American English Pronunciation Podcast

211: Compare /æ/ and /ɑ/ ('short a' and 'short o')

March 28, 2016

00:07:30

210: '-ue' ending (unique, avenue, and rescue)

July 27, 2015

00:07:02

209: The difference between /ə/ and /ʌ/: schwa and short u

March 25, 2015

00:09:01

208: Cone/corn, coat/court

March 11, 2015

00:07:33

207: Why is 'quarter' so hard to say?

Feb. 25, 2015

00:08:32

206: I like/I'd like... bacon!

Feb. 11, 2015

00:08:11

205: Dealing with 'o-u-g-h'

Jan. 28, 2015

00:07:36

204: How 'have to' becomes 'hafta'

Jan. 14, 2015

00:07:41

203: When /t/ sounds like /d/ during linking: alveolar stop

Dec. 31, 2014

00:08:41

202: How similar are /n/ and /l/?

Nov. 12, 2014

00:05:12

201: Why is 'symptom' pronounced that way?

Oct. 16, 2014

00:05:51

200: A new spelling poem!

Oct. 1, 2014

00:05:47

199: Would you like some coffee or tea?

June 25, 2014

00:06:14

198: Pronouncing 'clothes,' 'close' (verb), and 'close' (adjective)

June 11, 2014

00:07:36

197: Linking vowels to sound fluent!

March 26, 2014

00:10:17

196: Do you say 'people' as 'peopo'?

Feb. 26, 2014

00:06:24

195: Dropping the /k/ in 'asked' (HIMYM)

Feb. 5, 2014

00:08:47

194: 'faux pas, chauffeur, fiance,' and more

Jan. 22, 2014

00:09:36

193: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Dec. 19, 2013

00:05:47

192: Special holiday words

Dec. 5, 2013

00:08:46

191: The difference between 'my car' and 'Mike are'

Nov. 27, 2013

00:09:17

190: From 'wait time' to 'snack time'

Nov. 13, 2013

00:05:24

189: Linking magic!

Oct. 30, 2013

00:09:22

188: Heteronyms: 'Lead' rhymes with 'read'

Oct. 16, 2013

00:06:51

187: 'Fall' and 'autumn'

Oct. 2, 2013

00:07:11

186: Fake it 'til you make it!

Sept. 11, 2013

00:05:31

185: From /ʒ/ to /ʤ/ ('zh' to 'j')

Aug. 28, 2013

00:07:11

184: Pronouncing /ʒ/ the 'zh sound'

Aug. 14, 2013

00:05:40

183: expected and unexpected /s/ and /ʃ/ minimal pairs

July 31, 2013

00:06:06

182: 'on' and 'off': /ɑn/ and /ɔf/

July 17, 2013

00:06:45

181: The troublesome 'thr' /θr/ combination

July 3, 2013

00:06:57

180: 'because'→'cuz': stressed, unstressed, informal

June 19, 2013

00:06:19

179: The silent /p/ in 'pneumatic' and 'psychology'

June 5, 2013

00:04:00

178: "Feeling" the vibration of vowel sounds

May 15, 2013

00:09:41

177: -ate suffix revisited--advanced lesson

May 1, 2013

00:09:14

176: Swearing!

April 17, 2013

00:11:27

175: Short Vowels Minimal Sets

April 3, 2013

00:08:06

174: 3-sound clusters beginning with 's'

March 20, 2013

00:07:33

173: Digraphs and trigraphs, complicated spelling patterns

March 6, 2013

00:10:00

172: The 'cc' spelling pronunciations (as in 'accuse' and 'succeed)

Feb. 20, 2013

00:07:10

171: The silent /l/ in the word 'salmon'

Feb. 6, 2013

00:06:12

170: 'schwa+r' /ɚ/ paragraph practice

Jan. 23, 2013

00:08:21

169: Pronouncing 'Seattle'

Jan. 9, 2013

00:11:09

168: Stress pronunciation patterns in 3-syllable words

Dec. 19, 2012

00:07:28

167: When to use the informal contraction 'useta'

Dec. 5, 2012

00:09:16

166: Understanding /ŋ/, the 'ng' sound

Nov. 7, 2012

00:08:58

165: What is the vocal tract?

Oct. 24, 2012

00:07:38

164: Consonant clusters in English

Oct. 10, 2012

00:08:35

163: -ile and the differences in American and British English

Sept. 26, 2012

00:06:18

162: The differences between /b/ and /v/

Sept. 12, 2012

00:08:37

161: Schwa in 2-syllable words

Aug. 29, 2012

00:09:30

160: w+a (want), w+a-r (warm), w+o-r (work)

Aug. 8, 2012

00:08:39

159: What are non-phonetic words?

July 25, 2012

00:07:30

158: Vowels plus voiced and unvoiced consonants

July 11, 2012

00:12:14

157: Native French speakers special!

June 27, 2012

00:11:14

156: Silent letters in high-frequency words

May 30, 2012

00:05:39

155: The f sound and semi-irregular plurals

May 16, 2012

00:10:18

154: 'She sells seashells'

May 2, 2012

00:08:06

153: 'Look at Luke!'

April 18, 2012

00:07:39

152: 's-c-h' and the word 'schedule'

April 4, 2012

00:04:13

151: j/ch sounds plus -ed ending

March 14, 2012

00:08:03

150: Common spellings and non-phonetic words

Feb. 29, 2012

00:08:42

149: Practicing the /w/ and /v/

Feb. 15, 2012

00:06:57

148: More 'th' sounds practice

Feb. 1, 2012

00:08:03

147: The -ious suffix

Jan. 11, 2012

00:08:03

146: Happy "New" Year!

Dec. 28, 2011

00:08:06

145: a, e,i, o, u and sometimes y

Dec. 14, 2011

00:09:32

144: -ed ending exceptions

Nov. 30, 2011

00:06:42

143: Don't over-pronounce sounds

Nov. 2, 2011

00:07:34

142: The syllabic /l/

Oct. 12, 2011

00:07:13

141: We "recently" changed our t sound lesson

Sept. 28, 2011

00:09:07

140: The 'oo' spelling of the words 'foot' and 'soon'

Sept. 14, 2011

00:06:58

139: Pronunciation of 'sure'

Aug. 31, 2011

00:08:43

138: Pronunciation of 'often'

Aug. 10, 2011

00:04:45

137: 'ct' spelling plus -ed and -s ending

July 27, 2011

00:09:30

135: m sound/n sound/ng sound

June 29, 2011

00:07:22

134: consonant-y-consonant

June 15, 2011

00:08:20

133: t/d, p/b, and k/g at the beginning of a word

June 1, 2011

00:07:50

132: ea spelling: long e or short e

May 18, 2011

00:09:31

131: The word "new" in place names

April 28, 2011

00:04:41

130: 2-syllable word stress

March 30, 2011

00:08:37

129: Portuguese speakers special, part 2

March 16, 2011

00:13:17

128: The pronunciations of i-consonant-e

March 2, 2011

00:09:54

127: Portuguese speakers special, part 1

Feb. 17, 2011

00:12:13

126: Unstressed syllables, part 2

Feb. 2, 2011

00:09:28

125: Unstressed syllables, part 1

Jan. 19, 2011

00:09:03

124: French words in English

Jan. 4, 2011

00:07:26

123: A Merry, Marry, Mary Christmas

Dec. 22, 2010

00:06:22

119: The bunched /r/

Oct. 27, 2010

00:08:29

118: The prefix re-

Oct. 13, 2010

00:09:25

117: Suffixes with /ʧ/ (ch sound)

Sept. 29, 2010

00:07:14

116: Using 'ain't'

Sept. 15, 2010

00:10:36

115: Sound combinations: sp-, st-, sk-, sc-

Sept. 1, 2010

00:08:54

114: 'Puff' (aspiration) details of stop sounds

Aug. 18, 2010

00:09:17

113: The /h/, like a chameleon

Aug. 4, 2010

00:07:07

112: Dropping the /d/

July 21, 2010

00:10:15

111: Linking /v/ and /f/

July 7, 2010

00:08:37

110: Troublesome /v/ and /f/

June 23, 2010

00:12:13

109: /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/ (s, z, sh, and zh sounds) compare and contrast

June 9, 2010

00:15:43

108: In the US, it is 'learned' and 'spelled,' while the British kept 'learnt' and 'spelt'

June 2, 2010

00:08:29

107: 'ck' after short vowels (as in back), 'k' after all the others (as in 'bake)

May 26, 2010

00:06:11

106: 'long u' stressed and reduced; /yu/ or /yə/?

May 19, 2010

00:11:25

105: Pronouncing 'though,' 'thought,' 'through,' and 'thorough'

May 12, 2010

00:06:17

104: Pronouncing 'pronounce' and 'pronunciation'

May 5, 2010

00:06:53

102: Russian/Ukrainian Special Episode

April 21, 2010

00:14:14

101: Subtle oddities of the word 'subtle'

April 14, 2010

00:06:37

100: A Hundred/One Hundred

April 7, 2010

00:09:10

99: Three-word informal contractions

March 31, 2010

00:06:18

97: The transition from 'used to' to 'useta'

March 17, 2010

00:06:20

96: How 'women' could have been 'wimmen'

March 10, 2010

00:04:47

94: /t/+/y/=/ʧ/, /d/+/y/=/ʤ/, surprising 'ch' and 'j' sounds.

Feb. 24, 2010

00:08:17

93: Do you accidentally make your /l/ into /w/?

Feb. 10, 2010

00:08:46

91: iPad/iPod, the world's newest /æ,ɑ/ (short a/short o) minimal pair

Jan. 27, 2010

00:05:16

90: The j sound, spelled j, dge, ge, and g(i)

Jan. 20, 2010

00:06:29

88: Why is 'tch' (as in 'watch') easier to pronounce than 'ch' (as in which)?

Jan. 6, 2010

00:09:15

85: Why is the 'Ch' in 'Christmas' pronounced as /k/?

Dec. 16, 2009

00:04:57

84: 'Who,' 'what,' 'when,' and 'where': How do you pronouce words that begin with wh-?

Dec. 9, 2009

00:05:36

82: Thanksgiving holiday th sounds /ð, θ/ review

Nov. 18, 2009

00:05:47

81: "About a boat," comparing /oʊ/ and /aʊ/

Nov. 10, 2009

00:08:00

79: Comparing /eɪ/, /i/, /ɑɪ/ (long a, long i, and long e)

Oct. 28, 2009

00:12:09

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

Oct. 21, 2009

00:08:11

77: Comparing /i/, /ɪ/, /ɛ/, and /ʌ/ (long e, short i, short e, and short u)

Oct. 7, 2009

00:08:45

75: 'can' and 'can't,' how are they different? Not how you expect!

Sept. 16, 2009

00:14:03

74: Are 'for' and 'four' pronounced the same or differently?

Sept. 9, 2009

00:13:17

73: Reducing the word 'of' to /ə/

Aug. 26, 2009

00:10:25

72: Using /n/ instead of /ŋ/ (the 'ng' sound) in -ing ending

Aug. 19, 2009

00:08:08

71: When and why do some words (like 'interesting') lose a syllable?

Aug. 12, 2009

00:06:23

69: Numbers: Teens versus Tens (as in 19 vs. 90)

July 22, 2009

00:11:19

68: Voiced and Unvoiced 'th' /ð,θ/ review

July 15, 2009

00:09:18

66: Syllabic n's and nasal plosions (as in the words 'sudden' and 'couldn't')

July 1, 2009

00:12:21

65: Uh-oh! The glottal stop in place of /t/

June 24, 2009

00:10:59

63: When Americans drop the /t/ (with audio from The Incredibles)

June 3, 2009

00:11:50

61: The American /t/ as a quick /d/

May 21, 2009

00:11:44

#60 Tag questions aren't really questions, are they?

May 13, 2009

00:08:01

59: Falling pitch boundaries on yes/no questions

May 6, 2009

00:07:53

58: Pitch Boundaries, Rising and Falling

April 22, 2009

00:09:07

57: Comparing extra-high and rising pitch words

April 15, 2009

00:09:54

56: Extra-high pitch words for extra intensity

April 8, 2009

00:09:01

55: Intonation and high pitch words, an introduction

April 1, 2009

00:10:54

53: Phrasal verb sentence stress

March 18, 2009

00:12:18

52: Linking from the -ed ending

March 11, 2009

00:14:05

50: The silent /t/ in '-sten' and '-stle' (as in 'listen' and 'whistle')

Feb. 25, 2009

00:09:07

48: 'talk' and 'walk' and other '-alk' /ɔk/ words

Feb. 11, 2009

00:08:29

47: 'should,' 'could,' and 'would': /ʃʊd/, /kʊd/, /wʊd/

Feb. 3, 2009

00:05:12

46: 'Three,' 'through,' 'throw' and other /θr/ combination words

Jan. 27, 2009

00:06:38

45: Chinese speakers special episode

Jan. 21, 2009

00:13:50

44: Letter 'x' pronunciations: /ks/ or /gz/

Jan. 14, 2009

00:09:00

43: About the words 'world' and 'word': /wɚld/ and /wɚd/

Jan. 7, 2009

00:07:06

42: Spanish speakers special episode

Dec. 30, 2008

00:13:04

41: The silent b in the -mb spelling (as in 'climb' and 'thumb')

Dec. 27, 2008

00:04:23

40: 'been,' not 'bean': /bɪn/, not /bin/

Dec. 17, 2008

00:04:15

39: 'quit, quite,' and 'quiet'

Dec. 10, 2008

00:05:13

38: 'idea'--a troublesome little 4-letter word

Dec. 6, 2008

00:04:31

37: 'says' and 'said'--two words NOT pronounced with 'long a' /eɪ/

Nov. 26, 2008

00:05:51

36: Japanese speaker special

Nov. 16, 2008

00:07:38

35: there, their, they're: they're all said the same!

Nov. 15, 2008

00:04:24

34: consonant+y suffix (-cy, -ity, -graphy, -fy) word syllable stress

Nov. 8, 2008

00:11:27

33: -ate suffix word syllable stress and heteronyms

Nov. 1, 2008

00:13:00

32: -ize suffix (as in 'recognize' and 'prioritize') word syllable stress

Oct. 21, 2008

00:09:11

31: -ic suffix word syllable stress

Oct. 15, 2008

00:10:21

30: 2-syllable word stress and -tion/-sion syllable stress

Oct. 8, 2008

00:13:26

29: Compare /i/ and /ɪ/ ('long e' & 'short i'--as in 'sheep' and 'ship')

Sept. 30, 2008

00:10:10

28: The /h/ (as in 'hello' and 'happy')

Sept. 24, 2008

00:08:40

27: The /g/ and /k/, stops in American English

Sept. 17, 2008

00:06:21

26: English /m/ and /n/ pronunciation

Sept. 10, 2008

00:07:21

25: The 'ng' sound /ŋ/ (as in 'song') pronunciation

Sept. 3, 2008

00:08:17

24: The 'ch' /ʧ/ and 'j' /ʤ/ pronunciation in English

Aug. 27, 2008

00:09:20

23: The /p/ and /b/ in English

Aug. 20, 2008

00:06:46

22: Review all the sounds covered so far

Aug. 13, 2008

00:10:03

21: The Rhythm Rule and sentence stress, continued

Aug. 6, 2008

00:09:58

20: The Rhythm Rule and Sentence Stress

July 30, 2008

00:10:32

19: -ed ending pronunciation

July 23, 2008

00:08:13

18: The /f/ and /v/ in English

July 16, 2008

00:06:17

17: The 'sh' /ʃ/ and 'zh' /ʒ/ in English

July 9, 2008

00:07:58

16: Reduced Pronouns: 'he, him, her,' and 'them'

July 2, 2008

00:05:55

15: Linking vowel sounds

June 24, 2008

00:05:50

14: Linking consonant sounds

June 18, 2008

00:05:10

13: Informal contractions in American English

June 11, 2008

00:08:41

12: Common contractions in American English

June 4, 2008

00:13:50

11: 'aw' /ɔ/, 'oi' /ɔɪ/, and 'ow' /aʊ/ in American English

May 28, 2008

00:11:49

10: The American English 'oo sound' /u/ and 'other u' /ʊ/

May 20, 2008

00:12:05

9: The short vowel sounds /æ, ɛ, ɪ, ɑ, ʌ/ in American English

May 14, 2008

00:12:12

8: The long vowel sounds: /eɪ, i, ɑɪ, oʊ, yu/ in American English

May 7, 2008

00:13:09

7: Pronouncing /w/ and /y/

April 30, 2008

00:09:16

6: American English r-controlled vowels /ɚ, ɑr, ɔr, ɛr/

April 23, 2008

00:12:22

5: The American English /r/ and /l/

April 15, 2008

00:08:48

4: The American English /r/

April 7, 2008

00:07:32

3: The English /s/ and /z/

April 1, 2008

00:09:09

2: The English /t/ and /d/

March 24, 2008

00:07:25

1: The English 'th sounds' /θ, ð/

March 19, 2008

00:07:55