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hey guys welcome to lingua Marina today

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is my favorite topic but also today's

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the topic that makes me a little bit

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anxious because we're going to talk

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about American pronunciation and

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um I'm not a native speaker but what I

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love doing is noticing how people talk

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how they pronounce certain things

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and then you know just explaining them

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to myself but of course I'm not a

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professor in linguistics who knows every

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single detail so the way I explain

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things on this channel is the way I hear

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them but today we actually have a native

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speaker and the teacher joining us her

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name is Angela some of you already know

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her because she teaches one of the

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courses on lingua trip intermediate to

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Advanced she has classes where she talks

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about American pronunciation and she

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explains uh some of the nuances of

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American culture and today Angela is

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gonna help me explain

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all of the different ways oh my God and

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there are so many that you pronounce

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letter T in English because it can be a

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glottal stop it can be a flappy it can

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be a d sometimes it almost sounds like

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an R you know if you've been watching

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this channel you know that there are so

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many ways how you can pronounce letter T

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So today we're going deep on this topic

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I am super excited to welcome Angela hey

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Marina thank you so much for having me

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here today and hello everyone silky

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Angela my question is how do we

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pronounce the letter T so the letter T

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is a really complex letter uh when it

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comes to pronunciation and if you are

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learning English you know that basically

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every letter is pretty complex in

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English the true T sound is what most

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people learn right away and that's a

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great place to start so you're just

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gonna bring your tongue up to the roof

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of your mouth and it's gonna touch the

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inside of your top Front Teeth

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here sorry I'm like in my mouth all

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right but you're gonna bring your tongue

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up there

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and then you're gonna aspirate it

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that's a great place to start that is

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the true T sound but there are such a

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variety of ways of saying the tea

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especially it when we're speaking

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naturally so we're gonna cover some of

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the basics today okay let's start with

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the true tea how do we know if the word

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is pronounced with the true T like this

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is this is also so confusing like how do

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you know like where is that sign from

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above that tells you Marina this is a

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true tea and this is a flap t

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okay so the true T sound is just that

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regular pronunciation of tea like I

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mentioned before and you use the true T

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sound usually when the word starts with

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the letter t so for example top

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10.

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teacher

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today I take the test top 10 top 20

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whatever it is so

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so now there are a bunch of exceptions

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just like everything in English for

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example the consonant blend TR that's

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going to be more of the CH sound

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combined with r so for example

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t-r-y is not going to be tarai it's

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going to be try try travel not the true

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T sound try travel if we're gonna work

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together you might want to try trust in

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me a little bit but most words that

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start with T are going to be that true T

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sound now it's not just if the word

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starts with t lots of times if the

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stressed syllable of a word starts with

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t we are also going to use the true T

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sound pretend so in the word pretend the

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stress syllable starts with t tend

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pretend right so we're going to use the

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true through T sound and then we can

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stop pretending like we have anything in

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common anymore Hotel

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until

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all of those words start the stressed

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syllable with t we're going to use the

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true T sound until that time there were

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three things that I was always afraid of

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a job a bust in jail the true T sound

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can also be used when there is a Double

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T okay like in the word attire but be

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careful because a lot of Double T uh

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words will sound like a fast D but a

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tire is an example of a Double T that

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sounds like a true T what's the attire

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another word that I love for practicing

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the true tea is tattoo we have two true

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T sounds two true T sounds okay it

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starts with a t t and then two tattoo so

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tattoo is a great word to practice when

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you're practicing the true T sound so

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our tattoo is registered in the criminal

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tattoo database another trick is when t

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comes after a consonant except for the

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letter N okay the letter n and the

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letter T have a little bit of a

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difficult relationship but if a t comes

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after any other consonant a lot of times

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it's going to be pronounced as the true

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T for example actor

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doctor

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empty okay so we're going to be using

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the true T sound in those words Marina

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can you try to pronounce some words with

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the true T tell

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taxes

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attack protect great tell taxes attack

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protect makes sense son I pay taxes you

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said something about aspirated how about

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when the letter T is not aspirated okay

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so this is called the held T some people

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call it the stop T all right and

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basically you're gonna do the same thing

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with your mouth as you would for the

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regular true tea so tongue to the roof

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of your mouth

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touching the inside of your front teeth

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what you're going to be doing here

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though is instead of releasing it

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instead of aspirating it instead of

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pushing air through you're going to just

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stop

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that's why it's called a stop T right

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you're not going to aspirate it you're

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not going to push air through so it's a

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little hard to distinguish for

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non-native speakers because sometimes

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they might think that you're just not

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pronouncing the T but we actually are

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let me give you some examples most of

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the time the held T is going to be

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pronounced at the end of a word okay so

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when a word ends in t lots of times

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it'll be that held T So bought

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my tongue is still up there but I just

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didn't release it I didn't say bought

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I didn't say ba

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I said bot

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not

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right I'm not saying nah

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I'm saying not

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held T it's not like that I'm always a

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jerk maybe you should have thought of

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that before you built the big dumb thing

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alright Marina your turn try these held

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t words pot

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pot

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oh yeah pot versus attack right

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aspirated attack not aspirated pot bet

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cat there you go pot

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I bet I can be one if I wanted okay this

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is where I get confused a bit where is

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this difference between the hell T and

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the glottal stop like this is such a

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minor nuance

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that when I just listen to native

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speakers

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I'm not really able to tell

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but there is actually a difference so

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let's dig deeper okay honestly Marina

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this is a really good observation like

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you being a little confused on this is

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totally normal it can be kind of hard to

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differentiate between the held T and the

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glottal stop tea so let me try to

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explain this as easily as possible an

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example that you can always find whether

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it be like you know reading about

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pronunciation uh hearing about it on

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Tick Tock is uh oh all right so when a

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child makes a mistake a lot of times we

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will say or they will say uh-oh uh oh oh

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no uh-oh

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[Music]

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that uh oh is a perfect example of how

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to use the glottal stop we aren't making

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the same mouth formation like we do for

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the true tea or even the held T it's

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coming from our throat throat okay uh oh

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so say uh oh slowly uh

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oh uh-oh is a really really great

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expression to help you practice the

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glottal stop when do we use it now we

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use it before a weak syllable that ends

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in the n Sound

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um so let's look at examples this is

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going to help you a little bit eaten

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eat in that t is followed by a weak n

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Sound

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so we are not going to say eaten

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we're going to say eat in Eaton now

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listen if I don't use the glottal stop

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if I don't say any kind of T

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pronunciation

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Ian

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Ian

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that does not work it's eaten we haven't

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eaten in three days let's look at some

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other ones with that weekend sound

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button

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but in

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curtain Manhattan my parents are in

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Manhattan right now miss you no

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Manhattan

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written just push that button right

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there hey guys you want me to tighten

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this and another one for the glottal T

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all right when a syllable ends in t

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and it is followed by a consonant sound

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we're gonna use the glottal stop for

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example football I'm not saying Football

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let's play football

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now I'm saying football okay now some

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people think that the glottal stop

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remember that there's nothing there but

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there is if I didn't pronounce the T it

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would be Football let's play football no

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let's play football

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what the word what okay when especially

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when we're speaking glottal stop what

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Witness

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Witness

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not witness Witness

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put it back on the witness stand if you

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don't believe me certain

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Mountain

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kitten kitten kitten good certain

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Fountain Mountain kitten and I'm not

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certain you really understand this trade

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what

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mountain bluebird now sometimes

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Americans do not pronounce tea at all

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when they're talking I don't know if

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you've seen this uh Tick Tock but it's

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basically a video it says if you are

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from California you do not pronounce the

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letter T in major City's name in um in

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California and they give this examples

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and Californians are reading um the

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names of those cities out loud and

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there's Santa Monica which is written

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with a t

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and they're like what Sacramento Santa

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Cruz like in California Monterey

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Huntington

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Sacramento and this is a super exciting

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I love this Tick Tock I love how it

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illustrates the tea that is not

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pronounced or like the word center right

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it sounds like there is no tea at all

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Angela can you please explain all right

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exactly finally we are at the silent t

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um a lot of people think the health tea

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or the glottal stop tea are silent but

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they're not but we do have times where

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we do not pronounce the T at all I think

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silent letters are probably like the

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evil uh part of American English or any

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English pronunciation so let's look at

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the silent T usually if the t comes

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after an N we drop that t and we do not

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pronounce it Center

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Center

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no it's not Center so almost like we're

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spelling it

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c-e-n-n-e-r Center I'll meet you in the

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center of town not Center how many miles

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outside City Center internet

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internet

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instead of internet right I use the

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internet to do research instead of I use

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the internet to do research internet I

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don't know I can't even say it with the

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T all right A lot of times with I don't

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know we will say something like I don't

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know even with text speech we will spell

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don't know

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d-u-n-n-o I don't know I don't know I

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mean I don't know maybe you'll surprise

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yourself and end up having a good time

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also when the t is in between two

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consonants except for the letter R all

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right so for example Christmas the t is

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in between two consonants S and M

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Christmas we don't say Christmas we say

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Merry Christmas Christmas

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it's not Christmas give me the facts

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that could be kind of confusing

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sometimes but luckily we don't really

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use fax machines anymore okay some

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people write I don't know but facts

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f-a-c-t-s so that would be a silent T

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it's in between a c and an S two

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consonant sounds facts and it sounds

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exactly the same as fax f a x then we

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have something like just saying right

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I'm just saying maybe you should ask for

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help instead of saying I'm just

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saying maybe you should ask for help we

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dropped that t we do not pronounce it so

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just sounds like just right just an S

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I'm just saying all right now let's hear

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it like in a sentence come on just come

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to the party I'm not saying come on just

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come to the party just

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is followed by come so that t is in

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between two consonants it's in between

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the S and the C of com so we're gonna

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make it silent just come come on just

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come to the party just just come over

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here okay now there are times where you

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can see a combination of letters in a

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word and know that the t is silent for

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example s t e n listen we're not saying

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listen

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silent T hustle s t l e lots of times

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words with s-t-l-e will have a silent T

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hustle or f t e n silent t

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often

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soften I'm not saying often I go to the

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park often I go to the park often now

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again this will kind of depend on how

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people speak and their accents Etc but

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try it out often something to soften the

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blow

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okay one more thing about the silent

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teeth every single letter in the English

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alphabet at least has like one word that

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it won't be pronounced in okay even

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though it's written there I think J is

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one of the ones that's like it's really

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rare uh for it to be silent but you will

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have something like a borrowed word from

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another language like jalapeno we'll say

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that with an H sound

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um when we write it with a J but anyway

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T is going to be silent in some words

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there might be words that are borrowed

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from other languages

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Etc so things like ballet Gourmet we are

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not going to pronounce the T there she's

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a ballet dancer they love to be

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complimented discipline

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printer and

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no there's pictures of them just a quick

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disclaimer there are so many versions of

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English honestly and if somebody tells

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you 100 you have to pronounce internet

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and all of the other options are wrong

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stop learning wrong English this is not

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the way it works with the language

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because a person who is from Great

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Britain would say internet in internet

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internet

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is this on internet so they would

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pronounce this uh this D here Angie

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is networking so with English just like

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with anything in this life be open to

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different ways people pronounce certain

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things okay

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thank you Angela now here's a big doubt

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a lot of non-native speakers have t

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sounds like a d sometimes and yes

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because I've been living in the U.S for

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several years now I started saying water

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not water

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water water

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almost like a d slash R even so what's

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the rule here I actually love this one

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this is called the flap t or the fast D

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okay the quick D I'm gonna call it the

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quick D all right but it's called the

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flap T this is when T sounds like a very

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quick D very big in American

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pronunciation so when the letter t

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is in between two vowel sounds or

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diphthong all right we're going to use

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that quick D so city right I'm not

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saying City

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it's in between two vowel sounds so

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quick D City

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pretty

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not pretty

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pretty beautiful nope beautiful quick D

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now it's a quick D I'm not saying

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beautiful I'm not saying pretty

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let's go to the city that's a hard D

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it's a quick D City pretty beautiful

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this really is a beautiful city very

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important pay attention if the t is in

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between vowel sounds or a diphthong in a

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sentence so I caught a fish

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okay caught that's in between a

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diphthong that t diphthong and a vowel

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sound so instead of I caught a fish it's

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icata I caught a fish or I gotta go

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right

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um this is a really popular way of

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speaking so instead of saying I got to

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go we say gotta

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g-o-t-t-a we'll even write it like that

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okay like if informally obviously but

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gotta I gotta go I'm sorry I gotta I

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gotta go work and just be careful

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because sometimes you know words will

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sound exactly the same but ones written

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with a d and one with a t so for example

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metal

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and metal both of them sound the same

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but they are two different words

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or leader and leader sound the same so

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be careful with vocabulary you won't run

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into too many problems with that though

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but I would definitely suggest using

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that quick D and practicing it computer

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better great idea

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great idea great idea great idea wait a

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second wait a second it sounds like a

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great idea I love Google Calendar okay

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Angela you were talking about TR before

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what about th I'm gonna take an

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opportunity to shout out our new

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pronunciation guide pronunciation 2023

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that Benya and I worked on and the whole

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team

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um but the pronunciation of th is really

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interesting there are two different

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sounds for it and venue goes into detail

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um in the letter T about th so let me

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kind of pull what we have in the guide

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and show you what we got about th so

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first we have the voiced th voiced means

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your vocal cords are going to vibrate so

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you're going to put your tongue in

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between your teeth and your vocal cords

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are gonna vibrate when you aspirate the

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sound so

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that's the voiced th let's practice to

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some words from the guidebook now this

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though

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father their Gathering was ruined by the

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weather other than that I rather not

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bother him well I have one more story to

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type before I put it in the mail but

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other than that we're done I love other

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than that for practicing that th voiced

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other

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other than that other than that other

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than that let's go on to the unvoiced th

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sound which means our vocal cords are

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not going to vibrate so it's going to be

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thing

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thank you

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pathetic admittedly I do check his

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Facebook like every day and see if he's

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dating somebody maybe which is so

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pathetic I thought your 13th birthday

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was on Thanksgiving he needs strength to

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get through Thursday's exam

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well

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the thing is

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I love you okay so you can't always tell

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if a th is going to be voiced or

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unvoiced all right but usually the

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function words that we use in English

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are going to be voiced for example the

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than this that and lots of times if

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they're not function words they'll be

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unvoiced okay thumb think thought all

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right but that's not always the case so

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you can just start there but keep in

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mind that that might change one last

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thing before we stop talking about th

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all right I want to look at two common

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mistakes with th the voiced th

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lots of English Learners will pronounce

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it like a d so instead of saying they

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they'll say something like day all right

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so they went to the park they might say

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that day went to the park

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so keep that in mind it's not a d it's

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they nothing has changed but the weather

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then we have unvoiced a lot of times

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they will say

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like a t the true T sound so they'll say

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something like thank you instead of

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thank you now for American pronunciation

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thank you is not correct so we say thank

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you

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um but those are just some common

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mistakes if you said Thank you to me I'm

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going to know that you're saying thank

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you but if you want to practice you know

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American pronunciation check out the

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as you bring your awareness back to your

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breath and leave you with this thought

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today Angela this is super helpful thank

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you so much any other tips you have for

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the letter T hmm good question

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um

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so honestly while we're here I always

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love talking about Ed endings whenever

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I'm talking about pronunciation with

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D or t because this is a really common

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mistake Ed endings are super super

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important in English why because all of

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the regular verbs in the past simple or

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in their past participle forms have Ed

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endings so you're using the

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pronunciation of Ed a lot in your speech

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there are adjectives with Ed endings too

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I just want to talk about the verb Ed

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endings

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um there are three different ways to

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pronounce e d endings not one all right

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A lot of people think Ed endings are

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pronounced ID but it's pronounced ID

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or t or d so I think it's a good idea to

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review that as much as possible in the

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uh pronunciation 2023 handbook there is

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an exercise for classifying uh Ed

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endings I think it's in letter D but

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that's a really good thing to take note

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of when you are practicing verbs okay in

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the past simple or they're past

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participles everyone focuses on

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irregular verbs but those Ed endings

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like when someone mispronounces that

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it's kind of a dead giveaway that

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they're a non-native speaker which is

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okay but sometimes it could

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make communication difficult so let's

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practice uh what I'm talking about if a

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verb ends in t or d The Ed ending will

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be pronounced ID

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want ends in a t wanted

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need ends in a d needed pasted painted

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so if the verb ends in a t or a d you're

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going to use that ID ending wanted I

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never accepted that I had an illness you

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know I needed to do it now things

564
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we're talking about t or d okay

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pronunciations of e d sorry if this is

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confusing

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um but T okay let's talk about the t

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ending if the verb ends in an unvoiced

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consonant sound remember unvoiced means

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your vocal cords are not vibrating

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if it ends in an unvoiced consonant

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sound you're going to say

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for Ed this takes practice you know just

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pay attention next time you hear someone

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speaking in your favorite show or in you

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know a conversation all right are they

577
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saying ID or D for the e d let's look at

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some examples for tea popped

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walked bluffed

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laughed I'm not saying laughed I'm not

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saying laughed I'm saying laughed

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laughed attached

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mashed crossed

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danced

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mixed but I developed a system which

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rapidly transmits changes to every

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strand of DNA in the host's body we've

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been very impressed with your portfolio

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and the exceptional commendations of

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your teachers now for D sounds if the

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verb ends in a vowel sound or a voiced

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vibrating a voiced consonant sound we're

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going to pronounce e d

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the D sound let's look at some vowel

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sound examples okay employed

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cry cried

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clay

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Ed at least I stayed at the post office

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now let's look at some voiced consonant

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ones failed

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cleaned I'm not saying clean it or

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cleaned saying cleaned when I went back

603
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to check it someone had cleaned up the

604
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blood yeah

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this is exactly how I imagined it

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answered

607
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robbed

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mugged hummed

609
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used

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quizzed

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lived not livid that's another word not

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live it

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lived I wished I lived in that house and

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like I mentioned before when we're

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speaking naturally in conversation many

616
00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:18.960
words are going to link together so you

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have to pronounce things

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um as a whole when we're talking about a

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sentence where is the T what's coming

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00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:29.159
after that t in the next word the same

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goes with Ed endings for example he

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00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:36.240
popped in to say hi all right popped

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after there is going to be that vowel

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sound so a lot of times we're gonna

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00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:43.980
connect that t to the vowel sound so

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popped in all right instead of heat

627
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popped in I'm gonna say popped in he

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popped in to say hi I don't know just

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popped in my head they walked around the

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park

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they walked around the park they walked

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around the park they walked around

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walked around we're gonna connect walked

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and around they walked around she walked

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around the city for two weeks

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blindfolded an excellent place to start

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practicing this is by putting it after

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an ed word so for example we needed it

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instead of saying it separately we

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00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:29.279
needed it we can combined needed it we

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needed it did it did it we needed it

642
00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:34.320
where was all this confidence when you

643
00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:36.539
needed it in the audition I attached it

644
00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:40.140
in the email attached it attached it

645
00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:43.860
instead of saying attached it attached

646
00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:47.159
it I attached it in the email attached

647
00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:48.539
it to the ribbon

648
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and he ate it she cleaned it already

649
00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:53.760
it's so hard for me to even like say it

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00:31:53.760 --> 00:31:59.580
separately so she cleaned it right we're

651
00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:02.880
gonna tag that it on she cleaned it

652
00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:05.880
cleaned it cleaned it all right she

653
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cleaned it already I cleaned it up

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really well and Marina I think that's it

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for me today with the pronunciation of

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letter t Okay Angela thank you so much

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what will be your biggest recommendation

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for all of the English language Learners

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00:32:19.260 --> 00:32:21.899
out there oh God I could do a whole

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00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:24.600
other video on this uh there's a lot to

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say uh I guess the first thing in

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regards to actual pronunciation it would

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be to consider the sounds uh not the

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letters and consider sentences and wear

665
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those letters are placed are they at the

666
00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:42.840
end of the word are they at the

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00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:44.640
beginning of a word that's going to

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influence pronunciation A lot so pay

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attention to that

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um if you are having difficulty

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pronouncing a word on its own maybe put

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00:32:55.020 --> 00:32:59.039
it in a sentence and try to see how you

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can make it flow better with a sentence

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just try it out it might work that's

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probably my first tip

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and then my second tip is a little bit

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more like philosophical I guess

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um but just be patient with yourself I

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think you know in my experience as a

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teacher so many people are really

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00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:20.640
worried about their pronunciation and

682
00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:23.159
their accent and trust me I'm learning

683
00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:25.500
different languages also

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um and the pronunciation can really get

685
00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:30.419
you down sometimes because you feel like

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00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:33.720
stupid or that you're talking like an

687
00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:37.200
infant no offense to infants okay but

688
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don't worry about it you're going to get

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better just because you're interested in

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00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:43.380
getting better all right and it takes

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time and your accent is not ugly I love

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00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:48.840
accents and English is one of those

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languages where there are so many

694
00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:54.120
different accents it's not just American

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00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:58.080
or British or Australian there are so

696
00:33:58.080 --> 00:34:00.899
many English language speakers so just

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00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:03.899
be patient be kind to yourself of course

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00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:07.320
learn and get better but just take your

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00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:09.719
time Angela thank you so so much that

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was super helpful I hope everyone

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00:34:11.040 --> 00:34:13.739
watching really got something from

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00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:15.899
today's video and that you enjoyed it

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00:34:15.899 --> 00:34:18.540
and I hope to see you guys soon

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00:34:18.540 --> 00:34:20.940
Marina thanks again thank you guys so

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much for watching this video up to the

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very end uh thank you so much for

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trusting this Channel with your English

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00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:29.399
language learning needs guys please

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00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:31.560
comment down below let us know if this

710
00:34:31.560 --> 00:34:33.780
video was helpful for you uh please do

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00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.940
not forget to subscribe do not forget to

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00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:39.060
share this class with everyone you know

713
00:34:39.060 --> 00:34:41.159
who want to sound more American again

714
00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:43.800
this is a process guys and just a couple

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words of encouragement it's an endless

716
00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:48.359
process I see so many people here in the

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00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:50.820
US who have been living here for

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00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:53.460
20 years 30 years and they're still

719
00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:55.560
working on their pronunciation like this

720
00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:57.300
is something that

721
00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:59.160
people who were born here they just

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00:34:59.160 --> 00:35:02.099
learn it as they grow we have this

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00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:05.339
additional task in our lives to master

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00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:07.320
another language and you should be proud

725
00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:10.079
of it and don't get ashamed if you make

726
00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:12.660
any mistakes they're fine you know I

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00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:14.160
sometimes punish myself for

728
00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:15.780
mispronouncing something especially if I

729
00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.099
have a conversation with a native

730
00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.900
speaker I mispronounce something

731
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and like

732
00:35:20.520 --> 00:35:22.320
five seconds later I realized I

733
00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:24.300
mispronounced something like Marina how

734
00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:25.079
bad

735
00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.700
but I know like it doesn't really matter

736
00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:29.040
because we're building relationships

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00:35:29.040 --> 00:35:31.380
here not trying to be perfect in every

738
00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:34.320
single aspect thank you guys so much for

739
00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.880
watching this video up to the very end

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uh check out languageherb.com and see

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you very soon bye bye