By Julie Cunningham, MA, CCC-SLP, licensed speech-language pathologist
(Video Transcript)
Listen for vowel reductions, vowel syncope (when a syllable is deleted completely), and the Light L vs. the Dark L! Next in this series: How to Pronounce Difficult Words in American English - [Student Request Part 16].
Colloquial
residue
averaging
Spanish
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