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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

Over ten percent of Americans dress up their pets in a Halloween costume. 🤪 Our cats categorically refuse to wear any clothing, so we came up with a better idea: 💡 a video where you can practice pronouncing the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH08LvO98IA. 🎃 Hope you'll like it! 😉

#Exercise

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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Could the words "knees" and "niece" be homophones? 🤔 Of course they could! 😉 Many English words have different spellings but are pronounced the same way, like "would" and "wood," or "pair" and "pear." 😲 https://soundsamerican.net/article/knees_and_niece__a_pronunciation_comparison#PhonicsRules

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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Ever wonder why the letter 'B' is silent in words like "dumb" or "lamb"? 🤔 That's because there isn't a single English word where the /m/ and /b/ sounds appear back-to-back in the same syllable. 😲 A few hundred years back someone decided to ditch the /mb/ endings and keep it simple with just /m/. 🤣 What can we do about it? Well, practically nothing except for this https://soundsamerican.net/article/where_did_the_b_sound_go_in_words_like_dumb_and_lamb. 😜

#Exercise

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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Voiceless stop sounds are aspirated at the beginning of a word and at the beginning of a stressed syllable. 💨 What about the voiced stops? Are they aspirated, slightly aspirated, somewhat aspirated, or unaspirated? 🤔 Listen to our mnemonic phrase and tell us what you think: https://soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_b_as_in_boy#mnemonic_phrase.

#MnemonicPhrase

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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English pronunciation is all about patterns. 😎 For example, the 'AIR' letter combination is always pronounced as the R-Colored vowel /ɛr/, as in words like "hair," "chair," or "dairy." 😀 This is a very consistent pattern, so we can safely call it "a rule." 💡 Now, https://soundsamerican.net/article/the_difference_in_pronunciation_between_dairy_and_diary#PhonicsRules

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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The /f/ sound is https://soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_f_as_in_fun. It comes just after /s/. 🎉 Thanks to loanwords from Greek 🇬🇷 and German 🇩🇪, the English spelling for /f/ isn't always straightforward. 😥 To cut a long story short, words like 'φιλοσοφία' and 'lachen' are the origins of the 'PH' and 'GH' digraphs. 🤔

#CommonSpelling

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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Most world languages have the /f/ sound, so you might think that you don't have any issues with American /f/s. 😮 We hate to break it to you, but it's one of the sounds that gives your foreign accent away. 😢 Here's a quick tip on how to pronounce it like an American: Lightly touch the back of your lower lip with your upper teeth. 😎 Make sure you do it gently: https://soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_f_as_in_fun#mnemonic_phrase. 🎧

#MnemonicPhrase

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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Some say that English pronunciation rules are hard to grasp and impossible to remember. 😭 For example, why the heck is the letter 'A' pronounced as /æ/ in 'apple' but as /eɪ/ in 'maple'? 🤔 Can we explain this? Well, we can try! When vowel letters are followed by '-PLE' or '-BLE,' they're pronounced the same way as if they were in a 'Silent E' syllable: 'table,' 'stable,' 'cable,' 'disable.' 😎 You can find more about the 'A' rules https://soundsamerican.net/article/apple_is_pronounced_with_ae_but_maple_with_ei_whats_the_catch.

#Pronunciation #Chart

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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There are two different ways Americans pronounce the /r/ sound, but there's no way your tongue should touch the alveolar ridge. 🤔 This is really important because if it does, the sound becomes "trilled" or "tapped," and Americans never trill or tap their Rs. Try it: https://soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_r_as_in_run#mnemonic_phrase. 😎

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May 19, 2026, 03:27 AM

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95% of the major world languages don't have the voiced TH sound. 😢 In English, though, it's hard to think of a sentence without it. 🤔 So, it didn't take us long to come up with a mnemonic phrase with five /ð/ sounds! 🤣 Try it: https://soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_voiced_th_as_in_this#mnemonic_phrase. https://soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_voiced_th_as_in_this#mnemonic_phrase

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