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> if this keeps happening often maybe I should use my own domain list.

You probably should do it as soon as possible :

> The included default top level domains are com, net, org, info, edu, gov, co.uk, and mil.

Which means ... it excludes all regional non english TLDs. Pretty much a problem for a service that targets non english native speakers. :)

By the way, I am an english non native speaker that writes a lot of english through the internet but never ever speak english. This service is just perfect for me, thank you.



Alright I just deployed a hotfix that includes TLDs for: com, net, org, de, fr, in, ru, it, tr.

I will also be adding lots of new content soon, so if you are interested in a particular theme for words/phrases ("flowers", "dog breeds", "Flirting 101" etc) just let me know. I will give them higher priority.


Thanks for that.

I have no special theme right in mind, I usually speak english only when I travel, so it's mainly general purpose language. This could be as well asking for menu in restaurant, discussing tech with other developers or debating politics with foreign friends.

On the other hand, the idea of isolating words that are especially often wrongly pronounced for a given native language you mentioned in an other comment sounds really awesome : I'm less interested in getting a specific word right than getting right specific sounds used in a lot of words (but I guess this does not help you to select your first words, sorry about that).


> I'm less interested in getting a specific word right than getting right specific sounds used in a lot of words

Actually this is the long term goal. If I ever have the chance to work on SayAfter.me full time, I will map phonetic sounds to words, and find out which nationalities have trouble with which sounds.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_number#Letters




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