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Why don't you simply practice your pronunciation using our online voice recorder? Here is how I pronounce 'words' and 'worse' as well as 'oil'.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 26, 2009 15:09 pm Pronouncing of worse, worst, words |
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| I've been meaning to ask this question but didn't find appropriate time until now. Why some voice file play back flawlessly when some just only popped an empty window and don't produce a peep. I have latest version of Java installed on my system and couldn't figure what causing this. By the way, this one works just fine and thank you for that. |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jun 26, 2009 18:09 pm Pronouncing of worse, worst, words |
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Please listen to my recording and respond with a voice message too. Many thanks.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 17:06 pm Pronouncing of worse, worst, words |
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Hello,
The S sound at the end of "words" should be pronounced differently from the S sound at the end of "worse".
The S sound at the end of "words" is similar to the Z sound at the beginning of "zoo" or "zebra".
The S sound at the end of "worse" is like the S sound at the beginning of "simple" or "sad".
(Torsten, I might equate the final sound in "worse" with the "ss" sound used in German -- as in the German word "Schloss".)
In addition, the pronunciation of "worse" should sound shorter than the pronunciation of "words".
Cheers.
(The final S in "cheers" is like the final S in "words".)
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Jun 28, 2009 16:21 pm Pronouncing of worse, worst, words |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| Please listen to my recording and respond with a voice message too. Many thanks. |
I got so busy and didn't have a chance to come online. Sorry for my late response. I will look into it and let you know about that. |
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| #7 (permalink) Sun Jun 28, 2009 16:23 pm Pronouncing of worse, worst, words |
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| Esl_Expert wrote: |
Hello,
The S sound at the end of "words" should be pronounced... |
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Jul 01, 2009 15:07 pm Pronouncing of worse, worst, words |
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| Esl_Expert wrote: |
Hello,
The S sound at the end of "words" should be pronounced differently from the S sound at the end of "worse".
The S sound at the end of "words" is similar to the Z sound at the beginning of "zoo" or "zebra".
The S sound at the end of "worse" is like the S sound at the beginning of "simple" or "sad".
(Torsten, I might equate the final sound in "worse" with the "ss" sound used in German -- as in the German word "Schloss".)
In addition, the pronunciation of "worse" should sound shorter than the pronunciation of "words".
Cheers.
(The final S in "cheers" is like the final S in "words".)
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