How to pronounce bicycle | American English

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Accent's Way English with Hadar


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Hey it's Hadar and this is the Accent's Way and today is Yom-Kippur in Israel, which means
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that there are no cars for 24 hours.
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Which means there're lots of bicycles!
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Which is a good opportunity to talk about how to pronounce the word 'Bicycle'.
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You start with 'BAI' as in " by the way" you continue with 'SI' as in 'sit', but you can
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also drop it to a schwa - 'suh'.
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BAI-suh.
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And the ending is k'l, with a dark L at the end.
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Amalia, say k'l!
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Very good.
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Bicycle.
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I want to ride my bicycle.
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But not here.
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Cause I can't.
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