News - Powered by Yahoo NewsLoyola to honor former voice teacher Tortoric
The Alumni Association at Loyola University New Orleans will honor former voice and French diction teacher, Mary Tortorich, at a reunion celebration next month.
Wed, 16 May 2012 01:42:56 -0700 -
English Is Hard: This Korean EFL Teacher Really Needs to Work on Her Diction [Video
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Thu, 17 May 2012 08:57:57 -0700 -
Nargis Fakhri's Hindi lessons yielding result
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) American model-turned-actress Nargis Fakhri, whose voice in her debut film "Rockstar" was dubbed due to her poor Hindi diction, is busy working on the language and reveals that finally she can read and write a bit of Hindi.
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Obsessed with Making Cool Sounds: Seven piece band Hey Marseilles isn?t your average pop ..
If you haven?t studied up on your French diction recently, you?re likely to mispronounce this Seattle-based band?s name. Don?t be embarrassed, with a name like Hey Marseilles and song titles like ?Goodbye Verseilles? the guys are used to errors. And rhymes. ?It?s our own fault, kind of,? said lead singer, guitarist and lyricist Matt Bishop, of his band?s French fascination. To save you from ...
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Congress sounding increasingly like teenagers, study say
WASHINGTON -- If it sounds like the debates in Congress have devolved to that of teenagers, it?s because they have.
Tue, 22 May 2012 03:22:11 -0700 -
Commit ? for real this tim
Commitment. It?s a word we hear often in many contexts ? relationships, war efforts, diets and even insane asylums (we all know a couple of people we think ought to be committed). According to Diction
Wed, 02 May 2012 06:12:56 -0700 -
Nargis Fakhri takes a brea
A source close to her says, ?Nargis has not only been tied up with her commercial work, but she?s also been spending time training in Kathak, Bollywood dance and Hindi diction. Now she has given herself a breather by taking a short trip to Thailand.
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Automatically analyze text with these simple, command line tool
Marco Fioretti suggests some free tools you can use to check and improve your own writing style as well as analyze other types of text. Here are some tips on how to use them.
Tue, 01 May 2012 06:15:16 -0700 -
New Poetry Book Shares Freestyle Poetic Voice of a Young Min
Justen Safadago?s engaging collection of poems from his youth until nowPortland, Ore. (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 An engaging collection of literary poetry drawn out from the dawning of a new writer with a freestyle poetic voice in a young mind. and grasping his freedom of creatively expressing his thoughts with a tightly closed fist is in Justen Safadago?s book titled A Fistful of Words.This book ...
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Why it pays to be honest in politic
POLITICS has an authenticity problem, writes Political Editor Mark Kenny.
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