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[@juneyu6106]

Oh, I am so happy to see you on KZbin again.😃😃I think you are the best teacher who can explain American English pronounciation thoroughly.

[@eyefat89]

Thank you so much for the tips! Very useful as always!😃

[@classified99]

Great video! What I'm kind of unsure about is the hinge. The way you're describing it it seems to be a lot more forward than what seems doable to me, especially with the back of the tongue slightly backwardly engaged, rest of the tongue generally low, including the tip...

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Sounds like you've relaxed back too far with the front/middle. Roughly the line between the front and the middle attaches to the hinge and the rest hangs down and back from there. But this is also in part why I say 4th OR 5th tooth. There's a range of possibility to it, like all things. Having the hinge in place allows us to release the back of the middle and create the "dip" with little effort. Hope that helps. These details can be abstract and confusing. I'm just trying to describe things as best as I can

[@laura3619]

👌👌😊😊

[@jeheecheon8397]

LONG time no SEE🎉

[@Pronunciationhacks]

Can you send the link for downloading your app?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

I don't have an app. You can find the link to my italki profile for lessons in the description

[@godislove6541]

Hi Josh! I have a question, is there a light l in english like in other languages, arabic for example ? i heard there isnt ... if so what kind of L is the l as in the word LACK ?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

L Sounds Playlist!: kzbin.info/aero/PLF9KfAK-sCVPhJALHhVZP6DxwD1HZka8z Yes, there is a light L and a dark L, but American English tends to prefer the dark L and it's technically possible to never use the light L (unless enunciating, in which case what is normally a dark L can even become a light L, which is part of why I look at these two as the range of one sound). In reality, though, the light L does get used quite a lot (particularly at the start of syllables (the basic rule) and in linking), just not as much as the dark L. "Lack" uses a light L by default

[@godislove6541]

@@NativeEnglishHacks thanks so much for the details ... ill check the playlist

[@erens_vlog]

with love from istanbul :)

[@johnconor5485]

where exactly is the sides of the middle of the tongue?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

#mouthposture view from above: where's the middle? #americanenglishpronunciation

[@iiAbdullah635]

Could you try to say ih as in bit and end it with y as yes. So you have /iy/ diphthong. That's sounds like the ee vowel.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Short answer: No. There's no iy diphthong and EE is a single vowel. Longer answer: I think Dr. Geoff Lindsay talks about something like this, and though it is possible if you're not enunciating or speaking slowly, to me it just seems very strange and unnecessary.

[@iiAbdullah635]

@@NativeEnglishHacks , I think there's some truth to what he said tho.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

@iiAbdullah635 If it works and you sound good, go for it. Results are all that matter. I have no doubt there are probably some natives who do it that way. But you don't have to do it that way.

[@birgithade5022]

I would love to hear you talking in Spanish 😊

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Some Horrible Spanish for You lol

[@iiAbdullah635]

Have you thought of making a series instead of a big, huge, long video. A video that contains all vowels instead of that a series. Especially that uploading every four days or so will allow the channel to be more active.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

I considered it and decided against it

[@iiAbdullah635]

Instead of rasing the middle sides a bit how about you raise it a bit more than how you do it usually to the point of feeling that the back kinda goes .forward a bit

[@iiAbdullah635]

This is what makes feel that your vowels are forward or not. This is the small chnage I'm talking about. Actually, doing this makes go from your schwa to almost the same schwa rachel describes.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Hmmm, maybe I'm I'm not doing it the same way your thinking, but when I try that, I just get a little extra static tension on the back that doesn't feel any more forward or backward than before. I can also do it in a way where it seems there's no change at all in the back

[@iiAbdullah635]

@@NativeEnglishHacks , after doing some experiment. Maybe an arch is more accurate? But not too high. touching the bottom upper teeth. Actually, the hinge is still there(kinda optional though). The same goes for the back still low. It can get forward a bit. When I made that my center of gravity. All my vowel started sound kinda like Rachel's. This is the best explanation. I was able to come up with.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Really don't write get what you're describing. And I can't imagine saying even a single word without the hinge. It makes it insanely difficult to speak

[@iiAbdullah635]

@@NativeEnglishHacks , heavy contact of the hinge is optional, yet having a light contact is, most of the time, mandatory. it's not really different. she just raises the body of the middle in a shape of an arch. instructions. 1. go to the same schwa of yours. 2. the middle part of tongue arches up(it shouldn't past the bottom of the upper teeth. This is how I see it. Hope that makes sense.

[@tr1f4ek]

English hacks - American accent made harder

[@iiAbdullah635]

Not really, having a perfect accent isn't like walking in the park. It is hard. If It wasn't. Everybody would have a perfect sounding accent. In my opinion, his channel is the best pronunciation channel out there. He gives you all the details.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Everything works; not everything works for everybody.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Although I'm curious why you say that

[@feelingwell5351]

@tr1f4ek. I'm sorry for you. I'm happy for Josh 😊

[@feelingwell5351]

To each his own. But generally, Josh has been giving substantial and significant out of the box lessons here. Take it or leave it 😅. Up to you dear.