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I am as snug as a bug in the rug



 
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I am as snug as a bug in the rug #1 (permalink) Thu Dec 25, 2008 18:33 pm   I am as snug as a bug in the rug		  
Hi, I'd like to know if I have pronounced this idiom correctly. If I have not, don't hesitate to correct me. Listen to the voce message.
idiom:''I am as snug as a bug in the rug''
Sorry, I can't post the voice message.! May I know the correct manner of pronouncing
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I am as snug as a bug in the rug #2 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:57 am   I am as snug as a bug in the rug		  
It's usually "I am as snug as a bug in a rug"
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I am as snug as a bug in the rug #3 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 21:14 pm   I am as snug as a bug in the rug		  
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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I am as snug as a bug in the rug #4 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 22:07 pm   I am as snug as a bug in the rug		  
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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I am as snug as a bug in the rug #5 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 22:13 pm   I am as snug as a bug in the rug		  
thank you! what about the stress for the words: snug, rug and bug I think snug, rug and bug
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I am as snug as a bug in the rug #6 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 23:00 pm   I am as snug as a bug in the rug		  
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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I am as snug as a bug in the rug #7 (permalink) Fri Dec 26, 2008 23:15 pm   I am as snug as a bug in the rug		  
thanck you very much: I am glad with your explanation
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