The only pogcast to actively promote regressive assimilation! If you're into sounds, phonetics, accents in particular or language teaching in general, you might...
Fricatives /f,v,θ,ð,s,z,ʃ,ʒ,h/ constitute the biggest group of consonants in English pronunciation. And they are the weirdest looking group, with nearly half of the symbols additional to the alphabet. In this episode we get to grips with the pronunciation of these sounds, and some of the peculiarities found in both their spellings, and the way the join together.
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6:34
Consinents
We shift focus to the 24 consonant sounds of GB English and discover how to categorise them using voicing, place and manner.
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9:14
Thong
A monophthong is a vowel sound with one position of the mouth. A diphthong is a vowel sound that moves from one position to another. This episode is about the latter group. I also discuss swimwear and answer a question about the term GB.
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8:41
Longing
A look at how English vowel length is affected by surrounding sounds and intonation.
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7:07
Shot Vowels
The vowel sounds /ɪ,ʊ,ɛ,ɒ,ʌ,a/ form a neat group of short sounds. Or do they? SPOILER: There is a traitor in the midst. In today's episode I also try to answer a question regarding why the /t/ in THEATRE is pronounced /s/ in GB English.
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