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I have finally found a teacher I have been looking for years. I am gonna stick with so I can learn and improve my english pronunciation. I've been watching some of your videos and I really love the way you teach. Direct and objective to the point. Thank you so much for your english content and keep up please the excellent work.
Im a tough-sell! @70 yrs old, i am resisting learning new “tricks”! I cant even remember what my breed is these days! Maybe im not a DOG after all?! But i still have to scratch randomly... haha!!! Hey! I might be a rare LAUGHING DOG???
I'm not a native speaker, yet I was quite surprised to learn that salmon has a silent L, and that bomb has a silent B. It's never to late to learn something new!
My dad was always quick to correct me whenever I mispronounced a word. He also loved to point out that for every rule there are many exceptions. He taught me that American English is a very complex language. He also pointed out the differences between American and British English. I was very blessed to have parents who taught me well. I think that is less common today. Parents don’t place the emphasis and importance on language. I believe our language is changing as a result. My great grandchildren may speak differently than my parents did. Your channel is such a wonderful resource. It should be recommended to all who are not native English speakers.
You’re one of the best English coaches/teachers I’ve found on youtube. I love the way you explained things and you have inspired me to work hard on becoming an English teacher. I hope to teach English in Asia someday.
When it comes to the A rule, you can tell when a word has a silent "A" if it ends in the suffix "-ally". In your examples, "legally" and "vocally", the root word ends in al already, "legal" and "vocal". If the root word ends in "al", then the "A" is spoken. Examples: Total/Totally, Lateral/Laterally, etc. If the word has "-al" suffix, then you attach "-ly" at the end of that, then the "A" is silent. Examples: Abdominal/Abdominally, Magical/Magically, etc.
@@rachelsenglish No problem! I'm American. I learned it in my English class in school. I watch your videos because I find them entertaining and they help with my German. I can compare the two languages in a visual way, and it helps me understand their similarities and differences.
There are times when English sounds more like Mandarin or Arabic. For us Brazilians who have a neo-Latin mother tongue, sometimes things get very complicated. But let's go ahead. Thank you teacher Rachel for another excellent video. Best greetings from Brazil.
I love the way you teach, you make it looks easy and simple when we know is not. You’re a gifted. Thanks for sharing us your English language knowledge, I believe in the universe law due to I am pretty sure the universe will compensate you for your mission of help, support and motivate people to improve the English skills.
Hello, I just started learning English and I sit and listen to your videos like a newborn baby. I love your voice. Thank you and you are great as always.😊😊
Oh my God! I'm amazed. Thank you so much. Now I know because sometimes I stammer when speaking some sentences. These rules make so much easy to pronounce. Everything becomes more fluent that way.
As an American, I find these videos fascinating! I've studied other languages, so it's interesting to see the things that may be confusing to people learning English!
I am from Taiwan. I am learning English throughout my life until now. Each of your pronunciation tips gives me so much help. Your videos are so useful to me. I love it so much.
I am a native American English speaker and I totally disagree with her on this. The F in the word fifth is absolutely pronounced - - it is not silent. You can’t believe everything you see on the Internet😂
@@LisaNix2 @Lisa Nix Right on the mark. You shouldn't believe everything you hear on the internet. Most of Rachel's videos are opinionated and aim to destroy the way English is taught. This channel is a danger to everyone.
Respect, I am California born, Navy Family where each of my brothers were born on a different Navy Base, Mom followed her Husband, a Sailor from 1941 to 1952 when he agreed to Settle Down, He joined the Army, a few different Army Bases in three States and then we went to Germany for four years, I am still a student of life, and learning English is a favorite pastime, pass time, I have Great Respect for those learning English as a second or third language, as they already Know One fluently, notice my running on sentence, Happy Trails
@@rachelsenglish OMG, I didn't expect I can get a reply from you guys, yeah 👻👻👻👻👻yes, I just started a RUclips channel to teach Chinese, thank you so much for your reply. I ve been following Rachel for six years,my favorite English teacher 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
@@yiminchinese Good luck to you my fellow teacher!!! It's wonderful to meet you and I wish you all the best. Thanks for being a long-time fan! Talk to you soon!
@@rachelsenglish thank you so much, yes Rachel is such an amazing teacher 💕💕💕can I ask another question if that doesn't bother you. I saw Rachel did some videos of learning English with movie clips, is there copyright issues ? because I m thinking to do the same with Peppa pig to teach Chinese, but I don't want to get in trouble. can you please tell me if I should be worried 😋😋😋😋thank you again
You are a great teacher. I live in America but still learning lots of details from you. American english is definitely not easy. It needs practice and ear training to make it natural. Thank you!
As an American speaker, I never realize these things like “logically” and the silent syllable.I’m getting these recommended videos even though I am trying to study Chinese.
For the silent B in debt/doubt/subtle (and the silent P in receipt), you can blame Latin language nerds. When those words were borrowed into English from French, they were spelled as they were pronounced in French, without a B, but during the Renaissance, scholars eager to show off their Latin prowess introduced the Bs back into the spelling to reflect their Latin origins (where they actually were pronounced) even though they have never been pronounced in any form of English.
0:46 These words are sometimes misspelled as "logicly". Adjective that end in "c" (basic) take this suffix instead of -ly (basically). 2:56 The B in these words wasn't originally there. It was added to highlight the words' Latin etymology. 3:59 It's not silent in any of these words except "muscle". C makes /s/ before E, I, or Y. 5:23 D is silent in these words because not pronouncing them is easier (ellision). 6:27 The D is redundant because J is two sounds: dzh. 9:47 */ˈkæ.feɪ/ The word is often written as "café" because it's preserving the diacritics of its French origin. 11:08 The G was originally pronounced there but disappeared. 12:04 In British English, the H in "herb" is pronounced. I pronounce it despite being American.
Where in the US do they pronounce the h in herb? It must have developed independently from britian since they didn't start pronouncing it till a few centuries ago.
Ms Rachel, haven't seen part 2 yet but I hear the word "often" pronounced with the "t" many times over the years, I guess it's just where the person was educated.
When I say (dept) it most likely sound like (dead) because they sound almost the same, I would appreciate if you make a video talking about words that sound almost alike.
In GB English the H in herb is pronounced. The second B in bomb is because it is related to the verb to bombard in which case the B is sounded. Likewise debt is from the same root as debit, and sign has the same origin as signal which pronounce the B or G.
The H in herb in not silent if it’s a man’s name as in Herbert ..and in GB , you would know more about the word BOMB than the USA ..sorry dumb WWII joke ..and the USA would know more about the word DEBT ..lol
I've been enjoying watching your videos this evening. I realize they're made for non-native English speakers, so fortunately I know how to pronounce most of the words. LOL. (That was in the video "14 Words Americans Pronounce Wrong) But in this video I was a bit surprised to hear you say that the 'd' is silent in words like sandwich, sandpaper, soundproof, landmark, and windmill. I have always pronounced the d in those words. And I haven't noticed many people that don't pronounce them like that. I have heard children say "samwich". But they usually grow out of that. My mother used to say "sammich" because she thought she was funny. 😁 The silent d must have something to do with what part of the country you come from. I have also never heard that the second f in "fifth" was supposed to be silent, I say "fifth" with two f's. I always assumed people that don't pronounce the 2nd f just have a hard time with that sound combination. 😊
Kaitlyn RAH I agree completely. Some of what she is saying may mislead people who are trying to learn American English. I wonder what State she lives in? Certainly no State I have ever lived in it 😀
Just like most languages, you will definitely need to listen natives speaking the language to fully understand each individual linguistic. (Is) "language linguistics" or linguistics of a language grammatically correct? Is the latter sentence suppose to use "is" or "are"? Thank you Rachel!
what makes the English language quite vague is the wide gabs between what is pronounced and what is written and what makes the gabs wider is the difference between spoken and written, formal and informal .....etc.
Gin The Cat , Italians are famous for their excellent professional-like cooking skills! You have much to teach us here in Canada! You also excel as hairdressers & barbers! But there’s one item that you love.......that I myself was never able to develop a taste for......& that’s VINO! Well,.....I like Mogan David,......& Rose (pronounced rose-ay.....because that one has a bit of carbonation.....but other than those two, I’m pretty much a shameful disgrace to all Italians! 😞 I LOVE spaghetti & lasagna.......so maybe I’m not TOTALLY disgraceful! 😉 🇨🇦
@@esthermiller2713 Fair comment, although Canadians are, in fact, North Americans (although correctly not Americans). Canadians are part of the North American English area or continuum.
Hey Rachel, by the way, do you have any videos comparing accents like the one spoken in Manhattan and another accent, like the one spoken in Texas, for example....?
@@rachelsenglish I would LOVE a video like this! The differences in accents, and therefore pronunciations, from throughout the country absolutely fascinate me. Several years ago I saw a documentary on PBS titled something like "What Kind Of American Do You Speak?" and I was glued to that thing from beginning to end.
Stereo4102 - George is “Whore-hey”’ in some places... like “hey whore!” Or maybe not? You are right about silent ‘e’s’ though, but who cares? Between whore-hey and George, then hey-sus and Jesus... who can focus on a curly e??? Thanks
@@Stereo4102 that’s one of the lines in diehard 2..the character Samuel Jackson is an African American..Bruce Willis calls him “Jesus “because he heard someone say “Hey, Zeus “..and samuel says “ my name is Zeus, do I look Latino to you ?”.. very funny
I was quite shocked by the fact that the word "herb" doesn't have the H sound in American English. I learned this word many years ago and I pronounced it by looking up its K.K. phonetic transcription in dictionaries published in Taiwan, and they did say the H sound in this word. Even our English teachers didn't pronounced it correctly. Since I started to watch Rachel's English, my English speaking skill improved a lot. Thank you, Rachel.
I was surprised also, as in Britain we do say the 'h', but this is illustrating American English, so it depends what you want to learn and where you want to fit in.
What I learned about rules early on. In spelling it was "i before e except after c, most of the time". The "most of the time" is important. I am now old and I also learned to pronounce the second "f" in"fifth".
Probably something like half the language is not of English origin, but that depends on what exactly one means by "English". Does "Old English" count? The English language has lots of French in it (much because of the Norman invasion of 1066 A.D., which ironically has the nice effect that I can understand many words in written French simply because I know English. English also has a couple of thousand words or more that are derived from Old Norse. (That means ancient Scandinavian, and this is because of viking invasions as well as direct rule of the British islands by Denmark a millenium ago.) Examples include everyday English words such as "husband" (Old Norse "husbondi", literally "house farmer"; and window means "wind eye"). Another example is "bag", from Old Norse "baggi".
Sounds like lyrics for a new rap song titled "When the T is dropped" (marked "Contains explicit language") by the fictitious artist "Big T"): "Yo, yo, dropping the T. My homies say, just drop the T! I say, what is it to you? Bitches, niggas, hoes - here comes the T-dropping pimp! Just get a clue! I said I'm dropping the T! (Boom. Boom. Boom.) Drop! The! T!" [Female voices:] "We love it when the T is dropped! We love it when the T is dropped! Aha, aha! Mmm. Mmm. We love it when the T is dropped!", and so on. :-)
Great video Rachel! One little detail: while it is true that the "a" in words like "logically" isn't usually pronounced, it can be in very slow pronunciation. Also, notice that the "c" and the "l" don't form a syllable in pronunciation (it's "lo.gic.ly", not "lo.gi.cly"; if you pronounce "lo.gi.cly", it sounds funny, at least to me) which is an effect of the "a" that was pronounced in earlier phases of the history of English.
Your description of the D being pronounced in conjunction with the G in ‘edge’ (and other examples) reminded me of the French use of D in conjunction with J. Because the J in French is pronounced as the solitary sound often phonetically written as ZH and heard in English when pronouncing the S in words like ‘measure’ or ‘treasure’ or the Z in ‘azure’, French words (typically loan words) pronounced with an English sounding J instead of the customary French J are often spelled with a D immediately preceding it. The only example that comes to mind right now is the tobacco company, Djarum, although I know I’ve seen others. Cheers! -Phill, Las Vegas
Hi! Your way of teaching is complete! Indicating the shape of the lips and the position of the tongue and jaw. We Brazilians pronounce every letter of a word another very useful detail you explain. I am subscribed to your channel and a like it a lot.
Hi Rachel. As I always say, and this is not an exception, you did it again. Another great video! Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge with us. It's fantastic to know that some companies can sponsor videos like this. I hope you find more sponsors in the future. You deserve it.
I like the way I speak English. It’s with the thick accent. However, it makes some people bully me. But It is part of my identity and I don’t want to change it.
Just out of curiosity, what part of the country are you from? I'm fascinated with American dialectical differences. I'm from Utah, where we have our own subtle accent, and when I talk to my friends in Texas and Massachusetts I get the biggest kick out of the differences in the pronunciation of various words.
Hi, I want to thank you for the classes you still have, I still don't understand much live recently in Tampa Florida a year ago, but I don't know anybody and worked with Hispanics. So I can't practice much. very nice Thank you.
Hi Rachel. I just subscribed to your very educational channel. As an ESL student, I find that American English is becoming more and more difficult to learn and speak as I progress. Your videos make learning English simple and easy but sometimes confusing because there is just an enormous amount of information to digest in one session. Hopefully, I will become better at speaking English by watching your videos. Thanks.
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I have finally found a teacher I have been looking for years. I am gonna stick with so I can learn and improve my english pronunciation.
I've been watching some of your videos and I really love the way you teach. Direct and objective to the point. Thank you so much for your english content and keep up please the excellent work.
It's only when you come across a channel like this, that you realize how hard American English can be.
Illogical as well, American English is only for Americans!!! Who can be so silly as to learn American English????
My head is spinning with all this
Omg it's not as hard as the British 😭
LOL as a native English speaker, this channel is a gold mine. English has so many intricacies holy crap hahahah. Never realized all of this until now
You're absolutely right!
Im a tough-sell! @70 yrs old, i am resisting learning new “tricks”! I cant even remember what my breed is these days! Maybe im not a DOG after all?! But i still have to scratch randomly... haha!!! Hey! I might be a rare LAUGHING DOG???
I'm not a native speaker, yet I was quite surprised to learn that salmon has a silent L, and that bomb has a silent B. It's never to late to learn something new!
Now John Miller imagine our surprise, for us English is the second language any way we try to do our best with miss Rachel
Holy God
My dad was always quick to correct me whenever I mispronounced a word. He also loved to point out that for every rule there are many exceptions. He taught me that American English is a very complex language. He also pointed out the differences between American and British English.
I was very blessed to have parents who taught me well. I think that is less common today. Parents don’t place the emphasis and importance on language. I believe our language is changing as a result. My great grandchildren may speak differently than my parents did.
Your channel is such a wonderful resource. It should be recommended to all who are not native English speakers.
You’re one of the best English coaches/teachers I’ve found on youtube. I love the way you explained things and you have inspired me to work hard on becoming an English teacher. I hope to teach English in Asia someday.
Aww..Thanks a lot Lily!
Would you like to practice English with me pls.
What a great teacher you really are
I really appreciate it! What are you enjoying most about the videos?
You are not just a good teacher but also a beautiful person
Thanks a lot Mubarak!
When it comes to the A rule, you can tell when a word has a silent "A" if it ends in the suffix "-ally". In your examples, "legally" and "vocally", the root word ends in al already, "legal" and "vocal". If the root word ends in "al", then the "A" is spoken. Examples: Total/Totally, Lateral/Laterally, etc. If the word has "-al" suffix, then you attach "-ly" at the end of that, then the "A" is silent. Examples: Abdominal/Abdominally, Magical/Magically, etc.
Wow thanks for helping out the community with that! How'd you pick up that rule?
@@rachelsenglish No problem! I'm American. I learned it in my English class in school. I watch your videos because I find them entertaining and they help with my German. I can compare the two languages in a visual way, and it helps me understand their similarities and differences.
@@ishouldhavetried Great! Thanks for taking the time to give me feedback!
BertN Ernie you're amazing.this was splendid information.
@@ishouldhavetried can I be your friend pal ? I wanna practise some American English, I'm also learning german
Amber is a stone made from hardened and fossilized tree resin, and can also refer to the colour of such stones (an amber traffic light).
There are times when English sounds more like Mandarin or Arabic. For us Brazilians who have a neo-Latin mother tongue, sometimes things get very complicated. But let's go ahead. Thank you teacher Rachel for another excellent video. Best greetings from Brazil.
You're welcome and thanks for sharing Rubens!
The best English teacher I've found here on RUclips.
Thank you very much Jim!
I love the way you teach, you make it looks easy and simple when we know is not.
You’re a gifted.
Thanks for sharing us your English language knowledge, I believe in the universe law due to I am pretty sure the universe will compensate you for your mission of help, support and motivate people to improve the English skills.
Hello, I just started learning English and I sit and listen to your videos like a newborn baby. I love your voice. Thank you and you are great as always.😊😊
@Saeed You're welcome!
Oh my God! I'm amazed. Thank you so much. Now I know because sometimes I stammer when speaking some sentences. These rules make so much easy to pronounce. Everything becomes more fluent that way.
You're very welcome Gustavo!
As an American, I find these videos fascinating! I've studied other languages, so it's interesting to see the things that may be confusing to people learning English!
Is always really fuzzy.
You are amazing! Thanks. I realized that after living in this country for so long, I'm still not aware of certain silent vowels.
Thanks for sharing!
I am from Taiwan. I am learning English throughout my life until now. Each of your pronunciation tips gives me so much help. Your videos are so useful to me. I love it so much.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the feedback :) Was anything particularly helpful for you?
Hi Rachel, happy to see you here again. You are my favourite English teacher
Happy to hear that Michel!
OMG, it just made my day to learn that "fifth" is pronounced with a silent F! I've had so much trouble pronouncing this word in the past.
I'm so happy to make your day! And did you learn any other new tidbits from the video??
I am a native American English speaker and I totally disagree with her on this. The F in the word fifth is absolutely pronounced - - it is not silent. You can’t believe everything you see on the Internet😂
@@LisaNix2 @Lisa Nix Right on the mark. You shouldn't believe everything you hear on the internet. Most of Rachel's videos are opinionated and aim to destroy the way English is taught. This channel is a danger to everyone.
Respect, I am California born, Navy Family where each of my brothers were born on a different Navy Base, Mom followed her Husband, a Sailor from 1941 to 1952 when he agreed to Settle Down, He joined the Army, a few different Army Bases in three States and then we went to Germany for four years, I am still a student of life, and learning English is a favorite pastime, pass time, I have Great Respect for those learning English as a second or third language, as they already Know One fluently, notice my running on sentence, Happy Trails
Rachel is such a great teacher, and by by the way, after you master English, anyone wants to learn Chinese ?
Thanks so much! Are you teaching Chinese lessons on RUclips?
@@rachelsenglish OMG, I didn't expect I can get a reply from you guys, yeah 👻👻👻👻👻yes, I just started a RUclips channel to teach Chinese, thank you so much for your reply. I ve been following Rachel for six years,my favorite English teacher 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
@@yiminchinese Good luck to you my fellow teacher!!! It's wonderful to meet you and I wish you all the best. Thanks for being a long-time fan! Talk to you soon!
@@rachelsenglish thank you so much, yes Rachel is such an amazing teacher 💕💕💕can I ask another question if that doesn't bother you. I saw Rachel did some videos of learning English with movie clips, is there copyright issues ? because I m thinking to do the same with Peppa pig to teach Chinese, but I don't want to get in trouble. can you please tell me if I should be worried 😋😋😋😋thank you again
Ni hao! Wo shi radian ren. Wo de zhong wen tai bu hao.
You are a great teacher. I live in America but still learning lots of details from you. American english is definitely not easy. It needs practice and ear training to make it natural. Thank you!
As an American speaker, I never realize these things like “logically” and the silent syllable.I’m getting these recommended videos even though I am trying to study Chinese.
anglo2255 As a native speaker, you don't even a realize these things! So interesting!
For the silent B in debt/doubt/subtle (and the silent P in receipt), you can blame Latin language nerds. When those words were borrowed into English from French, they were spelled as they were pronounced in French, without a B, but during the Renaissance, scholars eager to show off their Latin prowess introduced the Bs back into the spelling to reflect their Latin origins (where they actually were pronounced) even though they have never been pronounced in any form of English.
Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting
0:46 These words are sometimes misspelled as "logicly". Adjective that end in "c" (basic) take this suffix instead of -ly (basically).
2:56 The B in these words wasn't originally there. It was added to highlight the words' Latin etymology.
3:59 It's not silent in any of these words except "muscle". C makes /s/ before E, I, or Y.
5:23 D is silent in these words because not pronouncing them is easier (ellision).
6:27 The D is redundant because J is two sounds: dzh.
9:47 */ˈkæ.feɪ/ The word is often written as "café" because it's preserving the diacritics of its French origin.
11:08 The G was originally pronounced there but disappeared.
12:04 In British English, the H in "herb" is pronounced. I pronounce it despite being American.
Where in the US do they pronounce the h in herb? It must have developed independently from britian since they didn't start pronouncing it till a few centuries ago.
I love American English ! American too.
A really great lesson, Rachel !
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Thank you so much Rachel.
Every day I'm sound like a native speaker.
That's great to hear Jose! Keep it up!
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Thanks for watching divine!
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High quality and elegant lecturing, thanks a lot ~^!
You're very welcome!
Ms Rachel, haven't seen part 2 yet but I hear the word "often" pronounced with the "t" many times over the years, I guess it's just where the person was educated.
Amazing "silent letter" lesson 👏🇧🇷🇺🇸
Thanks Rachel for your help!
I have never thought of the silent f in "fifth". Thank you!
My pleasure Linda!
Yeah, me too linda sun
It's like the word "sixth"... almost biting my tongue every time, until I learned it's usually pronounced "siKTH".
@@cernovlasy LOL! Great! Thanks for taking the time to give me feedback!
And good for you! It's NOT silent! Unless your mouth is full, then you really should wait to speak.
اضبط معلمه عرفتها الى حدا الان شكر ا شكرا
Thank you so much for this new video. You're wonderful.
Thanks Nico!
انا حقا اشكرك لانك بارعه في طريقه الفهم
I did`t know that until now, I got a lot of help Thank you teacher.
You're welcome Senda!
Hi, Rachel, great video I liked it a lot we should know about these silent letters. This is important in the English language. Thanks
Glad you liked it Ghanshyam!
3:44 The letter C is also silent in the word INDICT [ɪn • 'daɪt].
Great video for silent letters. Thank you Mr. Rachel.
You're very welcome Ramzy!
When I say (dept) it most likely sound like (dead) because they sound almost the same, I would appreciate if you make a video talking about words that sound almost alike.
Well, "Dept" isn't a spoken word in English. I believe you had meant "debt". Difference between that and "dead" is the "t" and "d" sound at the end.
@@justabitofjunkie2595 You are probably correct. Or maybe he or she meant "depth".
@@justabitofjunkie2595 I’m thinking Zone meant “debt” ..dept is abbreviation for department..unless Zone means “depth”..not sure
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So nice of you TARJIMA!
Best lesson, you're an angel! Thanks !
You're welcome and thanks for watching Ndiouga!
The best English lessons I've ever seen. Thank you.
Thank you .
You're welcome Sabah!
You are great, the best teacher forever ♾️!
The letter G is pronounced in the word resignation
Yup! Though if you're speaking very quickly a native speaker might almost completely drop it....isn't that crazy!?!
@@amazingbakingsoda6811 Great suggestions!!!!! Thanks so much Cesar.
It is wonderful to find others who love the English language. I love reading the comments after the video.
Would you like to practice English with me pls.
Absofreakinlutely amazing video , thank you.
You're welcome Yasser!
You are deserving more than your great teaching skills
Thank you!
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In GB English the H in herb is pronounced.
The second B in bomb is because it is related to the verb to bombard in which case the B is sounded. Likewise debt is from the same root as debit, and sign has the same origin as signal which pronounce the B or G.
The H in herb in not silent if it’s a man’s name as in Herbert ..and in GB , you would know more about the word BOMB than the USA ..sorry dumb WWII joke ..and the USA would know more about the word DEBT ..lol
I've been enjoying watching your videos this evening. I realize they're made for non-native English speakers, so fortunately I know how to pronounce most of the words. LOL. (That was in the video "14 Words Americans Pronounce Wrong)
But in this video I was a bit surprised to hear you say that the 'd' is silent in words like sandwich, sandpaper, soundproof, landmark, and windmill. I have always pronounced the d in those words. And I haven't noticed many people that don't pronounce them like that. I have heard children say "samwich". But they usually grow out of that. My mother used to say "sammich" because she thought she was funny. 😁 The silent d must have something to do with what part of the country you come from.
I have also never heard that the second f in "fifth" was supposed to be silent, I say "fifth" with two f's. I always assumed people that don't pronounce the 2nd f just have a hard time with that sound combination. 😊
Yeah, I agree with you on those. The d is subtle but it's there. Same for the second f in fifth.
Completely agree!
Kaitlyn RAH I agree completely. Some of what she is saying may mislead people who are trying to learn American English. I wonder what State she lives in? Certainly no State I have ever lived in it 😀
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Just like most languages, you will definitely need to listen natives speaking the language to fully understand each individual linguistic.
(Is) "language linguistics" or linguistics of a language grammatically correct? Is the latter sentence suppose to use "is" or "are"?
Thank you Rachel!
i've thought of a tongue twister:
Sally's starving for Salmon Sandwiches
luxurybargains market not really much of a tongue twister
You taught me words I had never heard before
There's a silent E in the word HEART [hɑrt].
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Love your classes. I dig the pronunciations
Thank you very much Cintia!
amber is fossilized tree resin
I'm so glad somebody brought this up! Thank you.
what makes the English language quite vague is the wide gabs between what is pronounced and what is written and what makes the gabs wider is the difference between spoken and written, formal and informal .....etc.
Great way to put it! I'm hoping my channel is helping?
Only American's use silent h for HERB - In England we always pronounce the h so HER-B
Duncan Bradford , sorry but that’s not true. We Canadians also pronounce “herb” with the “h” silent.
@@esthermiller2713 yes true
@@esthermiller2713 We Italians put herbs in our pasta!
Gin The Cat , Italians are famous for their excellent professional-like cooking skills! You have much to teach us here in Canada! You also excel as hairdressers & barbers! But there’s one item that you love.......that I myself was never able to develop a taste for......& that’s VINO! Well,.....I like Mogan David,......& Rose (pronounced rose-ay.....because that one has a bit of carbonation.....but other than those two, I’m pretty much a shameful disgrace to all Italians! 😞 I LOVE spaghetti & lasagna.......so maybe I’m not TOTALLY disgraceful! 😉 🇨🇦
@@esthermiller2713 Fair comment, although Canadians are, in fact, North Americans (although correctly not Americans). Canadians are part of the North American English area or continuum.
Thank you so much for this video Rachel. I learned a lot
Hey Rachel, by the way, do you have any videos comparing accents like the one spoken in Manhattan and another accent, like the one spoken in Texas, for example....?
Hey Fernando! Not so much. Which accents would be most helpful to compare? Perhaps I can tackle that project in the future!
I’ve hear some native speakers pronounce differently words like: processes, antibiotic, a... at the top of my head
@@rachelsenglish I would LOVE a video like this! The differences in accents, and therefore pronunciations, from throughout the country absolutely fascinate me. Several years ago I saw a documentary on PBS titled something like "What Kind Of American Do You Speak?" and I was glued to that thing from beginning to end.
You're a very good teacher
Hello friends, is it difficult to speak English from zero to normal? ? Is normal daily conversation
Do you feel like practicing with me?
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Thank you!
I forgot to mention: GEORGE [ʤɔrʤ] has TWO silent E's.
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George is “Whore-hey”’ in some places... like “hey whore!” Or maybe not? You are right about silent ‘e’s’ though, but who cares? Between whore-hey and George, then hey-sus and Jesus... who can focus on a curly e??? Thanks
@@ShelliLoop An "original" way to teach to say "Jorge" LOL!!!!
@@ShelliLoop Ah, about Jesus, it's not hey-sus but hey-soos.
@@Stereo4102 that’s one of the lines in diehard 2..the character Samuel Jackson is an African American..Bruce Willis calls him “Jesus “because he heard someone say “Hey, Zeus “..and samuel says “ my name is Zeus, do I look Latino to you ?”.. very funny
I was quite shocked by the fact that the word "herb" doesn't have the H sound in American English. I learned this word many years ago and I pronounced it by looking up its K.K. phonetic transcription in dictionaries published in Taiwan, and they did say the H sound in this word. Even our English teachers didn't pronounced it correctly. Since I started to watch Rachel's English, my English speaking skill improved a lot. Thank you, Rachel.
I was surprised also, as in Britain we do say the 'h', but this is illustrating American English, so it depends what you want to learn and where you want to fit in.
DAMN! I like this channel(her) and am irritated by it (her) as well. “Love/dislike?” Ok....
What I learned about rules early on. In spelling it was "i before e except after c, most of the time". The "most of the time" is important. I am now old and I also learned to pronounce the second "f" in"fifth".
Thanks for sharing Ned!
In my opinion, the word "cafe" is not of an English origin.
That's right. It's not, and cafe means coffee in English. In Spanish we say cafe.
Thanks for chiming in guys! Cafe in the US means a small restaurant.
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@@IbarraAlejandro Awwww thanks Katie!! Thanks for taking the time to give me feedback!
Probably something like half the language is not of English origin, but that depends on what exactly one means by "English". Does "Old English" count? The English language has lots of French in it (much because of the Norman invasion of 1066 A.D., which ironically has the nice effect that I can understand many words in written French simply because I know English. English also has a couple of thousand words or more that are derived from Old Norse. (That means ancient Scandinavian, and this is because of viking invasions as well as direct rule of the British islands by Denmark a millenium ago.) Examples include everyday English words such as "husband" (Old Norse "husbondi", literally "house farmer"; and window means "wind eye"). Another example is "bag", from Old Norse "baggi".
I learn a lot from your teachings.
Glad to hear that Joey! Thanks for watching!
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I love when the T is dropped... 😏
It's a great tip for sounding more natural! Are you able to mimic the sound?
Sounds like lyrics for a new rap song titled "When the T is dropped" (marked "Contains explicit language") by the fictitious artist "Big T"):
"Yo, yo, dropping the T. My homies say, just drop the T! I say, what is it to you? Bitches, niggas, hoes - here comes the T-dropping pimp! Just get a clue! I said I'm dropping the T! (Boom. Boom. Boom.) Drop! The! T!" [Female voices:] "We love it when the T is dropped! We love it when the T is dropped! Aha, aha! Mmm. Mmm. We love it when the T is dropped!", and so on. :-)
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You made my life easier. I didnt know how to pronounce fifth. It was scary when I had to say it. Now, thanks to you, I know. Ten thousands thank you.
You're very welcome @rosimeirelira806! Keep on learning!
you always the best as a teacher.
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Great video Rachel! One little detail: while it is true that the "a" in words like "logically" isn't usually pronounced, it can be in very slow pronunciation. Also, notice that the "c" and the "l" don't form a syllable in pronunciation (it's "lo.gic.ly", not "lo.gi.cly"; if you pronounce "lo.gi.cly", it sounds funny, at least to me) which is an effect of the "a" that was pronounced in earlier phases of the history of English.
Thank you very much Rachel!
I love american english and I thank you for teaching me so many things I always wanted to learn but I never could .
Your description of the D being pronounced in conjunction with the G in ‘edge’ (and other examples) reminded me of the French use of D in conjunction with J. Because the J in French is pronounced as the solitary sound often phonetically written as ZH and heard in English when pronouncing the S in words like ‘measure’ or ‘treasure’ or the Z in ‘azure’, French words (typically loan words) pronounced with an English sounding J instead of the customary French J are often spelled with a D immediately preceding it. The only example that comes to mind right now is the tobacco company, Djarum, although I know I’ve seen others. Cheers! -Phill, Las Vegas
Hi! Your way of teaching is complete! Indicating the shape of the lips and the position of the tongue and jaw. We Brazilians pronounce every letter of a word another very useful detail you explain. I am subscribed to your channel and a like it a lot.
Thank you so much for helping us
My pleasure Hussain!
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Thank you Rachel 😍
Hi Rachel. As I always say, and this is not an exception, you did it again. Another great video! Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge with us.
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Awww thanks Naccio! Would you tell me what was the most helpful from the video?
@@rachelsenglish to be honest, all of your videos are very helpful. Thank you again and keep it up!!!
@@nacciomart4586 Great! Thanks for taking the time to give me feedback!
Thank you. That’s treasure for us.
You're very welcome!
I like the way I speak English. It’s with the thick accent. However, it makes some people bully me. But It is part of my identity and I don’t want to change it.
Just out of curiosity, what part of the country are you from? I'm fascinated with American dialectical differences. I'm from Utah, where we have our own subtle accent, and when I talk to my friends in Texas and Massachusetts I get the biggest kick out of the differences in the pronunciation of various words.
Thank you so much for helping us! These rules are new for me Greetings from Costa Rica! 🙂👋
You're welcome Fernanda!
Hi, I want to thank you for the classes you still have, I still don't understand much live recently in Tampa Florida a year ago, but I don't know anybody and worked with Hispanics. So I can't practice much. very nice Thank you.
You are so welcome Wilson!
Hi Rachel. I just subscribed to your very educational channel. As an ESL student, I find that American English is becoming more and more difficult to learn and speak as I progress. Your videos make learning English simple and easy but sometimes confusing because there is just an enormous amount of information to digest in one session. Hopefully, I will become better at speaking English by watching your videos. Thanks.
Terrific! The best thing you can do is keep listening and practicing!
I’m one of your students, it significantly solves quite a lot of problems that I met. It helps so much. Waiting for the next coming video. Thank you
Thanks Tinh! I'm looking forward to next week's video too!!!! What was helpful about this week's?
Perfect teacher....
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Thanks a lot Emilia!
Rachel is the best, people!!! 👌🏻👌🏻😍
Thank you for your work!
My pleasure!
Thanks it hepls a lot. Have a good day.
You too!