American English Pronunciation Podcast

200 Episodes

1. 40: ’been,’ not ’bean’: /bɪn/, not /bin/

   Published: 12/17/2008
2. 39: ’quit, quite,’ and ’quiet’

   Published: 12/10/2008
3. 38: ’idea’--a troublesome little 4-letter word

   Published: 12/6/2008
4. 37: ’says’ and ’said’--two words NOT pronounced with ’long a’ /eɪ/

   Published: 11/26/2008
5. 36: Japanese speaker special

   Published: 11/16/2008
6. 35: there, their, they’re: they’re all said the same!

   Published: 11/15/2008
7. 34: consonant+y suffix (-cy, -ity, -graphy, -fy) word syllable stress

   Published: 11/8/2008
8. 33: -ate suffix word syllable stress and heteronyms

   Published: 11/1/2008
9. 32: -ize suffix (as in ’recognize’ and ’prioritize’) word syllable stress

   Published: 10/21/2008
10. 31: -ic suffix word syllable stress

    Published: 10/15/2008
11. 30: 2-syllable word stress and -tion/-sion syllable stress

    Published: 10/8/2008
12. 29: Compare /i/ and /ɪ/ (’long e’ & ’short i’--as in ’sheep’ and ’ship’)

    Published: 9/30/2008
13. 28: The /h/ (as in ’hello’ and ’happy’)

    Published: 9/24/2008
14. 27: The /g/ and /k/, stops in American English

    Published: 9/17/2008
15. 26: English /m/ and /n/ pronunciation

    Published: 9/10/2008
16. 25: The ’ng’ sound /ŋ/ (as in ’song’) pronunciation

    Published: 9/3/2008
17. 24: The ’ch’ /ʧ/ and ’j’ /ʤ/ pronunciation in English

    Published: 8/27/2008
18. 23: The /p/ and /b/ in English

    Published: 8/20/2008
19. 22: Review all the sounds covered so far

    Published: 8/13/2008
20. 21: The Rhythm Rule and sentence stress, continued

    Published: 8/6/2008