How do you pronounce "INTERESTING"❓

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Rachel's English


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The other day I was thinking  about the word "interesting". 
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We have a TR cluster, and it's  pretty common to make that a CHR. 
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So rather than getting complicated with four  syllables, think of it as three. This is how  
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most native speakers will say this word. "Inch", 
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so this is how we measure things in the US. Inch, inch. 
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Now your middle syllable "ruh, ruh", just  an r schwa, fast, "ruh, ruh, ruh", short. 
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The last word, "sting". Ow, like a b sting. Sting, sting. 
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Inch-ruh-sting,
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interesting. 
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Interesting. It can really simplify and help  
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that word be easier to pronounce.
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Interesting.
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