This website was created to help people improve their American English pronunciation. At the core is a series of videos explaining in detail how each sound is created, as well as a blog.
Rachel's blog
Popular Male Names - New
These are the 10 most popular boys names for babies born in 2007. That is, these names are more popular among younger people. I will follow up with a blog entry that has the most common names for males in the US, which would include some names that were more popular in decades past.
Popular Female Names - New
I already did an entry on the most common female names in the US, but some of those names are a little dated. This video has the most common names given to girls in 2007 - so the most popular names now, reflecting the names of younger people in the US.
T, P, K: Final Consonants as Stops
There are three cases in which unvoiced consonants can serve as a stop at the end of a word, rather than being pronounced as a separate sound. This happens when the word is connected to the following in pronunciation.
Lesson: W Sound
This video has excerpts from a pronunciation lesson with my friend from Turkey. We are going of the W sound.
Joke vs. Shuck
Someone posted to one of my videos on YouTube that he wante to know how to pronounce joke vs. shuck.
THE SOUNDS
View the sounds of American English:
listed -or-
Sound Chart -or-
by picture
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