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It's time for another minute
or less English lesson.
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I came all the way to New York City to talk to
you about the pronunciation the word "City".
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This is a word that I hear mispronounced a
lot in my students, there are 2 reasons. One,
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the vowel and the stressed
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syllable that should be ih not ee.
ih,ih. The tongue isn't as closed to
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the roof of the mouth.
Ih, sit.
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So there's just a little bit more space between
the tongue and the roof of the mouth for the ih as
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in sit vowel and just a little bit more jaw drop.
ih, si, city. It's a little bit more relaxed.
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Then that t, that should not be t, a true t but
it should be a flap t because it comes between
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two vowel sounds (flap).
Can you do that? (flap)
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City
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Welcome to New York City.
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