How to pronounce mirror | American English

105,120 views ・ 2016-02-02

Accent's Way English with Hadar


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Hi, it's Hadar, and this is the Accent's Way, your way to finding clarity,
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confidence, and freedom in English.
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Let's talk about the word 'mirror'.
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'mirror'.
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So although it may be threatening on the page with all these
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R's and 'o' in the middle.
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And what are we supposed to do with this 'o' in the middle and all these R's?
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So I'm going to give you a great tip on how to pronounce the word,
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but let's begin at the beginning.
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The 'mi' syllable.
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'mi'.
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Close your lips for an M and then shift to an 'i' as in sit vowel sound - 'mi', 'mi'.
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Then you round your lips, lift the tongue up for the R, the tongue
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goes up, the sides of the tongue are touching the insides of the
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upper teeth, and the lips are round.
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Then you relax it to a schwa sound -'r', and then you lift it up again really
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quickly to another 'r' - r'r, r'r.
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'mi-r'r'.
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Now, I know it's difficult.
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That's why I'm going to tell you, the R-schwa-R is usually reduced
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when you speak quickly to one long R.
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Listen.
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'mi-rrrr', 'mi-rrrr'.
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So instead of saying 'mi-rOr', definitely no 'oh' sound there.
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Or not even 'mi-r'r', which is the proper way - with a
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schwa-R - you just say 'mi-rrr''.
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'mi-rrrr'.
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"Look in the mirror".
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"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?"
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Mirror.
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All right.
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Simple, right?
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Good.
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So go ahead and practice it and we'll end it here.
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That's it.
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That was quick, right?
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Thank you for watching.
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I'll see you next week in the next video.
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Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't yet.
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Bye.
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