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Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to Speak

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Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every

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week with a quick one point lesson to help you

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improve your pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. Today, let's talk about

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a tiny word that changes a lot in English and

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in everyday conversation, and usually reduces to something that sounds

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like a week in So rock and roll sounds like

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rock and roll. Salt and pepper sounds like salt and pepper,

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Ham and eggs sounds like ham and eggs. The reason is,

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like other short words conjunctions like and are unstressed. Here

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are a few more. You and me, black and white,

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bread and butter, rock and roll, salt and pepper, ham

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and eggs. Hey, thanks for listening, and remember to follow

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and subscribe so you won't miss the next Happy English

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podcast and next week's Speak Naturally in a Minute. Until

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next time, keep learning and keep it cool.