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The Story of Sounds: Episode 7. A new way to discover /r/

by Adrian Underhill | Dec 31, 2011 | 1. How to make the Sounds of English: The Inside Story

A new way to discover /r/ In Episode 5 we saw how /r/ can be discovered by approaching it from /n/. In Episode 7 we find another surprising short cut to articulating the English /r/ sound. One advantage of using a chart with a map-like, geographic layout is that you...

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