Master the American accent! American English Vowels IPA Listening Quiz

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Hey Ramzy - You're very welcome!! Thanks for your comment :)

[@ramzy-6566]

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[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thank you! :) And keep up with your practice - that's fantastic! :)

[@evermorevictorious2742]

Julie, your video is excellent. Congratulations! Please tell us the software you use for the IPA symbols and where we can get it.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Evermore - Thanks for your comment :) I'd be happy to give you more info about the software I use to get the IPA into my videos :) Send me an email at [e-mail], or contact me through my website: sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/contact, and I can help you there :)

[@ramzy-6566]

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[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

I'm glad you liked it! It's always good to take a quiz every now and then :)

[@ramzy-6566]

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[@Itmasters822]

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[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi IT-Master - Awesome! Glad you liked it! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

Hello, are /ɝ/ and /ɚ/ monophthongs or R-colored vowels or both, Thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi! I consider /ɝ/ and /ɚ/ to be both monophthongs and R-colored vowels. Other language/accent teachers might say something different, but it makes the most sense to me to consider them both monophthongs and R-colored vowels. Thanks for your question! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

are /ɝ/ and /ɚ/ have the same tongue position. Thank you so much.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi! I think the tongue position is almost identical, but /ɝ/ might be a little higher than /ɚ/ because it is stressed and the tongue has slightly more tension. But I can't feel a difference when I pronounce them - both /ɝ/ and /ɚ/ feel like they have the same tongue position to me! I hope this helps! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Thank you. I think /ɝ/ sound the mouth more open than /ɚ/ .

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

​@@ramzy-6566 Yes - I agree that in general, that is usually true :)

[@ramzy-6566]

I think you didn't make a video for ɔ sound.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

You are right - I didn't make a video for the /ɔ/ sound. I don't use this vowel in its pure form (it's not part of the Western US accent, which is what is spoken in California), and I don't teach this vowel to my accent clients, so I didn't make a video about it. I don't know how to use this vowel correctly, so I didn't want to possibly make a mistake in a video :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent i understand what you said , but i think you use this vowel like in the word ( always /ˈɔlweɪz/ - all /ɔl/ - also /ˈɔlsoʊ/ ) or do you use another sound like /ɑ/.Thank you so much.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ramzy-6566 Hi! I use the AH /ɑ/ vowel instead. This is called the "caught-cot" merger. If you look in a dictionary, you may see the word "caught" transcribed as /kɔt/, with the AW /ɔ/ vowel. But in the Western US accent, the word "caught" is pronounced the same as "cot" - /kɑt/. Speaking with the "caught-cot" merger is much more common in the United States, so this means more people use AH /ɑ/ instead of AW /ɔ/ . I pronounce the words "always" /ˈɑlweɪz/ , "all" /ɑl/ , and "also" /ˈɑlsoʊ/ using the AH /ɑ/ vowel, which has much less lip rounding than AW /ɔ/. I hope this helps! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent yes this video beneficial, i like /ɑ/ sound Thank you so much.

[@ramzy-6566]

is (Ju) diphthong as in use /yuz/ - /juz / or just two sounds. Thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Good question! Some people teach the /ju/ sound as a diphthong, but I don't consider it to be a diphthong because the /j/ sound is a consonant. The definition of a diphthong is two vowel sounds, and I follow this definition in my classes and videos. The /ju/ combination is two sounds - the /j/ consonant and the /u/ vowel. I hope this helps! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Yes, helpful, Thank you so much.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ramzy-6566 You're welcome! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

Hello, in american accent there are two difference vowel chart IPA, for two symbol : - is this symbol /e/ the same sound for /eɪ/ - and is this symbol /o/ the same sound for /oʊ/ can give me example for every symbol. Thank you so much.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks for your question! Yes, you are correct, and I understand how this can be confusing! Some people believe that AY /eɪ/ and OH /oʊ/ are not diphthongs. Instead, they believe that these sounds are monophthongs because they think there isn't enough movement in the lips/tongue/jaw to justify calling that sound a diphthong. So these people use the /e/ symbol to represent /eɪ/, and the /o/ symbol to represent /oʊ/. I was taught that AY /eɪ/ and OH /oʊ/ are diphthongs, so that is how I teach the vowels to my accent clients and in my videos. I hope this helps! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent - i thought /e/ and /o/ have a different sound or short from /eɪ/ and /oʊ/ - but you said they have same sound . thank you so much.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ramzy-6566 Yes, I think they are the same sound. I use /eɪ/ and /oʊ/ in all of my IPA transcriptions :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent - someone said this symbol /e/ unstressed for stressed /eɪ/ - and this symbol /o/ unstressed for stressed /oʊ/ - what do you think?

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

​@@ramzy-6566 Yes, I have heard that, too. It depends on what type of IPA that person was taught :) I was taught to use the full diphthong in both stressed and unstressed syllables, so that is what I do, but the way you mentioned in your comment can also be correct!

[@ramzy-6566]

i hope video for /ær/ as in married /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/ and /aɪr/ , /aɪər/ Triphthong as in layer noun /ˈleɪər/ , /ˈleɪɚ/ - fire noun /faɪr/ IPA like a musical note every symbol important. Thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi! Thank you for the suggestions :) I will add them to my list of "to-do" videos! Just one thing: the /ær/ as in married /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/ vowel. I don't use the /ær/ R-colored vowel - it's not part of the General American accent. And I use the EE /i/ vowel in the final syllable, not the IH /ɪ/ vowel. Here's how I pronounce "married": /ˈmɛr.id/. MAIR-eed. I think the /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/ pronunciation is closer to the UK/British pronunciation, or maybe another US accent...but it's not in the General American accent.

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent - i like the way you pronounce "married": /ˈmɛr.id/. MAIR-eed. - which dictionary do you recommend for right IPA - and for /aɪr/ , /aɪər/ Triphthong as in layer noun /ˈleɪər/ , /ˈleɪɚ/ do you recommend to divide the sound to /aɪ/+ /ər/ or there are apical sound for /aɪər/. Thank you so much.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ramzy-6566 Hi! Thanks for your questions :) 1) I use the Cambridge Dictionary dictionary.cambridge.org/us/ the most often, but it uses a few different IPA symbols than I do. I use /ɛ/ for the EH vowel; Cambridge uses /e/. I typically use /ɹ/ for the R consonant, but Cambridge uses /r/ (though I sometimes use this one, too). And I use /ɾ/ for the flap, but Cambridge uses /t̬/. 2) I pronounce the /aɪr/ , /aɪər/ sounds, like in the word "fire", as two syllables. I do the same for "layer" - as two syllables. So I divide the sound like FAI - er, and LAY - er, /faɪ.ɚ/ and /ˈleɪ.ɚ/. In this transcription, neither of these words contain a triphthong because the final ER /ɚ/ vowel is another syllable. I hope this helps! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent is that mean there aren't triphthongs in American English

[@ramzy-6566]

2:49 is /ɝ/ and /ɚ/monophthongs not R-colored or diphthongs, why. thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thank you for this great question :) I consider the /ɝ/ and /ɚ/ vowels to be both monophthongs and R-colored vowels. As I understand these vowels, they began as the UH vowel + R consonant, so either /ʌɹ / for a stressed vowel, or /əɹ/ for an unstressed vowel. When you look at them this way, they clearly look like R-colored vowels. But then the R consonant absorbed the UH vowel (similar to what happens with syllabic consonants), and the symbol changed to only one symbol: /ɝ/ for the stressed ER and /ɚ/ for the unstressed ER. So now they look like monophthongs! I don't consider them diphthongs because there is only one mouth position (no movement in the articulators when you say the sounds). I have to admit that I don't know the full history of these sounds, so I might be wrong here! But hopefully this was helpful :)

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[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Awesome, Tobias! I'm so glad you liked this video! :)

[@evermorevictorious2742]

Julie, your video is excellent. Congratulations! Please tell us the software you use for the IPA symbols and where we can get it.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Evermore, Thanks for your comment :) I'd be happy to give you more info about the software I use to get the IPA into my videos :) Send me an email at [e-mail], or contact me through my website: sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/contact, and I can help you there :)