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Today I'm going to go over vocabulary you may use when getting off the phone.  To begin, the sentence “Thanks for calling.”  Thanks for calling.  Thanks begins with the unvoiced TH sound [] where the tongue comes through the teeth.  The next sound is officially the ‘aa’ as in ‘bat’ sound [], but because it is followed by a nasal consonant, in this case the NG consonant sound [], the ‘aa’ as in ‘bat’ is not a pure sound.  It’s actually much closer to the ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ diphthong [], I would say, in this case, in this word.  Than-, than-, nn, n [correction: NG] consonant sound, where the back part of the tongue raises towards the – and presses against the roof of the mouth further back.  Thank-, pulls down for the K sound.  Kk, ss, and the teeth together to make the S sound.  Thanks, thanks.  The word ‘for’ here is reduced; it has the schwa sound []:  for, for, thanks for, thanks for – calling.  Calling begins with the K consonant sound, where the very back part of the tongue reaches up and touches the soft palate, kk, and pulls away.  It then has the ‘aw’ as in ‘law’ sound [] followed by the L, call, -all.  Tip of the tongue up to touch the roof of the mouth.  Thanks for call-ing.  It then pulls down – the tongue pulls down, the ‘ih’ as in ‘sit’ [], and the back of the tongue moves up and presses against the back part of the roof of the mouth for the NG sound once again.  Thanks for calling, thanks for calling.

You may also say, Talk to you later, or, talk to you soon.  Talk begins with the T consonant sound, tt, tt.  It then has the ‘aw’ as in ‘law’ sound, ta-, ta-.  We do not pronounce the L.  Talk.  So then you go straight to the K sound, where the tongue is up.  Kk, kk.  Talk to.  Here the word to is reduced, it has the schwa.  Talk to, talk to.  The word you is also reduced, also has the schwa.  Talk to you, talk to you later.  Now, the ‘later’ here has a T, but it is pronounced as a D sound because it’s between two vowel sounds.  So it’s the L sound, la- tongue tip up into position, the ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ diphthong, la-, la-.  Tongue up to the roof of the mouth, dd, and down to make that D sound.  Later, er, er, and it finishes with the R sound [], rr, where the lips take a rounded position.  Talk to you later, talk to you later.  You may also say Talk to you soon.  So, it’s the same as the previous, except that soon replaces ‘later’.  Soon has the ‘oo’ as in ‘boo’ vowel sound [], soon, so your lips will make a tight circle for that. Talk to you soon.

You might also say, ‘I have to go’, and then give a reason.  For example, I have to go, I’m late for class.  Or, I have to go, someone’s at the door … my kitchen’s on fire, whatever.  I have to go.  I has the ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ diphthong [].  I, I have.  Now, notice ‘have’, here I’m actually pronouncing it with an F sound, I have.  And that’s because the next word begins with an unvoiced sound, the T sound.  I have – tt, tt.  And because that next sound is unvoiced, it makes the V here actually unvoiced, pronounced as the F.  I have, I have to.  The word ‘to’ pronounced with the schwa.  I have to go.  Go with the ‘oh’ as in ‘no’ diphthong [].  I have to go.  I have to go.

You may also say, I’ll call you tomorrow, I’ll call you next week, I’ll call you when I know the answer.  I’ll call you.  Now, the word ‘I’ll’ would be pronounced with the ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ diphthong followed by the L consonant sound.  I’ll.  I’ll, I’ll.  But notice here, I actually reduced it.  I’ll call, to have the ‘aw’ as in ‘law’ sound.  You can say either one:  I’ll call you, or, I’ll call you.  I’ll or I’ll.  They both end with the L consonant sound, ll, tongue tip up into position.  Call, the back of the tongue comes up, kk, and releases to make the K sound.  It then has the ‘aw’ as in ‘law’ sound, followed by the L.  Call, call you.  I’ll call you, you.  The ‘ew’ as in ‘few’ diphthong [].  And then, tomorrow, next week, whatever.

I’ve noticed when I get off the phone, I tend to say ‘See you, bye.”  See you, whether or not I’m actually going to be seeing that person.  So, see and you, placed together, squished together, the word you reduced, said very fast.  See you, see you, see you.  This begins with the S consonant sound, the ‘ee’ as in ‘she’ vowel sound [].  See, see.  Then the Y consonant sound [] and the schwa: ya, ya.  See you, see you, all linked together.  Bye.  Bye has the B consonant sound, bb, bb, opening into the ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ diphthong.  Bye, bye.  See ya, bye.  Bye.