How to Pronounce COT & CAUGHT - American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson - CAUGHT COT merger
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2021
- Learn how to pronounce the words COT & CAUGHT with this English pronunciation lesson. These words are homophones, words spelled differently with different meanings but pronounced the same way: K-short o-T or /kɔt/ and rhyme with bought, hot, got, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, sought, taught, tot, watt.
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
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Meningkatkan berbicara bahasa Inggris Amerika
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Saludos Jennifer, muy agradecido por su lección de hoy, from down under...
Hello and Thank you!
You're helping me a lot! Thanks so much everything, you're amazing.
Happy to hear that!
You are so welcome!
Love to watch pronunciational videos when I'm high. Your channel is brilliant!~
Glad you like them!
Thank you for teaching ,Have a Great Day 👌
Thanks! Happy day to you! 🙂
Eres la mejor para mi Jennifer.....
:) Thank you!
I always adore your videos, your All videos Are always Up To The Mark! 🌟👌🌟❤❤......... I love this lesson.
Glad you like them! Thanks a lot!
A new day, new words to learn, come on get up! it's 8 am lol
Good morning 😃 what a great way to start the day!
Thanks Jenni!
You’re welcome. Have an awesome week! 🤩
La seguiré escuchando porque lo pronuncia muy bonito
Thank you. Listening is great for learning!
Love you teacher
🥰
Thank you for the video.
Happy to help!
Thanks for this! I live in Nova Scotia where we have the cot-caught merger and have been taking Orton Gillingham training online from a school in the states...it's frustrating because i'm supposed to learn 4 different sounds for /o/ and 2 of them sound exactly the same! When i say hot dog, both vowels sound the same, for instance. It's very interesting to learn about this merger & makes me feel less like I am somehow speaking 'incorrectly'!
I have no idea why they don't change that! The merger is expanding and most people I talk to from all across the US say them the same or almost the same. Hang in there!
That training is great, even with the frustrating sounds. I took an overview class years ago and enjoyed it.
Last thought, maybe that difficulty is there to help us understand the struggling learner better???
Thanks a lot🙌👍
You're welcome 😊
Thx my beautiful teacher
You’re Welcome!
That was tricky. Thanks for your video! By the way, your videos with "Rave of Phonetics" tool helps a lot how to pronounce words 😊
Glad it helped! Thanks for the recommendation of Rave of Phonetics. I will check it out.
Thanks !!
You’re welcome!
Thanks!
You bet!
love you😍
I'm improving my pronunciation with you😍🤩
That's great! Keep it up!
Thank you 👍
You’re welcome!
May God bless you!
Thank you!
Hope you had a wonderful Easter 🐰
Same to you! We had a fun day!
Have a wonderful week!
You too!
I am from Sri Lanka🇱🇰 you are helping me a lot♥️
Great to hear, thanks!
Hi. If you pronounce the same way the /ɔ/ and /ɑ/ phonemes, how do you pronounce Talk? With the a like in Hot?
Yes, but do what works for you!
Oh, I love this lesson. And you have embroidered patterns in Chinese style on the wall! Come on, it can't be better!!
🥰🥰🥰thanks! 🥰🥰🥰
I’m from California and lived in (Sh)icago for 13 years. Like many who grew up there, I heard you say you’re from (Ch)icago.
Yep. From Chicago
Hi Jennifer, can you please teach me how to pronounce alliteration?
Added to my to do list. For now, it’s Uh - lid- der- AY- shun. Stress the long A.
Hi Jennifer.could you speak about these words ( climb / claim ).Many thanks💜.
Great suggestion! Added it to my to do list.
CLAIM is with long A sound in name.
CLIMB in with long I sound in time.
NEW!
How to Pronounce CLIMB & CLAIM - #SHORTS Quick English Pronunciation Mini Lesson
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Great
Thank you!
@@tarlespeech accept my warm regards
Thanks so much!
hi thanks for the video, can i pronounce "vol" in volcano and volume the same as "all" as an example of the cot caught merger? thank you
also can i pronounce dawn the same as don(name)? thank you
Yes you can! Don-dawn, vol as all
@@tarlespeech just to make sure again. the first 3 letters in "volume" "volcano" and "all" are exactly the same pronunciation right? thanks a lot
@@tarlespeech the reason I am asking is because the dictionary says the "vol" in "volume" and "volcano" sounds "vɑl" yet "all" says "ɔl", I am guessing what you said in the video is that in certain areas of the USA "ɑ" and "ɔ" can sound the same due to the cot caught merger?
Yes, it is controversial, but I beg to differ (and I grew up in the mid-east/west). I know there is considerable debate about it, and it is slight, but prescriptively speaking there is and ought (!) to be a difference between 'cot' and 'caught'. It's not that difficult, and it is beneficial to native speakers and those trying to learn the language to differentiate, as far as being able to hear those sounds, and better making oneself understood. While with cot/caught one is a noun and the other is a past tense of a verb, there are other pairs that could be more confusing.
In 'caught' (or 'bought' versus 'bot', etc) the chin drops slightly lower, and the lips are slightly more rounded...as in words like 'claw' or 'paw". (I actually thought I might have detected a slight difference in Jennifer's mouth shape and sound as she said the two words, FWIW).
Thanks for the detailed comment. This will help some people I’m sure.
As I say often, I tend to teach for clarity, not perfection. My ESL students love this merger since it is one less thing to master.
All the best!
The problem with this merger is that it is going not towards ah as you imply. It is going towards a middle between these two.
Video suggestion: trait vs trade
Good one! These may help for now.
TRAIT is tr-long a-t
TRADE is tr-long a-d
You can learn D versus T here:
How to Pronounce BAT and BAD /bæt & bæd/- American English Pronunciation... ruclips.net/video/8ZNjJh5OS7o/видео.html
For TR-long A
How to Pronounce CH, TR, J, DR in CHAIN, TRAIN, JANE, DRAIN - American E... ruclips.net/video/dgsuFYfEW6Y/видео.html
Could you please explain the "Low back merger" (where /ɔ/ and maybe /ɒ/ become /ɑ/) and the "Weak vowel merger" (where unstressed /ɪ/ and maybe /ʊ/ become /ə/)?
I'm learning to pronounce words in American English (in general), so I focus on the most standard/common pronunciations, but it's very difficult to know what they are, various dictionaries differ from each other and I think the main conflicts are based on these two mergers, the rest is usually consistent.
So far my understanding is that in General American English (or Standard American English) people pronounce /ɑ/ instead of /ɔ/ (and they use /ɔ/ only in /ɔɪ/ and /ɔɹ/), and that /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ in unstressed syllables should be pronounced as /ə/, but I really don't know.
You are correct. Great summary. I say use what is clear and the sounds you listed are used interchangeably.
I like to think of the short e, i, u as unstressed vowels. So you can say common as com in, com en, or com un.
The cop caught the thief stealing a cot.
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I'm from Chicago (similar but not quite Chi-caw-go but not Chic-AH-go)and it's "caht" and "cawt." Everyone I know from that area knows the difference. Also I couldn't figure out how she defined "cot" because it sounded like "a small bud." Are "bot" and "bought" pronounced the same according to this? Not saying she's wrong, because there clearly regional differences. It's my RI family that can't distinguish between "fawg" and "fahg." Interesting.
I'm always being told "You don't have a Chicago accent!" since I don't say "DA Bears," and in my wider-Boston-area, people having a Boston accent MUST say "Pahk the cah in Hah-vawd Yahd." Yeah, no.
Hey! Great points. My audience is mostly ESL speakers and I am all about be clear not perfect. The COT/CAUGHT merger is great for my students, one less small nuance to learn.
I grew up in Pittsburgh and have lived in several different regions so my accent is "US Mutt". If you listen, you can hear a little Pittsburgh and a little Chicago in my speaking.
Love that you said, "Not wrong" since I truly believe there isn't' one correct US accent let alone a correct World English one.
All the best to you!
Dear teacher, please, can you give us examples of long schwas and short schwas!
Well, actually I found a few examples. (I deliberately omitted the /ɜː/, which occurs in some non-rhotic dialects' stressed syllables, as in bird and alert.)
1.long schwas: about [əˈbaʊ̯t], memory [ˈmɛməɹi], supply [səˈplaɪ̯], adult [ədʌlt]
2. short schwas (in my pronunciation) : taken [ˈteɪ̯kən], pencil [ˈpɛnsəl], sibyl [ˈsɪbəl], rhythm [ˈɹɪðəm], civil [sɪvəl], evil [ɪvəl]
In Romanian we have ă that corresponds to (my notion) of long schwa and î/â that corresponds to (my notion) of short schwa. I am well aware that many schwas in English come from ɪ and there are more conservative pronunciations which retain this ɪ. That is why I selected only the words where the schwa almost totally pushed out the ɪ sound.
My question is: do you feel the distionction between those two categories of schwa and do you agree with me?
PS: As as have noticed the English dictionaries not only don't distinguish between long and short schwa, they made a total mess out of ɪ: play, evil, too.
Hello! I am all about being simple and teach my students to focus on using a short u sound, the uh.
When a word is longer, there typically tend to be shorter vowels overall in words.
In shorter words, vowels are a bit longer.
There are many schwa variations in the US. Some places make a ə, others a ɪ, and some a ɛ. So, many variations are used and are understood and are thus acceptable.
Again, think and focus on clarity first. Next think about syllable stress or making vowels longer and shorter within a word. Then last, as words get longer, make vowels shorter overall.
Last thought, you may use a long schwa or a short schwa in the same word depending on the stressed word in the sentence. You may say CUT the cake with a long schwa in cut since it is stressed. Then say I need to cut the CAKE with a short schwa in cut since this word isn't stressed.
Hope this was helpful.
What's is the difference between the words "sing" and "seeing" in the pronunciation
Sing is one syllable (sing). Singing is two syllables (Sing-ing).
Seeing is pronounced see+ing and is two syllables sing is only one syllable and only has one vowel sound(the 'i' in fit, hit, fin etc. compared to seeing which has the long 'e' vowel in cheer, peer,near, hear etc.)
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Cut and cot
How to pronounce CAUGHT (COT) and CUT - American English Pronunciation Lesson
ruclips.net/video/tgwYsqT6kk4/видео.html
Thanks a million 🥰🥰
Is this vowel long or short?
I teach it as short. But a lot of my students say it sounds “medium”. Hope that helps clear up any confusion.
@@tarlespeech Could the words calk and the rooster🐓 be pronounced the same?
is it aspiration 'h'
?
No, no H sound at all. Just COT.
thank u so much
I'm from Philly and this is literally impossible. It sounds so weird to me.
Yep. NYC and Philly will make these different.
@@tarlespeech I saw that it's called a cot-caught merger but north and south of that merger won't be able to pronounce these the same. Is Philly accent ones also have this weird goat dipthong that also messes things up.
Like por que me funcionó
I am so glad it worked for you!
Tal vez me cuesta captar su pronunciación, porque soy principiante.
If you speak Spanish, this vowel is difficult. Hang in there!
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Hello! Yes I do! @tarlespeech
I caught an insect near his cot and put it on my plant.
That sounds bad!
🦟
🛏
But your plant may like the new friend.
🌿
Catch you later🙋🙋🙋
Bye!
I can not thank you enough ...
You are welcome!
When I say cot, I don’t pronounce the t.
That sounds like an un-aspirated T, that is OK.
Me gusta su clase & inglés, pero lo habla muy rápido.
Lo siento! I am trying to speak slower.
So you've never seen someone speaking fast then. I swear people speak faster than her in everyday speech.
Florencia Carmona Puedes bajar la velocidad de reproducción del video para que escuches mejor.
The way I see it is that so many native Metropolitan New Yorkers have pronounced _cot_ and _caught_ differently. And I know that something is wrong because they might have “strongly stigmatized” the use of _cot_-_caught_ merger.
General American English, on the other hand, has no doubt for the variability of the said words, and a bunch of highly-educated people from California and the Midwestern States are certainly the most likely to do it. So we have just heard that the reason the New York accent is “slightly declining” is that so many people from the other parts of America who have also become “permanent” New York City residents may sound more “General American” than ever, but a lot of native Metropolitan New Yorkers might have refused to say their accents’ “declination”.
NOW THAT IS THE BIGGEST CONTROVERSY!
Changing pronunciation is so interesting! You sound like you are interested in such topics, so you may like this channel. He is one of my faves!
www.youtube.com/@DrGeoffLindsey
I speak a dialect (south western PA) that is highly stigmatized so I understand why people may seek to change. Although, now that I am older, I embrace it more and find it so interesting!
thank u madame we tend to speak british english but i think yours is sweeter
British English is great! Love variations. Thanks for your sweet comment!
Thank very much. help me with ''as'' ''us'' ''ass''
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People in Chicago pronounce them differently.
Ha! I am from Chicago and I don't. Actually, I am not a native Chicagoan, so maybe that is why. Thanks!
@@tarlespeech People on the East Coast and Northern Midwest pronounce them differently. People on the West Coast pronounce them the same.
[kaat] [kaut]
That works.
i heard u pronounce it like /koht/ and it have to pronounce like / kot/ !!!!
Thanks for that, I try to make them as perfect as possible but word stress in the sentence and exaggeration of the word sometimes makes it sound different.
this is not the ‘correct way’ to say it as you say though? they’re two different words, with two different vowel/vowels/vowel-combinations/diphthongs, and two different pronunciations. You say it wrong.
Thanks for the feedback. I try to say difference. There are so many variations.
You're teaching your regional pronunciation as if it's the standard pronunciation. It's not. That's pretty irresponsible of you.
Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.
I'm from Philly and this is literally impossible. It sounds so weird to me.
That makes sense. This is more to the west of you.
Yes. Makes sense. I tried to pronounce it and it's very difficult. The caught, wed say it like call't and talk would be tawk.