American English Pronunciation Podcast

78: Comparing /æ/, /ɑ/, /ɔ/ (short a, short o, and aw)

Understanding a sequence of low vowel sounds (as in 'stack,' 'stock,' and 'stalk')
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77: Comparing /i/, /ɪ/, /ɛ/, and /ʌ/ (long e, short i, short e, and short u)

Understanding a sequence of very similar sounds (as in 'bead,' 'bid,' 'bed,' and 'bud')
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75: ’can’ and ’can’t,’ how are they different? Not how you expect!

Change in vowel sounds, sentence stress, and a glottal stop: lots of details make the pronunciation of these words different.
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74: Are ’for’ and ’four’ pronounced the same or differently?

for/four: When do the words for and four sound the same, and when are they different?
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73: Reducing the word ’of’ to /ə/

When the word 'of' links into a consonant, the /v/ is often dropped.
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72: Using /n/ instead of /ŋ/ (the ’ng’ sound) in -ing ending

-ing: substituting the n sound for the ng sound.
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71: When and why do some words (like ’interesting’) lose a syllable?

Linguistic concepts of 'syncope' and 'compression' make big words into smaller words. Luckily, there is a pattern.
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69: Numbers: Teens versus Tens (as in 19 vs. 90)

Syllable stress and alternative 't sounds' are used to differentiate these sounds more than the /n/ at the end of teens!
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68: Voiced and Unvoiced ’th’ /ð,θ/ review

Yes, dear listeners, keep your tongue in your mouth! Don't put it between your teeth.
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66: Syllabic n’s and nasal plosions (as in the words ’sudden’ and ’couldn’t’)

No vowels allowed! Join /d/ and /n/ to sound more fluent.
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