English (General American) Video 3: A Handful of English (GA) Spelling Rules

This is the third of a three-part series on English (General American) pronunciation. The goal is to get familiar with the sounds of English and the IPA symbols. You'll then be able to learn them faster, either through your own studies or through my pronunciation trainers. More links below:
Flashcard Designs for Teaching Yourself Pronunciation: blog.fluent-fo...
My Pronunciation Trainers: fluent-forever...
Anki Language Learning: ankilanguagelea...
More Anki Decks, including English Pronunciation: speakada.com
Reddit's Anki Language Learning Community: / ankilanguagelearning
A super detailed discussion of the IPA: • Pronunciation Tutorial...

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[@NHanced44]

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[@poonamsingh-mx1qd]

Thank you, sir, for this video.

[@ramzy-6566]

pretty useful video, thank you.

[@FluentForeverApp]

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[@NetAndyCz]

What are the rules to pronounce "ocean"? For a very long time I thought (based on other words I was exposed to) that it should sound bit like "oh seen"

[@ashtarbalynestjar8000]

The rule is that whenever an unstressed vowel that should sound like /i/ or /j/ by itself comes between a sibilant and another unstressed vowel, the sibilant becomes palatalized and the /i/ or /j/ drops out. visual → /ˈvɪz.ju.əl/ → /ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/ mission → /ˈmis.i.ən/ → /ˈmɪʃ.ən/ ocean → /ˈəʊ.si.ən/ → /ˈəʊ.ʃən/

[@PyckledNyk]

How come some short vowel sounds in single-syllable words are followed by doubled consonants and others aren’t? Compare mass vs mat, ebb vs web, riff vs if, etc. Is it another spelling rule, or is it some other reason?

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello there! Here's an article that might help to explain this: www.lexico.com/explore/why-do-some-words-end-in-double-consonants.

[@franciscozabala241]

thank you for this video but it seems to me that you forgot the vowels ɜː,ɔːand the fact that one would say that any spelling could give a schwa for instance in awe/ɔː/ lurk /lɜːk/ and about /əˈbaʊt/ can you maybe add something with this regard? Thanks

[@poonamsingh-mx1qd]

Thank you sirr

[@nhitranhoangyen3467]

how can we learn all of these spelling rules with anki?

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello there! If you visit our website we have a pronunciation trainer which includes an Anki deck. :)

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You are a bit fast.