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#2 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:57 am I am as snug as a bug in the rug |
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| It's usually "I am as snug as a bug in a rug" |
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Kanjikook I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 21:14 pm I am as snug as a bug in the rug |
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Thanck you Dear kanjikook! I can see that it was my mistake. but I want to know how to pronounce whole the sentence. (intonation) |
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Tresorunikin I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 22:07 pm I am as snug as a bug in the rug |
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| Tresorunikin wrote: |
Thanck Dear kanjikook! I can see that it was my mistake. but I want to know how to pronounce whole the sentence. (intonation) |
Hello Tresoruniken
The main stress would normally be on the words snug, bug and rug -- and of course I am would be contracted in spoken English:
"[I'm as snug] [as a bug] [in a rug]." |
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Esl_Expert I'm here quite often ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 22:13 pm I am as snug as a bug in the rug |
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| thank you! what about the stress for the words: snug, rug and bug I think snug, rug and bug |
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Tresorunikin I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 23:00 pm I am as snug as a bug in the rug |
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| We normally talk about stress in terms of single syllables, Tresorunikin, and those are all one-syllable words. Of course, the "ug" in each of those words rhymes. Is that what you're getting at? |
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Esl_Expert I'm here quite often ;-)
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#7 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 23:15 pm I am as snug as a bug in the rug |
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| thanck you very much: I am glad with your explanation |
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Tresorunikin I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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| Convenient or convenience? | I was able to vs I used to be able to |