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/ə/: The most common sound in English
Episode 250224 / 24 Feb 2025
What's the most common sound in English?
British and American /r/
Episode 250303 / 03 Mar 2025
What's the difference in /r/ in British and American English pronunciation?
seat vs sit – /i:/ vs /ɪ/
Episode 250310 / 10 Mar 2025
What's the difference between 'sheep' and 'ship'?
Consonant clusters at the start of words
Episode 250317 / 17 Mar 2025
How do you say 'stretch', 'throne' and 'glow'?
Gonna, wanna and gotta
Episode 250324 / 24 Mar 2025
How are 'going to', 'want to' and 'got to' often pronounced in fluent speech?
Three ways to pronounce the letter 't'
Episode 250331 / 31 Mar 2025
Want to learn three ways to pronounce the letter 't' naturally?
Where to pause naturally in English
Episode 250407 / 07 Apr 2025
Want to learn when to pause naturally when speaking?
How to use sentence stress
Episode 250414 / 14 Apr 2025
Which words should be stressed when you speak?
How to pronounce -ed endings
Episode 250821 / 21 Aug 2025
How are the letters 'ed' pronounced differently in 'liked', 'loved' and 'landed'?
Intonation for question tags
Episode 250828 / 28 Aug 2025
The Sun rises in the east... doesn't it?!
Seven ways to pronounce 'ough'
Episode 250904 / 04 Sep 2025
Though, through, thought, thorough, tough... How are these words pronounced?
How to use word stress
Episode 250911 / 11 Sep 2025
REcord or reCORD? What's the difference in meaning?
Pronouncing 'th' - think /θ/ vs this /ð/
Episode 250918 / 18 Sep 2025
What are two ways to pronounce the 'th' letter combination?
Linking between vowel sounds
Episode 250925 / 25 Sep 2025
How can we join words together to sound more fluent?
Speak faster with contractions in conditionals
Episode 251002 / 02 Oct 2025
Learn to say long and difficult conditional sentences more easily
Why is English pronunciation so difficult?
Episode 251009 / 09 Oct 2025
Understand how stress has an important part to play in English pronunciation
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