I gotta tell you, I was shocked when she said go away. I
can still hear her voice. You'll notice she said go away and not go
away. Let's check it out. Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming
to you from New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.
All right, thank you, John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here
from Happy English and I help people speak English better. This is Happy English
Podcast, Episode seventy ten. The tiny w American English pronunciation is interesting.
A lot of English learners tell me that Americans talk too quickly, but I
would say it's more the style of speaking than the speed. One interesting feature
of spoken American English is the fact that we do not like to stop after
each word in a sentence. Quite often, the end of one word links
with the beginning of the next word. For this English lesson, we're going
to look at one particular sound that happens when one word ends with a vowel
sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound. And to zoom in
a bit deeper, let's look at the word go when it's followed by a
word that starts with a vowel sound. Let's start with the phrase go away.
The O sound of go is followed by the uh sound of away go
away. But when you pronounce those two words without stopping the flow of air
coming out of your mouth, a tiny w appears between go away, go
away, go away. Here's the difference go away versus go away. Let's
practice ten short sentences that feature go followed by another word that begins with a
vowel. The first one is, please, please go away from here,
go away. Please go away from here, Please go away from here,
Please go away from here. Go around. Just go around the block,
go around. Just go around the block. Just go around the block.
Just go around the block. Go anywhere. I didn't go anywhere this weekend.
Go anywhere. I didn't go anywhere this weekend. I didn't go anywhere
this weekend. Go everywhere. The kids
have to go everywhere their mom goes. Go everywhere. The kids have to
go everywhere their mom goes. The kids have to go everywhere their mom goes.
The kids have to go everywhere their mom goes. Go in. Let's
go into the store, go in, go in. Let's go into the
store. Go in. Let's go into the store. Let's go into the
store. Let's go into the store. Go into those hats. Go into
the cabinet near the door. Go into those hats. Go into the cabinet
near the door. Those hats go into the cabinet near the door. Those
hats go into the cabinet near the door. Go on. You need to
be over one hundred and twenty centimeters tall to go on this roller coaster.
You need to be over one hundred and twenty centimeters tall to go on this
roller coaster. You need to be over one hundred and twenty centimeters tall to
go on this roller coaster. Go on this roller coaster. You need to
be over one hundred and twenty centimeters tall to go on this roller coaster.
Go over. Let's go over the schedule one more time. Go over.
Let's go over the schedule one more time. Let's go over the schedule one
more time. Let's go over the schedule one more time. Go up.
If you go up to the top floor, there's a nice view of the
city. Go up. Go up. If you go up to the top
floor, there's a nice view of the city. If you go up to
the top floor, there's a nice view of the city. If you go
up to the top floor, there's a nice view of the city. Go
under. It's raining. Let's go under the umbrella. Go wonder, go
under it's raining. Let's go under the umbrella. Let's go under the umbrella.
Let's go under the umbrella. Keep in mind pronunciation is half listening and
half doing, so be sure to listen to this lesson a few times to
get these sounds of English in your ears. Well, I think it's time
for me to go away. By the way, can you imagine getting the
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