American English Pronunciation Podcast

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40: ’been,’ not ’bean’: /bɪn/, not /bin/ Dec 16, 2008

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Americans usually pronounce 'been' with a 'short i,' not a 'long e.' Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

39: ’quit, quite,’ and ’quiet’ Dec 09, 2008

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Learn to correctly say these three similar-sounding words. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

38: ’idea’--a troublesome little 4-letter word Dec 05, 2008

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A few tips about adjacent vowel sounds for this 3-syllable word that help for even more words. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

37: ’says’ and ’said’--two words NOT pronounced with ’long a’ /eɪ/ Nov 25, 2008

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/sɛz/ and /sɛd/: be careful about mispronouncing these two high-frequency words. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

36: Japanese speaker special Nov 15, 2008

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Native Japanese speakers of English face special difficulties when speaking English. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

35: there, their, they’re: they’re all said the same! Nov 14, 2008

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Learn the correct way to pronounce these three homophones. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

34: consonant+y suffix (-cy, -ity, -graphy, -fy) word syllable stress Nov 07, 2008

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The consonant+y covers a wide number of suffix-based syllable stress patterns. Learn one and you learn many. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

33: -ate suffix word syllable stress and heteronyms Oct 31, 2008

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Words ending in the -ate suffix are stressed on the 3rd-from-last syllable, but the suffix itself can sound differently depending if the word is a noun, adjective, or verb. Advanced level ESL lesson. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

32: -ize suffix (as in ’recognize’ and ’prioritize’) word syllable stress Oct 20, 2008

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Words ending in the -ize suffix are usually stressed on the 3rd-from-last syllable. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

31: -ic suffix word syllable stress Oct 14, 2008

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Learn about -ic word stress (as in 'classic' and 'economic') and review the 2-syllable word stress rule and -tion/-sion syllable stress. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

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