I.D. vs. IDEA pronunciation | American English
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Hi guys.
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It's Hadar and this is the Accent's Way,
your way to finding clarity, confidence,
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and freedom in English.
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And today I want to talk about
the two words - "I.D." and "idea".
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I.D. as in "Identity Document", and
idea as in "that's such a great idea".
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So, they sound almost the same,
but listen to the difference.
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In the word I.D., then you have the first
syllable -'ai', and then the second
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syllable - 'dee', high E.
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'ai-dee'.
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The stress is on the
second syllable - 'ai-DEE'.
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"Can I see your I.D.?"
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I.D.
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In the word "idea", okay, you actually say
'ai-dee', but then you relax your tongue
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to a schwa sound.
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'ai-dee-uh', uh, uh.
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So there is this extra syllable
at the end: 'ai-dee-uh'.
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And in the middle, because we connect
both bowels, you have a Y sound.
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Listen: 'ai-dee-[y]uh'
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'ai-dee-[y]uh'.
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I.D.
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"Can I see your I.D.?"
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and "idea".
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"That's such a great idea".
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If you skip the final part - 'ai-dee-UH'
- and just say 'ai-dee': "that's such a
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great I.D.".
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It just doesn't sound right.
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"I.D.", that's something else.
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"Idea".
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So don't forget to end it with this
'uh' sound at the end - "idea".
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Alright, that's it.
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Short and simple.
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