How come your written English is so good yet you have problems with your pronunciation? If my writing were as good as yours (it's not) and my pronunciation was a stumbling block, i think I'd tune into the BBC (only the direct from London news one) Nobody can argue with English the way the English can speak it. Say this 'How now brrrrown cow' and in 'Oxford ,Hereford and Hertfordshire, Hurricanes hardly ever hhhhappen. By George you've got it!