{"id":173730,"date":"2015-05-03T14:29:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:05:47","slug":"english-pronunciation-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/english-pronunciation-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Why English Pronunciation is so Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>English is not phonetic \u2013 which causes a huge headache for non-native and native speakers alike.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/many-ways-one-thing-can-be-pronounced\/\" rel=\"tag\">Many Ways One Thing Can Be Pronounced<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/most-popular\/\" rel=\"tag\">Most Popular<\/a><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">YouTube blocked?<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mOw7CdpK44w\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Why English Pronunciation is so Hard\" title=\"Play video &quot;Why English Pronunciation is so Hard&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mOw7CdpK44w<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mOw7CdpK44w\" title=\"Why English Pronunciation is so Hard\">Why English Pronunciation is so Hard (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mOw7CdpK44w)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent1\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Today we&#8217;re going to take a look at <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent2\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">why studying English pronunciation can be so hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent3\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Let&#8217;s step through a series of words and <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent4\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">see what happens to the sounds as we change some of the letters. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent5\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Through. Step through. That&#8217;s a good place to start. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent6\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Through, a preposition, a handy little word, begins with the unvoiced TH. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent7\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Th, the R consonant, thr-, and the oo vowel. Through. Through. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent8\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Now what would happen if we drop the R? Thoo, thoo, no, that&#8217;s not right. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent9\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Through, drop the R, not thoo, but actually, though. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent10\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So, the TH, th, th, is now voiced. And the vowel <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent11\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">sound has changed to the OH diphthong. Though. Ok. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent12\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">What would happen if we add a T? Thowt. Thowt. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent13\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">No, that&#8217;s not right. That word is pronounced &#8216;thought&#8217;. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent14\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Ok, so we&#8217;ve switched back to an unvoiced TH, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent15\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">now we have the AW vowel, and a final T. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent16\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Thought. Thought. Ok.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent17\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So what would happen if we drop the TH and add a B? <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent18\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Thought becomes bought. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent19\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">And that IS how that word is pronounced. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent20\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Excellent! Bought. Now what would happen if we drop the final T? <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent21\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Bought becomes bah. But it doesn&#8217;t, it&#8217;s not pronounced &#8216;bah&#8217;. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent22\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">It&#8217;s pronounced bough. Ok, so the AW vowel changes to the &#8216;ow&#8217; diphthong. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent23\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Bough, bough. Ok. What would happen <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent24\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">now if we switched out the B for a C? Bough becomes cow. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent25\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Yes! Cow is a word. But wait, that&#8217;s now how cow is spelled, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent26\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">this is how cow is spelled. So this, even though it was bough, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent27\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">isn&#8217;t cow, it&#8217;s cough. Cough. So we have the AW vowel, and somehow, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent28\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">an F consonant has crept in. Cough. Ok, cough. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent29\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">What would happen then if we drop the C, add an EN? <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent30\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Since it was cough, surely this must be enough. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent31\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">No, that&#8217;s not what it is. It&#8217;s enough. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent32\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So the AW vowel changes to the UH vowel. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent33\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">But somehow that F sound stays in there. 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