{"id":47960,"date":"2017-11-07T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=47960"},"modified":"2024-09-18T13:41:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:41:51","slug":"p-sounding-like-b-in-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/p-sounding-like-b-in-words\/","title":{"rendered":"P Sounding like B in Words like PEPPER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lots of students ask me if the P should be turned into a B for words like \u2018pepper\u2019, \u2018spoon\u2019, etc.&nbsp; My answer is NO \u2013 find out why.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> <strong>YouTube blocked? <\/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=Ci5r6CQbiTQ\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"P Sounding like B in Words like PEPPER\" title=\"Play video &quot;P Sounding like B in Words like PEPPER&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ci5r6CQbiTQ<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ci5r6CQbiTQ\" title=\"P Sounding like B in Words like PEPPER\">P Sounding like B in Words like PEPPER (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ci5r6CQbiTQ)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Today I&#8217;m answering your questions about the P sound sounding like a B. Every once in a while, I get a question about the P sound sounding like a B. For example, people have asked about the words: spoon, rapport, and pepper, and I know that some teachers teach that these Ps should be a B. I disagree with that. Let&#8217;s talk about why.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The thing is, it&#8217;s not about this sound being a P or B. It&#8217;s about the sound being very light. If you make the P light, it sounds great. If you make the B light, it sounds almost the same. Also good. But if you make the B sound heavy: spoon&#8211; it doesn&#8217;t sound so good anymore. Spoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So it&#8217;s not about changing the P to a B. It&#8217;s about knowing how to make a light P. If someone makes the P sound by itself, it sounds like this. Pphh&#8212; phh&#8212; phh&#8212; It&#8217;s over exaggerated. In a word, that&#8217;s not how we actually do it. So if people think that &#8216;Pphh&#8211;&#8216; is the P sound, then \u2018spoon\u2019 would be: spoon. And that&#8217;s not how we pronounce that word. It&#8217;s not: spoon\u2014 spoon\u2014 It&#8217;s also not: sboon\u2014 sboon\u2014 The right sound is: spoon\u2014 spoon\u2014 a light P that releases directly into the vowel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So how do we get this light P? We need to change the idea. P is not pphh&#8212; P is p- p- p- p- much lighter a much smaller release. Spoon. Poon\u2014 poon\u2014 spoon\u2014 spoon\u2014 We go right from the release into the vowel without pphh&#8211; hh&#8211; hh&#8211; all of this extra air. Spoon\u2014 spoon\u2014 pat\u2014 pepper\u2014 pepper\u2014 A light feeling in the P, not too much air.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Right now, try this out loud with me: sp&#8211; sp&#8211; spoon\u2014 spoon\u2014 Let&#8217;s do some more words. Pe\u2014 per\u2014 pepper\u2014 pepper\u2014 Are you practicing out loud? Please do. Pepper\u2014 pepper\u2014 It&#8217;s all my dog growing up was named Pepper. This is a picture of me and pepper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Port\u2014 port\u2014<br \/>Report\u2014 report\u2014<br \/>Pam\u2014 spam\u2014 spam\u2014<br \/>Span\u2014 span\u2014<br \/>Speed\u2014 speed\u2014<br \/>Pen\u2014 spin\u2014 spin\u2014<br \/>Pace\u2014 space\u2014 space\u2014<br \/>Pel\u2014 spell\u2014 spell\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So don&#8217;t try to change the P sound to a B. Just make sure you&#8217;re making it a light sound and you&#8217;ll sound great. If you&#8217;re not sure about the sounds of American English, check out this playlist here. I&#8217;ve made a video for each sound.<\/p>\n\n\n<p id=\"mep_0\"><strong>Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"video-embed floating-waves \"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><video  controls=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"ttetsts\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/561.mp4\" >Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><div class=\"still-image\" style=\"background-image: url()\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"custom-play-btn\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of students ask me if the P should be turned into a B for words like \u2018pepper\u2019, \u2018spoon\u2019, etc.&nbsp; My answer is NO \u2013 find out why. YouTube blocked? 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