How to Pronounce NEW YORK - American English Pronunciation
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In this American English pronunciation video,
we're going to go over the pronunciation of
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New York.
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This week's Word of the Week is actually two
words, New York. New York begins with the
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N consonant sound, where the front, flat part
of the tongue will lift and touch the roof
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of the mouth here, nn, nn. Then we have the
'oo' as in 'boo' vowel, New, New. So the lips
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do have to round for that. New. Then we have
the Y consonant sound, yy, and the AW as in
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LAW followed by the R consonant sound. So
for the vowel, the jaw has to drop, New Yo--,
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and then the tongue will pull back for the
R sound, New Yor--k. And the back part of
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the tongue will lift up and touch the soft
palate here, kk, and pull away to make the
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K sound. Don't forget to drop your jaw for
the vowel there. New York, New York. I live
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in New York.
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That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it
out yourself. Make up a sentence with the
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word, record it, and post it as a video response
to this video on YouTube. I can't wait to
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watch it!
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That's it, and thanks so much
for using Rachel's English.
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