Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from 20.09.2018 23:54   
      
    AH> Yes, awhile ago I mentioned a pun which I remembered from a British   
    AH> magazine... khakis = car keys. It works in UK & ex-Brit Canadian   
    AH> English. It doesn't work in situations where "khaki" rhymes   
    AH> with "tacky", however.... :-)   
      
   In English there are lots of similar sounding words and word combinations. I   
   suspect that a person should point his finger at, before saying "gimme your   
   knaki" ;=) Although, after a couple of times he will be probably understood   
   even without his finger. ;) Practice is the main tool in learning.   
      
    AK>> In the USSR we were taught British English.   
      
    AH> No problem AFAIC. Our daughter tends to soften /r/ because she has   
    AH> difficulty getting her tongue around it. Dallas & I are often asked   
      
   "Dallas & I" == "Dallas & me"?   
      
    AH> where she got "that lovely British accent". As Canadians, we   
    AH> understand UK & US English equally well... and we accept both. But   
    AH> we also enjoy the freedom of deciding what works for us on an   
    AH> individual basis. Other Canadians may or may not make different   
    AH> choices. Either way, most of us will understand what you mean. :-)   
      
   Another story maybe is with the French speaking Canadians. I know that when a   
   French says "heating system" he says "eating system". ;-)   
      
      
    AK>> I vaguely recollect that I was taught such a thing in school, but   
    AK>> I forgot it.   
      
    AH> While you learned English as a foreign language native speakers are   
    AH> often expected to understand this stuff intuitively. For various   
    AH> reasons many people may not have received such input during a time   
    AH> in their lives when they were ready, willing, and able to   
    AH> appreciate it. I love it when folks like you question my own   
    AH> assumptions & send me scurrying to my reference books.... :-)   
      
   Well, talking is a process when at least two person speak. ;-)   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2018   
      
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