{"id":167921,"date":"2022-08-09T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/?p=167921"},"modified":"2024-02-01T11:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T11:42:26","slug":"accent-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/","title":{"rendered":"English R vs. L \u2013 Accent Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this accent training lesson, you&#8217;ll proficiently master the R sound, with a focus on contrasting it with the L sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; padding-left: 570px;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/accent-training\/\" rel=\"tag\">Accent Training<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; padding-left: 570px;\"><strong>YouTube blocked? <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mO7J-b8vi54\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"American Accent Training | R vs. L\" title=\"Play video &quot;American Accent Training | R vs. L&quot;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/mO7J-b8vi54<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mO7J-b8vi54\" title=\"American Accent Training | R vs. L\">American Accent Training | R vs. L (https:\/\/youtu.be\/mO7J-b8vi54)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2>\n<p>The American R is a truly unique sound, and one of the hardest sounds for non-native speakers to get. But also, mastering the American R is one of the best things you can do to sound natural speaking English. You just need to learn the basics of the mouth position and train the sound over and over. Your ear will get it. Today, we\u2019re learning about the sound, we\u2019re training with up close, slow motion footage of a TON of R-words, and we\u2019re comparing it with L, a sound that some language groups mix up with R. Be sure to download my Sounds of American English cheat sheet, it\u2019s free, it\u2019s an illustrated reference guide for you for the sounds of American English, including the phonetic symbols you need to know. Link here and in the video description.<\/p>\n<p>To start, let\u2019s take the word \u2018race\u2019. It\u2019s a beginning R, look at how much lips round for this. I mean, they almost completely close! So there\u2019s a lot of lip rounding for a beginning R. Right now, round your lips and try to match this sound. I\u2019m going to hold it out. You hold it out as well, as long as you can. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.<\/p>\n<p>It helps to approach learning a sound two ways: first, just try to match the sound with your ears. Second, think about the mouth position and try to do it. This is what my tongue looks like on the inside my mouth. The tip has pulled back and up a little bit. Some people make it by flipping the tip up instead of pulling the tip up a little bit. They might get a sound that sounds pretty good, but also sometimes they get a sound that sounds kind of hollow, rrrr,rrr. We want rrrr, a more focused sound. See that my jaw hardly drops for this sound. Rrrr. If you\u2019re dropping your jaw a lot, rrr, that\u2019s a sign it\u2019s not the right sound. A lot of my students make this sound as a flap, [flap]. If they\u2019re from India, if their native language is Spanish or Arabic. That\u2019s not a sound you can hold out, [flap]. But the American R, you can hold out, rrrr. And actually, you should hold it out when practicing it and finding it. That does really help.<\/p>\n<p>Now we\u2019ll look at a couple of words, up close and in slow motion, where the R is not the first sound. The lips round less, so you get to see inside the mouth a little bit more. And I want to take a quick second to shout out this member of my Rachel\u2019s Superstars in my YouTube membership. He has been asking for more of this zoomed up footage for years, so yungwest00, this one\u2019s for you. By the way, do you see this pink badge next to his name? That means he\u2019s one of my supporting members here on YouTube, click join to learn more, but my Rachel\u2019s Circle and Rachel\u2019s Superstars supporters help make this channel possible, get badges to make their comments stand out, and the top level gets exclusive audio lessons each month. So huge thanks to you guys again, and click join on Youtube to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>This is the word \u2018anchor\u2019. Ends with schwa-R. See how my tongue tip pulls back and up. See how my lips are still flared, but they don\u2019t come into the tight circle that they do for a beginning R. This lip position is more relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>This is the word \u2018branch\u2019. My lips have just parted for the B, and now you\u2019re seeing the R. This is the underside of my tongue because the tip is pulled back and up. There is so much jaw drop because I\u2019m moving into the position for the AA vowel. You\u2019ll see my tongue tip come forward again for that vowel.<\/p>\n<p>So for the R, tongue tip pulls back and up, but it\u2019s still in the front half of the mouth. The lips flare, and if it\u2019s a beginning R, they really do make a tight circle.<\/p>\n<p>L, on the other hand, is very different. And it really looks different too. We just saw &#8216;branch&#8217;. Now this is &#8216;blanch&#8217;. You probably know branch, like the branch on a tree. The word \u2018blanch\u2019 is used in cooking. It\u2019s when you cook something for a short time and then try to cool it down quickly so it stops cooking. Like with vegetables, you cook them in boiling water for a period, then you put them into ice water. Blanch. The L. The lips are totally relaxed, and the tongue tip is at the roof of the mouth. What you\u2019re seeing here of the tongue is still the underside of the tongue. But you can tell the tip of the tongue is behind my front top front teeth. Not further back like it is for for the R. This is an illustration of what the tongue looks like in the mouth. This is the Light L. We actually have two different positions that you\u2019ll see natives do for this, the other one, the tongue tip comes through the teeth so it looks like the TH, llll, and the tongue tip presses up on the front teeth here, LLLllike. We\u2019re going to watch a whole bunch of words comparing R and L, in various places in the word, so you might see both positions. Tongue tip behind the teeth, LLL, and tongue tip coming out of a teeth, LLL. To be honest, I have no idea which one I\u2019m doing most of the time. It\u2019s just not something I think about, just like you don\u2019t think about making the sounds of your native language.<\/p>\n<p>So, comparing BRANCH and BLANCH, comparing the R and the L. We saw how the ending R is different from the beginning R and that the lips are more relaxed. An L at the beginning of a word is also different from the L at the end of a word. To get all the details, check out this complete video on the L. Just know that the first one is a light L, that&#8217;s the one we\u2019ve studied already here. The one at the end of a work is a dark L, and that has a dark sound we make at the back of the tongue pressing down and back a bit, uul, uhl. So for this dark sound, you don&#8217;t need your tongue tip. It usually just stays down, Uul, uhl. And that\u2019s crazy for my students. They are so used to thinking L, lift tongue tip. But not for the Dark L.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s harder to see the tongue position for the Dark L because the part of the tongue making the sound is at the back but let\u2019s take a look at the word \u2018candle\u2019. Ends in an L, that\u2019s a dark L. I\u2019m going to take you through the D sound and we\u2019ll pause it. Ok, here\u2019s the D, and the next sound is the Dark L. Behind the teeth, right here, you\u2019ll see the tongue tip come down. It&#8217;s not up for the Dark L.<\/p>\n<p>Candle, llll, llll, Dark L made with the tongue tip down. Back of the tongue doing the work<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so you\u2019ve learned about the position, now we\u2019ll study up close in slow motion. I\u2019m going to be saying the word, you say it with me. Tr it out. At first, there will be a bunch of minimal pairs, R vs. L like branch, blanch. Then there\u2019s a list of several tricky words with an R and an L. Each time, you\u2019ll hear and see it first in slow motion, then at regular pace.<\/p>\n<p>Folks, we went deep on R and R vs. L. I love to be thorough in my teaching. If you think you want to learn more about the American accent and train your American voice, check out my collection of online courses to help you reach your spoken English goals at RachelsEnglishAcademy.com. Keep your learning going now with this video, and don\u2019t forget to subscribe with notifications on on Youtube and follow my page on Facebook. I love being your English teacher and accent coach. That\u2019s it and thanks so much for using Rachel\u2019s English.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-167921-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/817.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/817.mp4\">https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/817.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this accent training lesson, you&#8217;ll proficiently master the R sound, with a focus on contrasting it with the L sound. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. Video Transcript: The American R is a truly unique sound, and one of the hardest sounds for non-native speakers to get. But also, mastering the American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":174078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[192],"class_list":{"0":"post-167921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-practice-american-sounds","8":"tag-accent-training","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Accent Training: Speaking English Like a Native Speaker\u2014The R Sound | Accent Training with Rachel!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is the EXACT right way to make the R sound in English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accent Training: Speaking English Like a Native Speaker\u2014The R Sound | Accent Training with Rachel!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the EXACT right way to make the R sound in English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rachel&#039;s English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-09T00:00:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-01T11:42:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Rachel&#039;s English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Rachel&#039;s English\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Rachel's English\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9afa3dd299da526f6a2ed9a43994fc3d\"},\"headline\":\"English R vs. L \u2013 Accent Training\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-09T00:00:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-01T11:42:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/\"},\"wordCount\":1506,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Accent Training\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Practice American Sounds\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/\",\"name\":\"Accent Training: Speaking English Like a Native Speaker\u2014The R Sound | Accent Training with Rachel!\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-09T00:00:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-01T11:42:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"This is the EXACT right way to make the R sound in English\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"English R vs. L \u2013 Accent Training\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/\",\"name\":\"Rachel's English\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Rachel's English\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RE-Full-Logo-V2-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RE-Full-Logo-V2-2.png\",\"width\":1152,\"height\":168,\"caption\":\"Rachel's English\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9afa3dd299da526f6a2ed9a43994fc3d\",\"name\":\"By Rachel's English\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1bc69f45b6eb2cf025935f4f164f09a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1bc69f45b6eb2cf025935f4f164f09a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"By Rachel's English\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Accent Training: Speaking English Like a Native Speaker\u2014The R Sound | Accent Training with Rachel!","description":"This is the EXACT right way to make the R sound in English","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Accent Training: Speaking English Like a Native Speaker\u2014The R Sound | Accent Training with Rachel!","og_description":"This is the EXACT right way to make the R sound in English","og_url":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/","og_site_name":"Rachel&#039;s English","article_published_time":"2022-08-09T00:00:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-01T11:42:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"By Rachel's English","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"By Rachel's English","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/"},"author":{"name":"By Rachel's English","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9afa3dd299da526f6a2ed9a43994fc3d"},"headline":"English R vs. L \u2013 Accent Training","datePublished":"2022-08-09T00:00:34+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-01T11:42:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/"},"wordCount":1506,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg","keywords":["Accent Training"],"articleSection":["Practice American Sounds"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/","url":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/","name":"Accent Training: Speaking English Like a Native Speaker\u2014The R Sound | Accent Training with Rachel!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-09T00:00:34+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-01T11:42:26+00:00","description":"This is the EXACT right way to make the R sound in English","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/817.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/accent-training\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"English R vs. L \u2013 Accent Training"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/","name":"Rachel's English","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#organization","name":"Rachel's English","url":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RE-Full-Logo-V2-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RE-Full-Logo-V2-2.png","width":1152,"height":168,"caption":"Rachel's English"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9afa3dd299da526f6a2ed9a43994fc3d","name":"By Rachel's English","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1bc69f45b6eb2cf025935f4f164f09a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1bc69f45b6eb2cf025935f4f164f09a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"By Rachel's English"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}