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These two words sound really similar. They're
two cities, and a state, close to each other,
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New York City and Newark but the pronunciation
is different. 'Newark' we have stress on 'New'.
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'New York', we have stress on 'York'.
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Newark.
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Think of the word 'work',
but make it short and small.
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Work, work, Newark, Newark.
New York, think of the word 'new' as
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being kind of small, kind of quiet.
New, new, New York.
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And then have jaw drop on that second syllable.
Stress is really what's going
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to make these two clear.
You'd never want the same length. So
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in Newark, the second syllable is really short and
in New York, it's the first syllable that's short.
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