Just looked through your videos and found this one. I noticed some of your videos are titled ".... in American English" Not to confuse those watching there are a number of accents in this country. These videos reminded me of an interaction I had many years ago. I'm was born in Brooklyn New York (to those familiar with that accent, we pronounce it _New Yawk_ 🤪) I was dating a woman who lived in Kentucky. When I met her mom, we were having fun with each other's accents. She insisted I pronounced words funny. I proved to her it wasn't me who had the accent. I asked her to say these words, one after another; "hill, hell heal" She did and they all sounded exactly the same. You may want to make a video on the pronunciation of these for Southern Americans 🤪 Great videos! For those of you watching to learn English, Coach Nicole is an amazing teacher!!
Thank you for the comment. Great story. I do get questions on what exactly American English is. I often add "American English" to distinguish mainly from British. In this case, meaning "standard" American English or what's usually thought of as broadcaster English, the variant spoken by the largest majority. But yes, there are many regional dialects and variations of American English. It's interesting to note the differences, which I think are unfortunately decreasing these days. For example, when I was in Boston, some local kids were making fun of their grandma for having the typical Bostonian accent, where they and their parents didn't speak that way.
Good question. Unfortunately, there are inconsistencies in usage. Many dictionaries show /e/ when they should really use /ɛ/ for the short E sound, as in pen. I've also seen textbooks use /ɛ/ for pen and /e/ for pain, when pain should actually be /eɪ/.
The most apparent explanation of all channels. Beautiful!! Actually I'm not confued about /ei/ at all. Then why all American teachers compare longA, shortE, and short A. I'm korean. Is it because there are some learners from other countries who really feel it difficult to distinguish those three?
Thank you for your comment. I sometimes display them and sometimes don't, because I want you to develop your ear for the sound rather than over-relying on the written word. Relying on written English to determine pronunciation causes many errors.
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Just looked through your videos and found this one.
I noticed some of your videos are titled ".... in American English"
Not to confuse those watching there are a number of accents in this country.
These videos reminded me of an interaction I had many years ago.
I'm was born in Brooklyn New York (to those familiar with that accent, we pronounce it _New Yawk_ 🤪)
I was dating a woman who lived in Kentucky.
When I met her mom, we were having fun with each other's accents.
She insisted I pronounced words funny.
I proved to her it wasn't me who had the accent.
I asked her to say these words, one after another; "hill, hell heal"
She did and they all sounded exactly the same.
You may want to make a video on the pronunciation of these for Southern Americans 🤪
Great videos!
For those of you watching to learn English, Coach Nicole is an amazing teacher!!
Thank you for the comment. Great story. I do get questions on what exactly American English is. I often add "American English" to distinguish mainly from British. In this case, meaning "standard" American English or what's usually thought of as broadcaster English, the variant spoken by the largest majority. But yes, there are many regional dialects and variations of American English. It's interesting to note the differences, which I think are unfortunately decreasing these days. For example, when I was in Boston, some local kids were making fun of their grandma for having the typical Bostonian accent, where they and their parents didn't speak that way.
Thank you so much. Are /e/ and /ɛ/ the same or different?
Good question. Unfortunately, there are inconsistencies in usage. Many dictionaries show /e/ when they should really use /ɛ/ for the short E sound, as in pen. I've also seen textbooks use /ɛ/ for pen and /e/ for pain, when pain should actually be /eɪ/.
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The most apparent explanation of all channels. Beautiful!! Actually I'm not confued about /ei/ at all. Then why all American teachers compare longA, shortE, and short A. I'm korean. Is it because there are some learners from other countries who really feel it difficult to distinguish those three?
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If the words were displayed as you said them that would be very helpful. Like at 6:17 with sample words.
Thank you for your comment. I sometimes display them and sometimes don't, because I want you to develop your ear for the sound rather than over-relying on the written word. Relying on written English to determine pronunciation causes many errors.
Thank you so much for this video! It helped me a lot
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