hi everyone jennifer from tarle speech with your pronunciation question
today's question is how do i say costume special clothes
custom a tradition and customer a person buying goods let's take a look
at these words the spelling gets super confusing
all right so let's go ahead and jump right in for
costume this word is going to be more different than the other two words
we're going to start with the k sound tip of the tongue is down back of the
tongue is pulled up keep your mouth open and say the open oh
sound and the tongue still stays low in the mouth kos
close the mouth and as you close the mouth the tip of your tongue
will either stay low or will be behind your top front teeth for that s
kos then we're going to move to the ch sound yes the ch sound two letters
that equal one sound do this touch the tip of your tongue
to the back of your top front teeth and then pull your tongue
back ch ch
and then we're gonna round for that ew and then
close the lips for the m and the air is going to move
out of the nose costume costume costume
costume now for custom and customer both of those words are going
to start with the kuss syllable and to do this we're going
to start with that k and then you're going to have a relaxed
mouth for that nice short usound and then end with the s s
for custom we're going to end with the tum to do this touch the tip of your
tongue to the back of your top front teeth
short vowel for that uh sound with the relaxed mouth and then end with the m
m custom custom custom now for customer
we're going to have this short schwa sound here this short uh in the middle kuss ta
and then end with the mer and to do this lips closed
and then square tense lips for that er customer customer customer
costume costume costume custom custom custom
customer customer customer and now for a sentence
customers hurried to buy a costume to follow
the custom give it a try people are going to notice the difference if you
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