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/əʊ/

 

US English symbol:

/oʊ/
 

 

 

The /əʊ/ sound

is used in words like stone, go or hello.

 

 

 

 

OW as in 'go'    American English Pronunciation    vowels

pronunciation video    Accent's Way English with Hadar    26 October 2017

 

I used the ow as in 'go' vowel sound

as an example for a sound that is fairly easy to make,

yet has a very immediate and apparent impact.

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BntgihRLSCA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British English Pronunciation - Diphthongs /əʊ/ & /aʊ/

Minimal Pairs, Connected Speech, Homophones

Lean English Pronunciation    2021

 

 

 

 

British English Pronunciation - Diphthongs /əʊ/ & /aʊ/

Minimal Pairs, Connected Speech, Homophones

pronunciation video    Lean English Pronunciation    7 May 2021

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVRzO1pYE2s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper    Shallow    Live    2019

 

 

 

 

Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper    Shallow

(From A Star Is Born/Live From The Oscars)

music video    Lady Gaga     25 February 2019

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPJjwHAIny4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello, Goodbye    The Beatles    1967

 

 

 

 

The Beatles    Hello, Goodbye

Music video

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rblYSKz_VnI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

' go

 

 

 

' know

 

 

 

' vote

 

 

 

' hold

 

 

 

' don't

 

 

 

' stone

 

 

 

' road

 

 

 

' rose

 

 

 

' joke

 

 

 

' robot

 

 

 

' home

 

 

 

' toast

 

 

 

' phone

 

 

 

boat

 

 

 

' window

 

 

 

' shallow

 

 

 

' poll

 

 

 

' mumbo-' jumbo

 

 

 

' ghost

 

 

 

' post

 

 

 

he ' llo

 

 

 

oh no!

 

 

 

' only

 

 

 

al ' most

 

 

 

also

 

 

 

ago

 

 

 

over

 

 

 

so

 

 

 

a 'lone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related > Anglonautes > Learning English > Spoken English

 

vowels > the shocking truth

about so-called long and short English vowels

 

 

vowels > diphthongs

 

 

all vowel sounds >

IPA symbols,

examples and music videos

 

 

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Related

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Diphthong

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Monophthong

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Great_Vowel_Shift

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Stress_(linguistics)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Received_Pronunciation

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
International_Phonetic_Alphabet

 

 

 

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