Consonant Sound Dark L as in "call" - American English Pronunciation

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Couldn't agree more. :)

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@@SoundsAmerican By the way, I don’t see diphthong “ur” in words like poor, tour from your videos. Or American English just simply replaced them by “or” r-cored sound? Thanks!

[@SoundsAmerican]

Yes, you're right. The /ʊr/ sound is used in the US, but we don't believe it's used in the General American English. For example, we pronounce the words "sure" and "poor" as /ʃɝ/ and /pɔr/, but you may hear some people saying them with the /ʊr/ sound.

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50 shades of L

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+Cleonice Moreira Alves Thank you for your kind words! Happy that you like our videos

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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+Elwin Harahap Thank you for your kind words! Of course, we'll keep making new videos, stay tuned!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Eduardo Braivein We will, stay tuned!

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Thank you so much. I speak Chinese and we have a soft L sound. That’s why every time I pronounce L into soft L while I even didn’t notice this. My kids always told me my L is not right but they couldn’t find the problem. Thank for your video, now I finally know where the problem is.

[@SoundsAmerican]

You’re welcome 😊 BTW, we also have a website with tons of info on pronunciation and practice exercises for all American English sounds: soundsamerican.net/

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Fernelly Jor You're welcome! 😊👋

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Oh, I was very curious about the "dark" L. My friends, pets, relatives, and I thank you for this video!!

[@SoundsAmerican]

+ultra7178 You all are very welcome! 😄🖖👋

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Glad you like them!

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We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Josdan Good things take time :)

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The best I can see to explain this difficult sound.Thank you

[@SoundsAmerican]

Glad it was helpful!😊

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Hello, thank you to producers of this program. It was excellent and helps students learn the correct pronunciation.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Happy to hear that!

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I should say that this is just fantastic. I'm a teacher and a student just asked me about the /l/ sound. I answerd properly, but I wasn't enough sure on the phonems and phonology. This vid completely blew my mind. Awesome job. Thank you much!

[@SoundsAmerican]

Glad to hear this! We love having teachers in our community and we're always trying to make our videos as helpful for teachers as possible. If you have any feedback or recommendations, share with us! And don't forget to share our videos with your students. 😂

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Tradução. Português

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Tradução. Português

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[@eduardobraivein8496]

Sounds American The Dark L is an allophone of the L phoneme.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Eduardo Braivein You're absolutely right, that's why in this video we said that it's not a distinct consonant.

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Thank you! If you're looking for more information on American pronunciation, you can also check our website: soundsamerican.net/. There's tons of information on American English sounds and phonic rules.

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😀 Which speaker?

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Just search "Ted-ed" and watch a video. :)

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Thank you for all the feedback you've been providing. We tried to make our videos and other materials as useful for teachers as possible. By the way, if you haven't seen yet, check out our KZbin Community page (link: kzbin.info/door/-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDgcommunity). Every Wednesday, we post a quiz on phonics and ask our audience to choose an answer. On Friday, we post a detailed answer explaining how English phonic rules work. These quizzes and the Friday posts may be very useful for your students too. 👋

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I am already an English speaker. The only reason I'm here is for a fun project I'm doing. I never realized all the "secret" sounds that English had--like the Dark L. This also makes me realize how much harder that it must be for people to learn English. My utmost respects.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Can you share what your fun project is? Just curious.

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@@SoundsAmerican I'm conjuring up an alternative spelling system so that English can be said as it's written. I want to be precise, but I don't think I'll assign anything to Dark L since it's differentiated from Light L with differented vowels.

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Thank you for your suggestion! Yes, we plan to make a video on this topic soon, stay tuned!

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Looks like you're reading just fine! :) Yes, we know, it's pretty complicated when it comes to reading in English, as you have to know phonic rules and exceptions. We haven't approached this part of training systematically just yet, but we do have a lot of useful content in our blog (soundsamerican.net/articles?tag=blog). Check it out and please let us know if that's what you're looking for.

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Thank you! 😃 Let us know if you have any questions!

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Thank you for your suggestion!

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We'll resume publishing soon! Stay tuned!

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Glad that they are helpful! Yes, of course, we're working on that!👋

[@rofsjan]

Thank you for explanation. The demo helps a lot and the drawings are quite helpful. It is not easy to pronounce the dark L. Need to practice and get used to it. I don't know dark L in other languages that I know. It is a special sound.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Many people find the dark 'L' sound difficult to master, because it's very different from the regular /l/ sound which is familiar. The good news is that if you practice the dark 'L' regularly, you'll be able to pronounce it correctly. Just make sure to listen to how it's pronounced and repeat after the speaker. These two steps are critical. Hope it helps!

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+Bairon Ayala We try to :)

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Thanks a million! I love all of your videos which are truly helpful. The dark L is most difficult for Asians. I've heard some teachers say it should slightly touch the up jaw, even touch the teeth. Yet in this video, it indicated that the tongue should be backward. I'm a bit of confusion, and it might due to my misunderstanding... I'll figure out with it and keep practicing it. Your team is awesome! Much appreciated!!! :)

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We're currently busy working on our next projects, the Sounds American website (soundsamerican.net - highly recommended) and some others. But don't worry, we'll make more videos! Stay tuned!

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Glad it was helpful!

[@evermorevictorious2742]

The British dark L is a vocalised L. That means the L has become a vowel. The dark L is in 3 forms: 1. "a schwa followed by a dark L", as in "vowel", "mail"; 2. a /u/, as in "bull"; or 3. a /o/, as in "doll". (For 2 & 3, the vocalised dark L is turned into a vowel similar to the preceding vowel, usually pronounced without lip rounding.) For the dark L, the tongue tip doesn't touch the alveolar ridge. If it does, it is not a dark L but a light L. For the light L, the tongue tip touches the alveolar ridge.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Just a note, on this channel, we don't teach British English. This is only about the General American English. 👋

[@evermorevictorious2742]

Light L: the tongue tip touches the alveolar ridge. Dark L: the tongue tip doesn't touch the alveolar ridge.

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Hello there! Glad to hear that you like our channel! We're working on something big and suspended videos production for a short time. We'll resume publishing soon, stay tuned! We always welcome suggestions, thank you!

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Thank you!

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About your post guys, the second pronunciation of the word "been" is with schwa sound and with the same sound for "pen" or "ken", for example. It seems to be actually three different pronunciations for the same word.

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