Escuela Superior de Música del Neuquén Sounds in detail: VOICED ALVEOLAR PLOSIVE

Dicción Inglesa 2 Prof. Israel Lagos

Listen to the song. Pay close attention to the pronunciation of the sound /b/
How is it articulated? What’s the main difficulty that Spanish speakers may have when pronouncing
this sound? Why is that? (Read the chart below!)
*Notice the sound /b/ is spelt with the letter <b>
Link to the song: https://youtu.be/blTgUXdCIhs

"Bye Bye, Baby" by The Ramones

[CHORUS]
Woke up thinking ‘bout you today Bye bye baby
Why does it have to be this way Babe bye bye
We drove each other crazy Bye bye baby
Bye bye, babe Don't you cry
Bye bye, baby Bye bye baby
Well I guess it's over and it's done Babe bye bye
We had some good times and we had fun Bye bye baby
We drove each other crazy Don't you cry
I'll always love you

Follow-up: Find a song in English in which the sound /b/ is repeated many times. Share it with the
class to analyze it together!