1 Problems in pronunciation Introduction “The pupae hisbok very simple ep yo, he ender, t0 once Eglin ethan oud now Mion of ergot ‘ancora Engl srlaehey cn osemestseniponaterot ‘eigenen pee Bet any ‘oder waria bsbirospek Engl wel ths pomuejan ‘hickeon bey nde baby filo py Enh peo sto thine bok pal indeed Langtagetare wither When abby sata ale does by tring tennis mother nae sing hem ta bye bom esthecanot et thot soe and tcl ennai ‘hem and i nxapenk Batson eb ea aden ines theyare ordeal maton dh nitaon ch give thepiofsch laters nero ec wall nai thifoftenyearolderies cn sr wyplnguag pect cs ‘nought ound hat ngge no mae whee es bora soit pac wes Botte age ta abit oti pray Secomertan snd wesilow only oo wel int scola re gest dietyin wing the roman a welsote ud iswcgn ngnges Sore perc sr merc lened nn tes hey find pronoun ter gg ical be hey yee in ‘hem ny Why ith? Why shoul hpi westbove'n efile spent i? 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And we can picture hisin the follwing way: tte [= ce ‘When he foreign litenee hese the Engh down he as opt iia cone of hs own boxes, hit habits Force hi odo, and he sno special box soe puting citer the fox or the sox: oi : ani nother words, he ‘heats thethound atheros fang fora fanny, no douby, but he ha nowhere eleto putt And nspeaking the stmething happen: fhe ar oy thi, hehas no th bys to goto she gosto the netest bose avalabet bi citer the Fe the and Inesys eterno sino ie ray bet ithe esa box in his langage) “Thermin eables of English prononcation tt bud anew staf Doxes covesponding othe sounds af English, znd to break down the rangement of boxes which the habits of ou ative anguage have so strongly built up. We do thisby establishing nee waysof beating, new swaysol ing ose opeech organs, new speech hai “This my sound es, buttisne. Untorecnataly,ienerer ay to «sublsh good habits. ialwaysthe bad ones whic come me terlly and you wil need to doa gree del afar work you wane to build yourself set of English boxes which are neal e firm a thove ‘of your ons language: Anyone who says tat you can geta good English ponunciton without hard werk taking rabbi, nls you happen tebe oe ofthe very small number aflucky people to whom pronuncivion comes faily eal. Moat of we need to work hand ati nd this took is for people who ate prepared to work har. Ifyou work hard andregulaly long the lines sugges this book, you will improve. One of he mort importing thing to remienr tht ever ‘ne cavinprove,even they have no gest alent for ingage. Quite ‘parton anything else chev gest saisaction to be got osm the ‘develope of what talent you hve, You may never sound ike ative English paker bueat lestyou wilhave gotascosetoieae ote.“Lond meyoureaes! age depend on ing and ook donk ware yout da? 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And iskeno mask, yours ut cee cgues gree Engh prominin You wil slay otc nbn bce eqs asthe ai ery ete ily bv thsiyoursim you wna makes be popes Stick yous apis heep asking owas econ ul you ae (juste otter ey nae profiblforyouracontinee ‘Ten you haved yours nce“Wn do we ns by efit pls promaniion? none se Threat onmy iron a gh ep hece espn ft otha eglesgek ex sike-weean alas afc Es em once premarin of rg asa ge dein Ire, How do we dee wh sorta ng {Sumatsrnle Ths nots queson which dered inte ‘Shiny forall neg armen of Eph Ifyou en prof the ‘olin cr Wr Alien, heehee station feng Engi or genealcommancationprpores yousoal ano ee gods ofthe rotaceon of hres ach ait ‘Ho Eglo Aco glib and heise be epetedand {sed warmly sithom who wieder Engh mainly force ppc ofcomniion with heels tthe ste vould [tehatc inte ccumaancne sears modl BBC, Engh c ying sf hes Fi "Dut ats hd yoo ein amaze whee eis ead sor ctBngih ns buy of pope who spent for gn ony Ienan pry on you msrtake your mdse form ef ‘un Enlh ponencaton Bue whatseryou osetodo, rerenbe dial th diferent cen of Enger ‘commen. they vee mers dha erence don't ‘reo wha soa Engh yout eninge pone Tenia Ina comot desi all te pone rnunctns of gh ht might be wafl to yous hl concert on one the fev Engh nd by edie sie spste in south Egan, ‘Stertleeedto st RevedPonunclton( 7. forsho). hat ‘pe pono Fle he obs eee ining youspenk witht pest scent of gah th in lpg yout le theneenry eens bree ce baud, nih ound oh thew found in od rane of iin eal deere today oer ue pomanesion anit you ey wanetospesk wih Beh ‘cee rgd eset i The Soiers Bh Soda vovepowenes toons ent th Noto xg) she ste ite ropon oprihal area food lyon heleelt the ponte ove phonemes aad ol sales in herbed senate ehoeue of te pone temsee. The be krown mania of ths Sout ih Stand ithe one refered os Rcd Prono ‘in (0) an sen tat oe ‘testa he Suto} bt send term i th et pote, oogonia, by td wpe caste wet ed athe pte seco fhe edcaon ‘remand soten by tot eeeders of ark BBC RP oo, one ‘wih Sener Ames (oe scuedsecton} 2.3 bow, he mos mmen del stato th acing of agi «frig Tangmg. ‘Geri stl stieaton, tr ert eats ab we rege a Mn soc peace. We be or dicho of the Sonben Bish {scents on RP ot tease preg any smpo abou Seppo ‘ames fc ay eer nonponlge zexon (eee. “ptosis wel ncarated), spe Irweeisten sere Sata Beh oe Ino Sc fhe owe stm the olson heii of RP ae omnia iy he at RP pst om ‘he Souten Bh nse, 8 wel Bing erly ste oe‘As you can see, there nol simple relaionship between eters ‘sounds in English sotch atl Fis, some leltes ae allogether sll. he example ivough above, the letter gh are ellen The piling dra records the sme pronunciation. Notice als tha fr ‘Ba homophone. (Examples of ater "len! letters are hn how. the second i bomb, pin poycholgy,) Second, it smetines takes ‘several eters o pei one sound, Whats writen thatthe end of ‘bah we hear as 2 snl sound = ae wel oe Ii vepesened ih the single symbol] Lia, aka the end of fh stand for oe sound If} hin enough represents a sound (but pape I ‘presents fa). Tae ao tthe middle of rion represent ust ce sound (he symbot in fat i ul: and he bb and ti rab ad spaghet represent jst on sound each, [band you te 0 Sore about this lst pin se i you ean say rabbi? wih two In the mide. I you ea, you wl recognize that i sounds it like 2 sthmne, or perhaps a1 yon were saying pete something ke faba bc "The ete ck, icky. ales repesen jst oe th, vik notte & Nor-rhotle Aovente ‘he teatment oi the most fundamental fate disingishing tert types of Engin secent I you pronounce consonant [ In all the places where there fr the spelling. you have hati called a RHOTC aceotT. This typical of North Ameri ‘Seodand, Ireland and ths south-western part of England ‘On the olher hand, a wow-RnoTic AccENT hat no sound in orm, art er te) only allowed when a vowel fllon Iromedtly, 25 does, for iastance in red, bread, very. Non-hote ‘eech is found in mast of England (apart (com the South Wes) thd in Wales, Asal, New Zealand and South AMtcn, Te author DF his book fas non hte erent,