIII THE A OF “MARY”	66
CHAPTER IX THE A OF “FATE”	67
CHAPTER X THE I OF “FIGHT”	69
CHAPTER XI OI, A AND I	72
CHAPTER XII THE A OF “FATHER”	75
CHAPTER XIII THE A OF “SAW”	76
CHAPTER XIV THE E OF “ME”	78
CHAPTER XV THE I OF “IN”	79
CHAPTER XVI THE ENDING -Y	81
CHAPTER XVII THE O OF “NOT”	82
CHAPTER XVIII THE O OF “GO”	83
CHAPTER XIX THE U OF “BUT”	85
CHAPTER XX THE U OF “PUT” AND THAT OF “TUNE”	87
CHAPTER XXI THE OU OF “OUT”	88
CHAPTER XXII W	89
CHAPTER XXIII F—V, S—Z	91
CHAPTER XXIV K, T, P	93
CHAPTER XXV -LF, -LK, -LP	94
CHAPTER XXVI SILENT VOWELS	94
CHAPTER XXVII WEAK ENDINGS	96
CHAPTER XXVIII THE DROPPING OF THE H	97
CHAPTER XXIX THE DROPPING OF THE G	99
CHAPTER XXX DICTATIONS	100
CHAPTER XXXI RECAPITULATORY EXERCISES	101
APPENDIX I TH, L, A, I IN THE BIBLE AND IN POETRY	107
APPENDIX II REMARKABLE RHYMES	110
APPENDIX III THE CHAOS	111
BIBLIOGRAPHY	119

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