if this phrase comes at the end of a
sentence if it's the final thought then
we want to make a real eval at the end I
used to Rachel do you ski I used to but
if it's not at the end if we're gonna
continue on with the thought then we're
probably going to make that last sound a
schwa for example I used to ski there
I'm saying used to used to
instead of used to used to but let's go
back and start at the beginning the
first syllable is stressed so it will be
da da
used to used to and it begins with the U
as in few diphthong so the tongue tip is
down and the front part is very close to
the roof of the mouth yet there's also a
little holding in the throat that makes
that sound
u u then the tongue comes down from the
front and lifts in the back and the lips
will round you you to make the second
half of the diphthong the word used by
itself has a Z sound and a D sound for
example I bought a used car it's not new
but when we're connecting to the word 2
which begins with an unvoiced consonant
we actually unvoiced the S and the D so
rather than a Z sound we just make it an
S sound used to and we don't actually
need to try to make the D in used we can
just drop that and go straight from the
S sound to the T sound used to used to
so we're simplifying things here so
after the u diphthong youth we make an S
I make that with a tongue tip down and
the teeth closed use 2 so then we make a
true T normally the tongue tip goes to
the roof of the mouth to make that but
since our tongue tip is down use we can
actually keep it down and still make a
true T sound by pressing the part
just behind the tip to the roof of the
mouth use to used to used to so if we
don't lift the tongue up to the roof of
the mouth and then bring it back down
for the vowel that simplifies things a
little bit so we can just make that T
with a part of the tongue just behind
the tip and leave the tip down the whole
time used to used to used to that helps
simplify things it works also when we
make the final vowel the vowel used to
used to used to I don't need to bring my
tongue tip up for that T sound let's
hear a few other people say this phrase
David do you keep in touch with John I
used to hey dad do you water-ski I used
to I used to go to the theatre a lot I
used to like soccer
I used to bike to work Rachel do you
like to work from home I used to getting
a little tired of it now I I used to
like bugs but now I don't okay I used to
like spiders but now I don't what do you
like now instead umm science
Oh
used to used to used to used to used to
used to
used to used to used to used to
David do keep in touch with John I used
to I used to I used to hey dad do you
water-ski
I used to I used to I used to Rachel do
you like to work from home I used to I
used to I used to
used to used to used to used to
I used to like soccer I used to I used
to I used to I used to go to the theater
a lot I used to I used to I used to I
used to bike to work I used to I used to
I used to I used to like bugs
I used to I used to I used to
David do keep in touch with John I used
to hey dad do you water-ski I used to I
used to go to the theater a lot I used
to like soccer
I used to bike to work Rachel do you
like to work from home I used to getting
a little tired of it now