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See this video on mixing up the V and W sound:
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amazing video. Thanks.
Most Indian and Pakistani people mispronounce it as V
Thank you Is it Ms. Miss. Or Mrs. Rachel?
i like this video. Thank you.
Can you help me speak Pronounce "wood" ??
Британцы:Даблъю
Американцы: Дабью
I'm here because I woke up today and just forgot how to pronounce W for some reason
great vid.
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Thank you for the class Ms.Rachel 🙂
Hi Rachel, when pronouncing the staring W (as in when, will, what) , where is the location of the voice, where exactly do you feel the viberation? front, back, nose, throat, mouth? I felt very unnatural and effortful pronouncing the starting w, as compared to other simple consonants like b, n…
Can I put the sound w instead of the sound ʊ in the diphthongs aʊ and oʊ? I tend to transcribe them as aw and ow, and I round my lips for them as tight as in w at the beginning of words.
Rachel, I'd like to say that you're a very pretty woman; you really look divine… 🙂
Is that right "some videos make the w sound like if it has a schwa or something like a sudden release for a puff of air ??"
or I have only to round my lips and make the sound and not to release the air specially when we say the sound separately not in a word.
a million thanks appreciate it. would you please pronounce these words correctly :
kindergarten, forward, and conversation. 🌷🌼
thanks Rachel, I love all your video <3
That is a really good job! Thank you! As a Greek I always used to substitute 'w' with 'ɣ'.
Your tutorials are wonderful! Thank you, Rachel.
Hi Rachel! Could you please tell me what is a "nodifone[sic]"? I didn't quiet get it…
Thank you for making these kinds of videos! Now I know how to draw the mouth in lip-syncing for animation xD
so nice love to c it again and again,
the diagram really help us to understand it
Billions of Thanks for sharing this video
Thanks! Now I understand the logical reason why we write "a way" and not "an way" 🙂
That's a great way to diagnose yourself!
The google speech to text or speech search cannot pick up my w, especially in we~(wheel) and "want". It always thinks it is an r or v. I think I need to know how to open the lips after moving from the tightened w to the different vowels.
Right. People in American that are my age and younger tend to not put in the h sound before the W in these words. I've noticed my mother, however, does. 🙂
Yes, 'welcome' has a Dark L because it comes at the end of the syllable.
As for your other questions, I do have a video on how to make the TS sound like in 'rats'. watch?v=wCKMM8CyPIw
hello Rachel, i have a question. In the word 'welcome', do we make the sound of dark L before we say come.
and i wuold like to know how i can pronouce the word that ends with '-st' and word that ends with 't' but both of them plus 's' which make it become plural, ex rats.
it's weird because my native lang is spanish and i still notice the diference
u r awesome
You can look up and hear the pronunciation of the word 'double': watch?v=Ci4lp_vf9WA
i had a question about the pronounciation of the letter itself. when we pronounce the letter w, is the l silent? ( is it duhblew or duhbyew?) i know some people also say double-yooh but i wasnt sure haha 🙂
If you talk about the sounds… The v is realized with the upper lip touching the lower teeth, and then you try to blow air through it and using your vocal cords simultaneously. Without your voice you would have an f sound. The w sound is already explained in this video.
The G and W sounds are quite different. G is made with the tongue at the back of touching the back of the roof of the mouth/throat. For the W, the tongue will reach in that direction, but should not touch. Also, for the W the lips round into a tight circle. That might be what you're missing.
Today I was talking to a Canadian girl, native speaker, and she told me that my pronunciation of 'good' and 'would' are very similar she said my problem was the 'w' sound, but I don't really notice the difference, they sound kind of the same for me, my native language is Spanish, any advice?
And you are PRETTY pretty! lol
in word drawer is there a "w" sound glide?
Right! 🙂
The letter X is pronounced a couple of different ways: [ks] as in 'expert', [z] as in 'xylophone', and [gz] as in 'exhibit'. So in English there is the letter X, but no 'X consonant'.
This is much to complicated for a person who is learning English as a second language.