Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to Speak
Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every
week with a quick one point lesson to help you
improve your pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. Today, let's talk about
a tiny word that changes a lot in English and
in everyday conversation, and usually reduces to something that sounds
like a week in So rock and roll sounds like
rock and roll. Salt and pepper sounds like salt and pepper,
Ham and eggs sounds like ham and eggs. The reason is,
like other short words conjunctions like and are unstressed. Here
are a few more. You and me, black and white,
bread and butter, rock and roll, salt and pepper, ham
and eggs. Hey, thanks for listening, and remember to follow
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