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The word OR is often reduced and linked in American English. When reduced, it sounds more like “errrr”

Let’s look at some examples. Practice aloud with me.

Cats or dogs

cats’er cats’er

cats’er dogs

Do you like cats or dogs?

tea or coffee

tea’r tea’r

tea’r coffee

Do you drink tea or coffee?

one or three

one’er one’er

one’er three

Is the meeting at one or three?

fork or spoon

fork’er fork’er

fork’er spoon

Do you want a fork or a spoon?

tennis or ping pong

tennis’er tennis’er

tennis’er ping pong

Do you play tennis or ping pong?

Nice work. Pay attention to native speakers when they say OR, and notice the reduction and linking. Mastering the reduction and linking of common words will help you sound more like a native speaker, and it will instantly improve your listening skills.

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The AH sound in American English.

I’ve noticed many of my students mispronounce words with the AH sound because the vowel sound AH is not always obvious in the spelling of the word.

Let’s practice some common words that are often mispronounced. For best results, practice speaking these words aloud with me.

Job

Jaw

Lost

Block

Honest

Clock

October

Soft

Taught

Mop

Thought

Deposit

Got

Cost

Hot

Boss

Often

Office

Law

Bought

Draw

Saw

Wash

Father

Gossip

Body

Now record yourself saying the AH words and compare your pronunciation to mine. This will help you identify your mistakes as well as reinforce the words you are saying correctly.

Now let’s practice using the words in sentences.

She lost her job in October.

Her boss caught her breaking the law.

I saw her gossiping in the office.

You can instantly improve your English and sound more like a native speaker by practicing and saying the AH sound correctly.

When you master American English pronunciation, you can speak with confidence knowing that your pronunciation is accurate and listeners will understand you.

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Learn the blended TW sound in American English.

Practice and repeat with me. Then, record yourself saying the words aloud. Play back your recording and compare it to my pronunciation.

Twitter

twig

twin

between

twenty

twist

twine

twilight

twelve

twice

tweet

twinkle

twirl

twitch

Let’s practice the blended TW sound in some sentences.

She tweeted it twelve times on Twitter last night.

The twins are twenty years old.

The stars twinkle in the twilight.

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