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>> Rachel, what are you doing?
>> I'm attempting to fill out my Oscar ballot.
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Guessing who will win what, in what category
for our Oscar party tonight. Have you done
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yours yet?
>> No, I haven't.
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>> I'm finding it hard because I've not seen
many of these movies. I saw The Artist, with
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you, we had a blast. But other than that,
I saw Midnight in Paris and Tree of Life.
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Those are the only ones I've seen for Best
Picture. I didn't see War Horse, but I did
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see the play on Broadway. I don't think that
counts. What have you seen out of the Best
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Movie nominations, do you know?
>> Um, I've seen The Artist, with you, obviously,
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and, the Des---is the Descendants on there?
Um, I think that's all I've seen, I've seen
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actually.
>> Really?
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>> Yes, I'm completely---
>> We've got to start going to more movies!
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>> We have a lot to do.
>> We have a lot to do.
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The word 'Oscars'. The first syllable written
with the letter O, but pronounced with the
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'ah' as in 'father' sound. Then, there's the
SK consonant cluster. The second syllable
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has the schwa-R sound. And it's plural here:
the S is pronounced as a Z because the final
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sound in 'Oscar' is rr, a voiced sound.
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>> Typical New York. There's always a siren
somewhere.
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So the first syllable, stressed, will be longer,
higher in pitch, and the second syllable,
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unstressed, will be shorter and lower in pitch.
Long-short, long-short. Oscars, Oscars.
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Are you going to watch the Oscars? Who do
you think is going to win Best Picture?
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Put a comment.
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In case you haven't heard, in April and May,
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topic in either linking, word stress, reduction,
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just email me for a syllabus. It's going to
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everybody who takes it will really improve
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That's it, have fun tonight watching the Oscars!
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