hey everybody its Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question
last week we did a lesson on how to pronounce Chicago Illinois and I would
be remiss without teaching you how to pronounce my fantastic hometown of
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania so let's take a look at our words Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania lots and lots of letters lots and lots of syllables but we're
going to break this down and make this very very simple let's start with the
word Pittsburgh most people get confused for a couple of reasons the u r
that throws people off and then this H at the end the H is silent thank
goodness we don't have to worry about that and the UR we are going to
pronounce that as an er so let's look at the two syllables Pitts burgh Pittsburgh
we're going to stress syllable one so we're going to make that louder longer
and higher in pitch Pittsburgh and we're going to add Pennsylvania let's
think of this in words that are simple to remember pencil that you write with
vain and yeah pencil vein yeah Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and
keep in mind when you're pronouncing two things together like a city and a state
you're going to want to pause between those if you're struggling with them a
little bit and also remember to stress the first word so Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Pennsylvania I was born and raised in Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference if
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