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we're without Charlie so sorry you can't
be here Charlie we miss you Charlie actually
I've never met Charlie so sad
I can't do this
Today Lucy and I are bringing
you another very useful English video
we're going to be talking about minimal
pairs aren't we oh yeah so what is
a minimal pair a minimal pair is two
words a pair of words that sound very
similar but have one little difference
one of the sound is different ok a good
example is ship and sheep so ship as in
the big boat which carries lots of
passengers across the ocean and sheep
maa maa
why are minimal pairs so
interesting well I think they're really
interesting because often they'll use
vowel sounds especially that other
languages don't have in them i.e the
Spanish absolutely Spanish speakers really
suffer with the i / ɪ and ee / iː differentiation
very true and we were thinking that
sometimes if you want to say one of the
words from the pair but you accidentally
pronounce the other one you could have a
very confusing and embarrassing and
sometimes offensive ooph situation
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Please be warned there are rude
words within this video if you are
easily offended by strong language then
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of ours instead however if you can excuse
the potty mouthed teachers Harry and Lucy then we
hope you enjoy this very useful episode of real English
Hi darling hi how was your
lunch today yeah it was err really
nice something strange happened though
Oh what was that well umm I had my cutlery
Mm hmm umm but I realised something was missing
umm so I asked the waitress if I could have a
fuck you asked her for what a fuck
Here Harry mispronounced the word fork for ahem
the swear word fuck in this context the
word suggests that Harry has asked for
more than just cutlery so let's practice
the difference between the sounds and
then focus on how to make the sound
For the sound used in the word fork
put your tongue low and to the
back of the mouth push your lips
together like you're gunna kiss someone
oorr / ɔː
for the sound in the word fuck
put your tongue low between the middle
and the back of your mouth and make a
short voiced sound with your mouth open
uhh / ʌ
now let's see the scene
again with the correct pronunciation
So how was your lunch today yeah it was it was fine
umm strange though I didn't get the...
all the cutlery so I I had to ask the waitress
for a fork god the service there is always
so terrible I know last time I go back there
to get really good at knowing the
difference in pronunciation
practise more words that contain the same sound
as this minimal pair do so for example
we have
How's it going I'm fine how are you I'm okay I
just had a really busy day I just want
to stay in and watch a film with you and
just relax oh do you mind if I go out no you
Harry has yet again
mispronounced a simple word for a very
very rude word this is by far the rudest
of them all so listen up for the
difference the technique and then the
replay of how the scene should have sounded
for the word can't
put the tongue low and to the back of the mouth
lips relaxed and then make a long voiced
sound with your mouth open
ahh / ɑː
ahh / ɑː
ahh / ɑː
for the word cunt pffff
you sound really sexy when you say that
thank you
for the word cunt we use the same sound as the word
fuck all the beautiful words contain
this phoneme put your tongue low between
the middle and the back of your mouth
and make a short voiced sound with your mouth open
uhh / ʌ
uhh / ʌ
Hi darling hello how are
you I'm fine I'm just really tired I
want to have a nice evening in with you
watch a film and just relax d'you mind if
I go out ahh you can't oww not today you can't
fine I'll stay in ah thank you I love you
I love you too
Ahh so here we see that
if you avoid calling a girl like
Lucy a umm cunt she will indeed fall deeply
in love with you and so we should
practise further sounds that resemble this
minimal pair
to start with we have
next we have
and finally
Darling I'm going to the
kitchen do you want anything yeah I'd love a
cock
it's Lucy's turn to blush
here as she has mispronounced the word
coke for the word cock which I'm sure
most of you know is slang for male
genitals instead of wanting to quench
her thirst with a cold coke from the
fridge she is suggesting something
rather out of the ordinary for Harry
once again let's take a look at the
differences the coaching points and then
a scene in which Harry doesn't look
quite as intrigued
for the word coke we have to use a diphthong
sound which means it's actually two
sounds combined uh / ə and oo / ʊ
uh / ə and oo / ʊ
to make this sound
start with the uh / ə and move to ooh / ʊ
oe / əʊ
oe / əʊ
for the word cock put the tongue
low and to the back of your mouth
mouth open and slightly rounded as if sucking
a lolly make a short voice sound oh oh
oh / ɒ
oh / ɒ
oh / ɒ
Darling I'm going to the kitchen can
I get you anything oh yes I'll have a coke
ok one coke coming right up thank you honey
further sounds for you to practice with
the minimal pairing of coke and cock are
folk and flock soak and sock
and lastly bloke and block so I really
want to go on holiday this year me too
where'd you fancy I was kind of thinking
Italy oh yeah really hot nice bitches
what once again Harry has upset Lucy by
confusing beach for bitch which is
incredibly common for those who speak
Latin based languages so listen out for
the clear difference in sounds the
replay and my extra sounds to practice
the coaching parts for this word is
combined with our next minimal pair
beach bitch beach bitch I really want to
go on holiday this year me too where do
you fancy going i'm thinking like Italy
or somewhere I could do Italy nice
weather nice beaches yeah the beaches
are meant to be beautiful yeah let's do
it let's go whoo!! some extra sounds
for you to practice regarding beach and
bitch are reach and rich teach and twitch
and lastly speech and stitch Lucy I love
living with you I know it's lovely
by the way do you like the color brown I
don't mind the color brown 'cos I just
put some new shits on the bed what
don't panic don't panic lucy has not
shit the bed she mispronounced sheet for
shit listen up for the final minimal
pair break down along with the coaching
points for beach and bitch sheet
shit sheet shit for the words beach and
sheet lift the tongue high and to the
front of your mouth stretch out your
lips as if smiling and make a long
voiced sound EEE/ i:
sheet and shit create a similar shape to
the 'i:' sound but this time bring your
tongue and jaw slightly lower and make a
short voiced sound i/ i/ i Lucy I
love living with you that's lovely by
the way do you like the color brown love
it because I just put some new sheets on
the bed for further practice with the
sounds in shit and sheet practice fit
and feet grit and greet and knit and
neat Oh brown sheets! It means if you have another of
those nightmares we don't have to wash
them that's all from us for now but
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