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Number 80, the word 'ALSO'.
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This is an adverb and generally,
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it's stressed in a sentence.
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I also want to get coffee.
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or,
That was also a problem.
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I want to make sure you know
not to fully pronounce that L.
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It's a dark L because it comes
after the vowel in the syllable.
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Don't lift your tongue tip for this L.
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Make a dark sound with the back of your tongue,
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al-, al-, al-
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Lifting the tongue tip brings a sound forward
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and tends to mess people up.
It's a dark sound,
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al-, al-.
Back of the tongue doing the work.
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Tongue tip can stay down.
This word ends with an O diphthong.
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It's in an unstressed syllable,
so there won't be as much
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jaw drop or lip rounding.
Still, make sure your lips round a
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little bit to give us that feel.
Also,
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Al-so-
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I also want to get coffee.
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