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Let’s say this word in American English.
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P-A-R.
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Drop your jaw for that vowel.
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P-A-R
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Then your jaw drops less, and the tip of your tongue pulls
back and up, just a little bit. Don’t pull
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that tongue all the way back for the R.
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P-A-R
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You should be able to hold it out. Now for the tricky part,
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the T. It’s not [t], but it’s a flap, the
tip of your tongue just bounced quickly
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off of the roof of the mouth.
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P-A-R-d
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And then,
finally, EE. Party. Party. Let’s party.
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