{"id":44783,"date":"2017-09-13T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=44783"},"modified":"2024-03-07T22:54:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:54:05","slug":"010-vowels-part-1","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/podcast\/010-vowels-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"010:  Vowels, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David and I discuss five of the 11 vowels of American English, and go over the various ways each sound can be spelled. \u00a0This leads to discussions of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and spelling bees (David won his school spelling bee!). \u00a0The idioms &#8216;rule of thumb&#8217; and &#8216;off the top of my head&#8217; come up in conversation. \u00a0Vowels covered: \u00a0AH [\u0251], AW [\u0254], AA [\u00e6], EE [i], IH [\u026a].<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 \u21d2 \u21d2 Get a\u00a0<strong>free copy<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.lpages.co\/podcast-transcript-requests\/\"><strong>transcript here<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5736122\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/0e3327\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" height=\"192\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\" data-dashlane-frameid=\"558\" data-dashlane-rid=\"a442092a2dc5a48d\" data-form-type=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/conversation-pronunciation-learn-english-rachels-english\/id1260073690?mt=2\">SUBSCRIBE on iTunes<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=144785&amp;refid=stpr\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Show Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the definition of a vowel?<\/li>\n<li>Letters vs. sounds (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y)<\/li>\n<li>Idiom <em>rule of thumb<\/em> and\u00a0<em>off the top of your head<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The AH as in FATHER [\u0251] vowel<\/li>\n<li>The AW as in LAW [\u0254] vowel<\/li>\n<li>IPA symbols (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Phonetic_Alphabet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Phonetic Alphabet<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The AA as in BAT [\u00e6] Vowel<\/li>\n<li>The EE as in SHE [i] Vowel<\/li>\n<li>Spelling and spelling bees (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0334405\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentary on spelling bee in America<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The IH as in SIT [\u026a] Vowel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44784,"template":"","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":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-44783","1":"podcast","2":"type-podcast","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>010: Vowels, Part 1 - Rachel&#039;s English<\/title>\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\/podcast\/010-vowels-part-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"010: Vowels, Part 1 - Rachel&#039;s English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David and I discuss five of the 11 vowels of American English, and go over the various ways each sound can be spelled. \u00a0This leads to discussions of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and spelling bees (David won his school spelling bee!). \u00a0The idioms &#8216;rule of thumb&#8217; 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