hi, nice to see you guys:) i have been in Canada for five years. However, i think my English is still pretty bad and really needs more practice. Here is a clip that i record myself reading 8 words. Can you guys identify these words:)
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1) ? 2) Castle 3) Bed 4) Jar 5) Draw 6) Feel? Field? 7) Cheese 8) Salary (or Celery?)
Castle, jar, draw, cheese were clear and not too bad. Bed came out as bedt. It was clear but sounded very non-native. Feel/field had a hint of a d on the end but I
thanks for listening to my clip. Anyway, does it take a few time for u to identify all the words except the first one? actually, i am trying to say kettle for the first one, jaw for the fifth, fuel for the sixth, celery for the last one. i think i have to work harder:)
Now that I know it is kettle I can hear it, but it's not clear. I think it was a little clearer in your other post, although you will note that we couldn't decide whether it was kettle or cattle. #5 sounds like draw, you notice the discussion on your other thread about whether it was draw or drawer.
1) Kettle is a little clearer, although you draw out the E more than a native speaker would. This doesn't help with clarity as it makes it sound like cair-tul (which isn't a word). 2) The word is unclear. 3) Still sounds like feel. It should have a yoo sound in the middle. The British say fyoo'l, Americans say fyoo-el, but it's not fee-el. 4)