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	<title>AccentTraining.us Blog</title>
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		<media:copyright>2005 AccentTraining.us. Some rights reserved. Released under &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5"&gt;Creative Commons 2.5&lt;/a&gt;.</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://www.accenttraining.us/images/ATlogo_vert_300pxSq.jpg" /><media:keywords>American accent ESL pronunciation oral fluency career advancement phonology English as a Second Language listening skills</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Education/Higher Education</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Business/Careers</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">International</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>podcast@AccentTraining.us</itunes:email><itunes:name>AccentTraining.us / Kevin Shepard</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>AccentTraining.us / Kevin Shepard</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://www.accenttraining.us/images/ATlogo_vert_300pxSq.jpg" /><itunes:keywords>American accent ESL pronunciation oral fluency career advancement phonology English as a Second Language listening skills</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>The AT.tipcast series is a free series of podcasts from AccentTraining.us designed to provide useful accent-related tips to English learners who desire to communicate more effectively with Americans.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>The AT.tipcast series is a free series of podcasts from AccentTraining.us designed to provide useful accent-related tips to English learners who desire to communicate more effectively with Americans.</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Education"><itunes:category text="Higher Education" /></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Careers" /></itunes:category><itunes:category text="International" /><geo:lat>42.067809</geo:lat><geo:long>-88.108286</geo:long><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><image><link>http://AccentTraining.us</link><url>http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gif</url><title>The Blog of AccentTraining.us</title></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ATus" type="application/rss+xml" /><feedburner:browserFriendly>This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or podcatcher, or syndicated to another site, subject to &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5"&gt;Creative Commons&lt;/a&gt; copyright and fair use.</feedburner:browserFriendly><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item>
		<title>Introducing AccentBasics!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are introducing a new series of short presentations called "AccentBasics", which are designed to give an overview of the basic building blocks of the American Accent.]]></description>
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		<title>Some Reasons Why English is So Hard to Learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The posting below has been circulating on the net for quite some time. Most of the potential confusions in these sentences are related to accent -- stress on one syllable or another, certain letters being pronounced or not, etc. Enjoy... and hang in there in your attempts to master this "crazy language"!]]></description>
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		<title>PBS Website: “Do You Speak American?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Here&#8217;s a very interesting mini-site from American public broadcaster PBS about American English&#8230; including a discussion and examples of regional dialects.
	
http://www.pbs.org/speak

	
	
Spambot? Cybercat? Are we ruining the language? The experts weigh in.
	Exactly how many varieties are there of American English? No one knows for certain.
	Language expresses who we are, and who we want to be. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AT.tipcast 01 — /æ/ (a-digraph)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helpful tips related to the vowel sound represented by the "A" in the word "Accent"]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the AT.tipcast!</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATus/~3/nEmOjLg3lRQ/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accenttraining.us/2005/09/13/welcome-to-the-atforum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>podcast@AccentTraining.us (AccentTraining.us / Kevin Shepard)</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	Welcome! I hope you&#8217;ll subscribe to this free series of podcasts with helpful tips for American English learners. Feel free to post your comments, experiences, and questions about adopting an American English Accent&#8230; and share this resource with your friends!
	Toward your smoother speech,
	Kevin

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