115: Sound combinations: sp-, st-, sk-, sc-
American English Pronunciation Podcast
Seattle Learning Academy
4.6 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2010
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi again and welcome back to Seattle Learning Academy's American English pronunciation podcast. |
| 0:10.9 | My name is Mandy, and this is our 115th episode. |
| 0:16.2 | Before I begin today, we're going to do a little listening experiment. |
| 0:25.6 | If you have a pen and something to write on near you, please get it ready. This little observation will help you understand today's topic. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm going to spell the words of a few sets of minimal pairs. |
| 0:35.6 | Then I'll play an audio clip from Miriam Webster's online audio files. |
| 0:41.9 | I want you to write down which word you hear. Ready? First, I'll spell the words so you know |
| 0:50.9 | what options to listen for. then I'll play the audio. |
| 0:56.4 | Number one, P-A-R-K or B-A-R-K. |
| 1:05.8 | Bark. |
| 1:07.3 | B-A-R-K. |
| 1:08.8 | Number two. |
| 1:15.3 | P-A-N or B-A-N. |
| 1:16.4 | Ban. |
| 1:18.6 | Ban. Number three. |
| 1:22.0 | T-I-L-E or D-I-A-L. |
| 1:28.3 | Dial. Dile. Dial. or D-I-L Dial Dial |
| 1:29.3 | Dial |
| 1:30.3 | D-O-L-D |
| 1:33.3 | Or G-O-L-D |
| 1:35.3 | or G-O-L-D |
| 1:39.3 | Gold |
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