Studying english pronunciation, i will teach you in my verse. The chaos of english pronunciation by gerard nolst trenite. English must be a very old language, because how else could one explain the ra. The chaos by gerard nolst trenite external link icon. English pronunciation poem with audio espresso english. Besides writing drop your foreign accent and some other books, nolst trenite wrote a column for a weekly paper in amsterdam, using the. In the early 1900s, dutch writer and educator gerard nolst trenite. Dearest creature in creationstudying english pronunciation. Dearest creature in creation, study english pronunciation. Information from its description page there is shown below. The chaos is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity. The chaos, by charivarius gerard nolst trenite thoughtco. All the absurd english pronunciations that frustrate the. From 1894 he was for a while a private teacher in california.
The english lesson well begin with box, and the plural is boxes, but the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes. All the absurd english pronunciations that frustrate the hell out of nonnative speakers. The chaos is a poem demonstrating the irregularity of english spelling and pronunciation. The chaos is a poem indicating the indiscretion of english spelling and pronunciation. Gerard nolst trenite author of the chaos goodreads.
I will teach you in my verse sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. The transcription is based on the ipatable for english. Text of the chaos a poem illustrating the irregularities of english sounds and spelling. Composed by dutch author, traveler, and educator gerard nolst trenite, it comprises around 800 examples of asymmetrical spelling. Written by dutch writer, traveller, and teacher gerard nolst trenite. Gerard nolst trenite the chaos 1922 poem englishbritish uk. The author of the chaos was a dutchman, the writer and traveller dr gerard nolst trenite. The chaos by gerard nolst trenite full audiobook unabridged. It was published in 1920, as part of an englishlanguage exercise book he wrote called drop your. The chaos epic audio collection is an live audio recording of performers reading the book in its original text. Gerard nolst trenite first appeared in a shorter version in an appendix to his textbook drop your foreign accent, published in 1920. Perfect your english pronunciation with this poem part 1. Im about to start recording an audiobook for the awesome fireblade array ser.
The subtitle of the book means english pronunciation exercises, but uses the pre1947 dutch spelling instead of current engelse. It was written by gerard nolst trenite in 1922 and the title of the poem is the chaos. Flac audio file, length 5 min 53 s, 730 kbps overall this is a file from the wikimedia commons. This edition is part of the epic audio collection of talking books. Keep in mind that some of the words in the english pronunciation poem are rare or antiquated not in common use anymore so its ok if you dont understand them. The chaos poem with an american male voice with lyrics or text duration. Born in 1870, he studied classics, then law, then political science at the university of utrecht, but without graduating his doctorate came later, in 1901. Even a native english speaker has to find this interesting. The chaos is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of english spelling and pronunciation, written by gerard nolst trenite 18701946.
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