Approximants are sounds that sit somewhere in between vowels and consonants. They are widely referred to as "semi-vowels" or "semi-consonants", and they are strange in many ways. In this episode I explore 10 weird things about approximants with an actual list: 1) The name APPROXIMANT 2) Double articulations of /r/ and /w/ 3) Silent letters 4) J ≠ /j/ 5) Rhoticity 6) Intrusive /r/ 7) Dark l 8) Diphthongs 9) Devoicing 10) Tapped /r/ I also answer a question about cockney /r/.
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Approximants are sounds that sit somewhere in between vowels and consonants. They are widely referred to as "semi-vowels" or "semi-consonants", and they are strange in many ways. In this episode I explore 10 weird things about approximants with an actual list: 1) The name APPROXIMANT 2) Double articulations of /r/ and /w/ 3) Silent letters 4) J ≠ /j/ 5) Rhoticity 6) Intrusive /r/ 7) Dark l 8) Diphthongs 9) Devoicing 10) Tapped /r/ I also answer a question about cockney /r/.
The English plosive consonants /p,t,k,b,d,g/ are made by fully blocking air as it leaves the body. Although they have strong spelling to sound relationships, they are a little bit tricky in pronunciation with processes including aspiration, affrication, glottalisation and many assimilations. In this episode I explore these sounds and processes, and answer a question about the ending of the word ORANGE.
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Approximants are sounds that sit somewhere in between vowels and consonants. They are widely referred to as "semi-vowels" or "semi-consonants", and they are strange in many ways. In this episode I explore 10 weird things about approximants with an actual list: 1) The name APPROXIMANT 2) Double articulations of /r/ and /w/ 3) Silent letters 4) J ≠ /j/ 5) Rhoticity 6) Intrusive /r/ 7) Dark l 8) Diphthongs 9) Devoicing 10) Tapped /r/ I also answer a question about cockney /r/.
