everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question today's
question is how do I say the word pushy which means self-assertive or overly
ambitious I actually hear a very embarrassing mistake on this one I hear
people say pussy which yes it can mean a cat but it can also be a vulgar
reference to female genitals or a vulgar reference to a coward so let's fix this
mistake because you do not want to be embarrassed so the word is sorry I'm
getting all tangled in my microphone here pushy
p u sh y versus pussy p u s sy the difference here is going to be the SH
sound versus the s sound so let's tackle word number one both of these words
actually begin with the same two sound so let's learn those first you're going
to start with the P put your lips together and open them up and then next
move to that short oo sound that short OO sound and to do that your lips are going
to be slightly rounded do not over round them because if you do it might
sound like ew so this vowel is ooh ooh short a little
more relaxed still rounded lips ooh pooh pooh next move to the SH sound for the SH
what you're going to do is you are going to round your lips and pucker
shhh and I actually made you a little face here to remind you to round your
lips Shh and for the s the difference here is
you're going to be smiling in both of these cases your tongue does not touch
your teeth and the air keeps moving so the big difference here is focus on
those lips when you focus on your lips it's going to help to get your tongue in
the right position so again we have Shh and sss
and then end with that e vowel nice and long smiling vowel e let's put
that all together pooh she just like saying that girl she as opposed to pooh
see like I see someone so let's try this one
pushy pushy pushy pussy pussy pussy pussy pussy pushy
the pussy cat was very pushy when he was hungry and wanted to be fed so the pussy
cat was very pushy when he was hungry and wanted to be fed give it a try I
know people are going to notice a difference and you won't be embarrassed
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