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01 Mar An Easy Fix: Pronouncing the Spelling “au” Correctly

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Most non-native speakers of English pronounce "au" incorrectly, regardless of where they are from in the world.  Think about the words “auto,” “audit,” and “caught.”  What sound do you use...

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29 Jan “Bowel” or “Vowel”: Clarifying the Difference between “B” and “V”

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“Bowel?” I ask my client jokingly from across the table while pointing to my stomach. “Ha! No, ‘vowel,’” the client clarifies. While many clients are aware of the difference between...

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18 May Indian Accents- Just Another Version of British English?

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One thing I commonly hear from people who were born and raised in India is that their difficulties being understood in the U.S. stem from their British accents. Indian accents...

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12 Sep “cope, cop, cup”: A Vowel Tutorial

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Open the voice memo app on your phone (if you don’t have a smart phone, grab a handheld recorder) and record yourself saying these three words: cope, cop, cup. Listen...

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05 May Good, bad, best, worst… How does your accent stack up?

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People with foreign accents, people without… They all ask me the same question: “What’s the WORST accent?” To start, let’s go ahead and scratch the term “worst” from our discussion. People who...

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23 Mar Another Practical Lesson: “bus” vs. “buzz”

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One feature of every accent I have worked with is difficulty with voicing of consonants.  What is "voicing" anyway? Well, we will get to that.  To start, did you know...

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