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MTI

3 July 2008

Mother Tongue Influence (MTI) is the common problem faced by the non-English speakers. People who have MTI find it very difficult to converse with native English speakers. MTI is the influence of mother tongue on your accent, especially when you speak English. For example, when a north Indian or a south Indian says the word [...]

Spoonerisms

27 June 2008

What are Spoonerisms?
Spoonerisms are the word or the phrases in which letters or syllables(often the first letter or the first syllable) get swapped or interchanged. This word is derived from Reverend William Archibald Spooner, who is reputed to have made these verbal interchanges.
Spoonerisms are also known as “slip of the tongue”
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