Re: Cool phonetic illusion

>Carsten Becker <carbeck@...> wrote:
>I find it easier to understand people who speak English to me when I
>can look at them directly. This goes for films as well. It's a tad bit
>more difficult to understand people on the phone (or Skype, for that
>matter). Fortunately my job doesn't involve speaking English on the
>phone very much.
When I hear the confessions of the Hispanics I ask them to sit facing
me.  It's much easier for me than listening to them through the screen

Charlie