Rebellious Clouds. Today was the first time I notice a cloud moving against the mainstream flow of other clouds, perhaps this is because of difference in atmospheric layers, but it was nice to notice that even the clouds have rebels among them.

Accents/ Acting/ Braveheart/ Scotland

I am a total beginner. I have been watching the movie named "Brave heart"- The English, the Irish, and the Scotts. The Scotts- this was when I came up with the notice that, for me as a foreigner, Mel Gibson's "Scottish" accent was the "clearer" to understand, than the rest of the crew which I assumed they are actually Scots. Consequently, I did try to explain this by the "fact" that Mel Gibson was "acting", while the rest are actually "Sons of Scotland". Any opinions? corrections ?


P.S: "Freedaaaaaaaaa"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ubag7dtn4

How to pronounce The Arabic letter " ج ", as never explained it before. =D

As a peson who is surrounded by some non-Arabs I noticed that, even if their Arabic is good, they still have a minor problem with this sound secifically. They either pronounce it as /j/ or /dj/. And in respond to one of the questions asked on italki, I say:
The point is, In English you can experience two sounds, or let's say three:
1- /g/ as in "girl".
2- /j/ as in "jam".
3-/dj/ as in "age".*

Now the question is, Which sound or case of these corresponds to the Arabic, Standard(Not dialect) , and Fluent sound of the letter " ج " ?
The short answer is: None.
again, NONE. :D
This is a unique sound, which comes from a specific place in the mouth- the middle of the tongue touches a specific pint in the mouth cavity.
Please do check these videos and tell me what you think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDO3eQUP2ao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpGMp3TSaPo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAD7ezujR0


Now let's talk about dialects, I will tell you that if you come to visit me in Cairo, you are going to notice that everybody pronounces it exactly as how an English speaker says: /g/ as in "Google".
In some areas in Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, People tend to say: /j/ just as in "Jennifer"- or "Jackass".
The rest in Egypt, and in countries like Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco -as far as I know- pronounce the sound perfect, exaclty as in Standard Arabic.

The last question is, Is there any Arabs who actually pronounce the letter " ج " as /dj/ as in "Fridge"? I myself have never heard it, may be you can help me to recognize this.

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* /dj/ is actually two successive sounds /d/ + /j/ which is NOT the same as in Arabic.

الإخوة والأاخوات العرب. "Arabic conversation club"

وكما أنك راغب يا صديقي في الثور على من تمارس معه الإنجليزية أو الفرنسية أو اللغة الثانية أو الثالثة التي تريد أن تتعلمها
فما رأيك في أن نلتقي أسبوعيا على مائدة التحدث بالعربية الفصحى؟

كلام - محادثة

هل من أحدِ يرغب في ممارسة التحدث بالعربية؟
(أنا عربيّ)
nyone up to some Arabice conversation practice?