Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Tuesday Quick Tip: Relaxed Pronunciation

Happy Tuesday, dear students!  Today I have a short list of relaxed pronunciation phrases in English for you to check out.

Relaxed Pronunciation refers to the habit we have in English (and Spanish-- I'm lookin' at you, Chileans!) to combine two words into one faster, easier to pronounce word.  This speech is informal and should not be used in standard or formal speaking or writing contexts, but it is very common in everyday conversation.  It can be difficult to identify relaxed pronunciation if you aren't already familiar with it.  Look at this chart with the most common relaxed pronounciations in English.  Feel free to contact me with your questions!



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