Re: How to place the tongue for pronunciation?

From: "SherLok Merfy" <brewhaha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 16 Jun 2006 20:50:20 -0700

linq936@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,
I think my English pronunciation is good until recently one of my US
colleagues corrected me for a lot of common words, I realized that I am
actually faking the sound all the time, my tongue is seldomly in the
right place in my mouth.

(...)
I sometimes learn interesting things about pronunciation from listening
to
foreign speakers who pronounce more words as they're spelt. I know a
Russian who says "S@rtifikayts" for the "Sertifikits" I refer to.

Guessing that you are Asian, I would also guess that your biggest
problem is
the eL for which the tongue is curled up behind the teeth. The Asian
pronunciation
often sounds like a vowel to me, so that "Burl" and "Burrow" sound the
same.

.

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