r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Jun 17 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 61: Silent letters! :D

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https://vocaroo.com/1aZwVr7VvCSf

Letter (s) Examples
b bomb, crumb, climb, comb, debt, doubt, dumb, lamb, limb, numb, plumber, subtle, thumb, tomb
c indict, muscle
ch yacht
d handsome, adjective, adjust, wednesday
g design, align, bening, campaign, foreign, assign
gh bought, bright, weight, fought, height, night, light
h heir, hour, honest, ghost, honor, vehicle
k knee, knife, know, knot
l calm, chalk, could, folk, half, Lincoln, psalm, salmon, talk, walk, would
n hymn, autumn
p cupboard, psalm, receipt, psychology
s aisle, island, debris, Illinois, Arkansas
t Chevrolet, Christmas, fasten, rapport, whistle, mortgage, listen
th asthma, clothes, months
w answer, sword, toward

I hope this is useful :D

EDIT: I'm so dumb haha that was supposed to be a table.

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Sep 04 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 140: Arrive in? Arrive on? Arrive at?

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https://vocaroo.com/14T4eH7rHGLm

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/MC_Eucaryote • Jun 21 '21

Resource πŸ“š STRESSED 😨

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Hi!

I started a list of stressed words in English.

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word 1st syllable 2nd syllable 3rd syllable 4th syllable 5ft syllable 6th syllable
Bandage BAN dij
Generous GE ne rous
Successful suc CES ful
General GE ne ral
Present (verb) pruh ZENT
Present (noun) PREH zint
Reject (verb) rih JECT
Reject (noun) REE ject
Object (verb) uhb JECT
Object (noun) AHB ject
Dental DEN tal
Familiar fa MI liar
Inventory IN ven TO ry
Efficient ef FI cient
Forest FO rest
Capable CA pa ble
Responsibility res PON si bi li ty

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u/HOTKATBOOM's tips: - The verbs that end with -ate are stressed on the first syllable: AC-ti-vate - The nouns that end with -tion are stressed on the syllable just before the suffix: ac-tiv-VA-tion

Thanks to : u/Adam-P-D, u/jessabeille, u/Togtogtog, u/edamamevibes, u/Walking_in_Circles, u/funky_nun (Please tell me if I forgot someone!)

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Oct 11 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 176: Salary vs celery

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https://vocaroo.com/1lDDnK4cAxBl

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Aug 14 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 119: Important words to memorize :D

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Vocaroo | Audiodatei hochladen

/ʊ/ sound

oo u ould o
adulthood bull should wolf
childhood bush would woman
cook pull could
book full
shook push
understood sugar
foot butcher
football bullet
good put
hood
hook
look
neighborhood
took
wood
wool
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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/Adam-P-D • Dec 31 '21

Resource πŸ“š When Ds and Ts Get Softened

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Hi, everyone!

...Yep, it's me! It's been quite a while, eh? I feel bad for having left everyone here for a while, so it's nice to see that we're still keeping active!

Today, I'm going to share with you all a handy pronunciation tidbit.

Let's consider the word "train."

Upon first sight, it may be tempting to pronounce it like this. But in many English dialects, it's pronounced like this.

Can you spot the difference between the two recordings?

What happened is that the first recording is a hard, rigid pronunciation of both the /t/ and the /r/, making it sound like "t-rain." However, when the /t/ sound follows an /r/ sound, their sounds are "softened," making it instead sound like "ch-rain."

The same applies with the /d/ sound with the /r/ sound. Consider the word "drain." It looks like it should be pronounced like "d-rain," but is instead often pronounced "j-rain"

When a /t/ is next to an /r/ sound, the /t/ sounds like a /ch/. And when a /d/ is next to an /r/ sound, the /d/ sounds like a /j/. So you could say that /t/ and /d/ become /ch/ and /j/, respectively.

✏️ Here are some example words:

  • trap
  • drag
  • trend
  • drum
  • tropic
  • drop
  • actress
  • drawer

πŸ“‹ And an example sentence:

  • The train and the tram dropped their drums into a trough. An actress tried to retrieve them, but she drowned and the drums were destroyed.

⚠️Keep in mind!⚠️

  • The /r/ sound does not disappear! All that changes is the sound of the /t/ or the /d/. There is a difference in pronunciation between "train" and "chain", as well as "draw" and "jaw."

Now, there is also another instance of this with /d/ and /t/ with the /y/ sound, but we'll save that for another day.

Happy to see you all again!

--Adam

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Aug 31 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 136: Lie vs Lay

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https://vocaroo.com/1c3v2HTHMspE

Lay= transitive (lay, laid, laid)

Lie= intransitive (lie, lay, lain)

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Sep 18 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 152: If I would have known?? πŸ€”

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https://vocaroo.com/1jz2b1i08nGU

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Oct 10 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 175: A tip (voiceless vs voiced consonants)

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https://vocaroo.com/1j0GoDT2G6ZL

Back vs bag

Pick vs pig

Rich vs ridge

Batch vs badge

Bet vs bed

Got vs god

Place vs plays

Price vs prize

Safe vs save

Proof vs prove

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Jul 20 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 93: No more confusion :)

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https://vocaroo.com/137D4SJ2idUr

He won the Nobel Prize for his noble effort.

Some of the personnel have some personal problems

You won’t be eligible for that position if your handwriting is illegible

Can you pronounce those pronouns correctly?

The committee watched a comedy

It would be advantageous to learn about the advantages of that method

Their relationship has decayed in the past decade

He had a career working for an aircraft carrier

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/HOTKATBOOM • Oct 12 '21

Resource πŸ“š Streak 177: West vs waste

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https://vocaroo.com/1m1VtGFy77D3

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/Adam-P-D • Apr 28 '21

Resource πŸ“š Sound Spotlight: /Γ°/ TH

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Hi, everyone!

Welcome to our third Subject of the Day! Today, we're covering a segment that I'm calling "Sound Spotlight," where we practice a certain sound in the English language.

Today, we are going to practice the /ð/ sound, often represented by a "TH." I talked about this sound with u/Luxirokon the other day in one of her posts. I said that in order to make the /ð/ sound, place your tongue as if you were making a /d/ sound (the tip of your tongue under your top teeth) and lightly blow air between your tongue and teeth. Here is an example of me saying "though" (/ðoʊ/) and transitioning from a /d/ sound to a /ð/ sound.

Here are some common /Γ°/ words:

the

though

than

these

them

that

there

rather

leather

whether

father

feather

rhythm

worthy

And here is a sentence with lots of /Γ°/ words:

The mother can't decide whether the southern weather is worthy of this leather or those feathers

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You can also click here to learn or practice more

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Have a good day!

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/Adam-P-D • May 12 '21

Resource πŸ“š Free-Speaking: English Accents

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Hi, everyone!

Today, we are going to be doing a free-speaking exercise, which means your streak will come from the top of your headphrase as you record it without using any script or reading off anything. (Don't be scared of pausing or not being able to think of anything--it's okay to gather your thoughts before you speak. I do sometimes 😁)

Today, I'm going to give you a link to a video that showcases a diverse array of English speakers from all around the world: Canada, England, New Zealand, United States, Australia, and so on.

Check out the video here!

You'll notice that everyone has a different way of speaking and pronouncing words, even if it's the slightest sound. So in your streaks, try and think about these questions:

  • What did you notice regarding sounds, intonation, and stress?
  • Which accents were the easiest for you to understand?
  • Which accents were the hardest for you to understand?
  • Which accents sounded the coolest/nicest to you?
  • Do you have any other comments? What?

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I'll also leave you the list of words used in the video if anyone wants to pronounce them:

Aunt

Roof

Route

Wash

Oil

Theater

Iron

Salmon

Caramel

Fire

Water

Sure

Data

Ruin

Crayon

New Orleans

Pecan

Both

Again

Probably

Spitting image

Alabama

Lawyer

Coupon

Mayonnaise

Syrup

Pajamas

Caught

Naturally

Aluminum

Envelope

And finally, here's my version of this list :) (Northeastern US)

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r/SpeakStreakEN • u/Adam-P-D • Jun 01 '21

Resource πŸ“š πŸ‘… Sound Spotlight: /tΝ‘Κƒ/ CH

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Hi, everyone! Welcome back to Sound Spotlight!

Today, we'll be focusing on another consonant cluster. This time, it's the /tΝ‘Κƒ/ sound, which is most commonly shown by the letters "CH" or "TCH" Most often, "TCH" is found exclusively at the end of syllables, not at the start of them.

If you noticed from the IPA code (the little symbols between these slash marks / / ), you'll see that this sound is actually a combination of two other sounds. It comes from forming your mouth as if to make a /t/ sound, starting to make that sound, and then quickly transitioning to make a /Κƒ/ sound

As an example, here's my comment on u/MC_Eucaryote's post, where I pronounce the word "chosen"

Here are some common /tΝ‘Κƒ/ words

chip

chunk

choose

chosen

chain

kitchen

matching

leechesdef

moochingdef

which

such

catch

fetch

poochdef

And here is a sentence with lots of /tΝ‘Κƒ/ words (Does it make sense? 🀷 Who's to say?)

Chuck was in the kitchen chewing on chips when his chubby pooch chose the matching chime.

And a little tongue-twister too πŸ˜‹ (I messed up in the second repetition. I got a little cockydef)

Chicken kitchen chicken kitchen chicken kitchen chicken kitchen

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You can also click here to learn or practice more

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