The only pogcast to actively promote regressive assimilation! If you're into sounds, phonetics, accents in particular or language teaching in general, you might...
The English plosive consonants /p,t,k,b,d,g/ are made by fully blocking air as it leaves the body. Although they have strong spelling to sound relationships, they are a little bit tricky in pronunciation with processes including aspiration, affrication, glottalisation and many assimilations. In this episode I explore these sounds and processes, and answer a question about the ending of the word ORANGE.
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Friction
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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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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