in today's quick pronunciation lesson
we're looking at can and can't
uh-huh you wanted to see the one with
the swearing in it okay just remember
you clicked on this video I told you
there is swearing in it let's start by
comparing US and UK pronunciations of
this for British people as well when we
hear Americans pronounce this sometimes
we can't differentiate between the two
if someone says I can do that did he say
this one or this one sometimes it's not
that clear why because in American
English sometimes they eat the tea so
can can't that sounds the same but in
British English you can hear the
difference can can't how do you make
this sound well I'm going to exaggerate
my mouth movements so you can see more
clearly ah ah can ah can't can can't try
it with me tan can't notice the shape of
my mouth ah wider
ah this one it's more of the long shape
are aren't can can't
so in British English there's a big
difference between the two and it
doesn't matter if you make that a
glottal T and eat that T sound can con
you still hear the difference in the
vowel sound ah R but in a sentence let's
use the example I can do it where we
don't really say it like that
the can we make into a weak form because
that is the strong word what we do if we
emphasize this for example I can do it
if we put stress on can that's the only
time we'd savor a sound I can do it
because usually this has a weak form I
can I can I can do it because usually
the stress is on the disturb I can do it
you're stressing this verb this one has
a weak form I can do it I can do it well
even if you stress this one I I can do
it
I can do it I can do it it doesn't
matter you're not stressing this so it
has a weak form I can do it I can do it
I can do it that's that's weird
can't you don't really give that a weak
form that's always like can't I can't do
it I can't do it sorry to compare them I
can do it I can do it I can do it you
can here depending on the stressed word
you'd pronounce it differently it's just
this can you stress any other word it's
weak couldn't I can you can the matter
the same for the other pronouns can't
doesn't change it's the same for
everything
never has a weak form I couldn't no we
don't say that and this is why you
clicked on this video when people try to
pronounce this it can sound very close
to this word some of you are wondering
why what's wrong with this word well if
you know that [ __ ] is like one of the
worst words in English this is worse
than [ __ ] for example to most of my
relatives if I say [ __ ] conversation
they'll be like oh that's fine you said
[ __ ] but if I drop a C bomb if I say
[ __ ] everyone is like the c-word and
everyone loses their [ __ ] what does it
mean it's slang for a woman's vagina and
it's a very very strong word that's why
it's super important to practice the two
pronunciations correctly can can't ah
like an up [ __ ]
say it with me [ __ ] shout it very loud
in your house [ __ ]
I hope my neighbors didn't hear me in
phonetics this one ah ah like him up ah
like in car so let's just practice those
sounds individually ah ah
ah-ah-ah-ah-ah so be careful when you
distinguish between the three sounds
because you don't want to say this in
the wrong situation thanks for watching
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class bye when I make this sound nothing
changes shape in my mouth