Idiom LANDSLIDE -- in honor of March Madness! American English Pronunciation
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In this American English pronunciation video,
we're going to go over the idiom 'landslide'.
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This idiom is in honor of March Madness, which
will start soon. March Madness is a college
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basketball tournament that happens every year
about this time. A very exciting couple of
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weeks for sports fans! A landslide victory,
or, to win in a landslide, is a victory by
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a large margin. In basketball, maybe something
like 20 points. You could also use this term
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to describe an election. He was elected Mayor
in a landslide.
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Landslide. Do you notice that I'm dropping
the D? When the D comes after an N and before
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another consonant, you can drop the D. Landslide.
Another example would be 'grandma'. No D sound
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there. Grandma.
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This is a two-syllable word with stress on
the first syllable. Landslide. It begins with
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the Light L, ll, tongue tip here. Ll, ll,
la-. Then the AA as in BAT vowel. Make sure
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you drop your jaw for that. Laa, aa. Also
the top lip may pull up a bit. La-, la-. Next
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is the nasal consonant N. And you may know
that AA followed by a nasal consonant isn't
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really a pure AA. We have an 'uh' sound in
there, where the tongue relaxes in the back.
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La-uh-, la-uh-n. Before the front raises for
the N sound. Lan, nn, nn. So it's the front,
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flat part of the tongue that is touching the
roof of the mouth there for the N. Lan, landsss-,
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then the S consonant sound. The teeth come
together, ss, and the tongue then goes to
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the roof of the mouth for the L. For the N
it was touching like this, and for the L it
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touches like this, with the very tip. Then
the AI as in BUY diphthong. Again, drop your
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jaw for the first sound of the diphthong.
-sli-. And finally, a light D at the end,
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where the flat part of the tongue will quickly
touch the roof of the mouth. Landslide, landslide,
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landslide.
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Practice your English. Make up a sentence
using 'landslide', record it, and post it
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as a video response on YouTube to this video.
I can't wait to see it.
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That's it, and thanks so much
for using Rachel's English.
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