{"id":948,"date":"2015-04-26T13:27:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T17:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=948"},"modified":"2024-05-13T01:48:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T01:48:35","slug":"pronounce-bottle-vs-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/pronounce-bottle-vs-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pronounce Bottle vs. Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These two words can be hard to tell apart if you\u2019re not familiar with the difference in vowel sound. &nbsp;Watch the video to study the difference in mouth position for this minimal pair.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/comparison\/\" rel=\"tag\">Comparison<\/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=K4-j4Gt4As4\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"How to Pronounce Bottle vs. Battle: American English\" title=\"Play video &quot;How to Pronounce Bottle vs. Battle: American English&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K4-j4Gt4As4<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K4-j4Gt4As4\" title=\"How to Pronounce Bottle vs. Battle: American English\">How to Pronounce Bottle vs. Battle: American English (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K4-j4Gt4As4)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent1\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Someone has asked me to explain the difference<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent2\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">between the words &#8216;bottle&#8217; and &#8216;battle&#8217;. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent3\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So, this is the difference between the<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent4\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&#8216;ah&#8217; as in &#8216;father&#8217; [\u03b1], which is the vowel sound<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent5\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">in bottle, and the &#8216;aa&#8217; as in &#8216;bat&#8217; [\u00e6] sound,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent6\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">which is the vowel in battle. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent7\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The first difference, you may notice,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent8\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">is in the corner of the mouth.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent9\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Aa, aa, you can see the corners<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent10\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">are pulled back and up a little bit.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent11\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Aa, ah. In &#8216;ah&#8217; as in &#8216;father&#8217;, they are not.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent12\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">They stay relaxed. Also, ah, aa, do you see<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent13\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the difference in the tongue? Ah, aa.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent14\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">It&#8217;s more present on the &#8216;aa&#8217;. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent15\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">On the &#8216;ah&#8217; as in &#8216;father&#8217; it is very relaxed,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent16\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">ah, resting on the bottom of the mouth.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent17\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">With the &#8216;aa&#8217; as in &#8216;bat&#8217; sound, it comes up<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent18\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and then presses forward, aa aa, so you can <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent19\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">see more of it. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent20\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Ah, aa. So as it comes up in the back<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent21\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and presses forward, it widens a little bit and<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent22\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">becomes more noticeable in the mouth. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent23\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Ah, aa. 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Cop, cap. Cot, cat.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent50\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Chop, chapter. Rot, rat. 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