PIRF-395

How to Speak! How to Talk!

Don’t make a VOWEL FOUL!

How many SHORT E sounds in this assignment?

Tidbits – Things that make you go “Hmm…”

I’ve got a couple tidbits that’ll blow your mind. You ready? When Sweden plays

against Denmark in the World Cup, the scoreboard displays SWE-DEN. That’s cool,

right? Now, what are the missing letters? Next, think about the best liar you know.

Actually, the best liar you know is probably not the best liar you know. Get it? We

squint at the sun because it’s bright. We squint at people because they’re not. Another

one—if you say “edited it” you just said “edit” twice. Biologists are just a bunch of

cells that talk about other cells. And for the finale, and/or is short for and or or or and

and or.

Whoops: you missed against, edited, edit，SWE-DEN

Practice:

The first time

2024.4.25. 10 pm with Coach Richard

• display: stress the dis

• SWE-DEN: notice w sound

• biologists: extra light y sound bi-y-o-lo-gists

The second time

2024.4.18 10pm with Coach Richard

• display: short i

• missing: short i

• /: slash

• actually: aek-chu-wuh there is a extra light w between letter u and letter a

The third time

2024.4.20 6:30 pm with Coach Lan

• world: more L

• missing: short i

• cells: short e , short e is light, not stress.

• that'll: t is flap sound

The fourth time

2024.4.22 11:30 am with Coach Lan

• tidbits/that: When I meet stop sounds, especially t and d, there is always an extra schwa sound.

• against: short e, again not long a sound. there/ when/ again

• t d n dark l sound: your tongue is behind our upper teeth.