The American Accent's Most Common Sound (The Schwa) | #091
- Author
- Patrick
- Published
- Thu 20 Jan 2022
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Do you ever notice that Americans won't always pronounce vowel sounds as they are written. Vowels will often be reduced to a quick and quiet "uh" sound to create clear contrast between rising and falling syllables. We call this The Schwa, and it is the most commonly used sound in the American accent.
Listen closely to learn a few common words and expressions using schwas, and keep reducing your syllable stress!
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Follow along with these individual words and common phrases:
About | Below | Problem | Banana
It was a problem | Foreign relations | About to arrive
Idiomatic Expressions:
Break Even To neither lose nor gain invested money
We broke even after 2 years in business.
A Couch Potato A lazy person
Don’t sit around like a couch potato, get to work!
Bring home the bacon Earning a salary for a family
He’s no couch potato, he brings home the bacon!
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