In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over the pronunciation of
the word 'Facebook'.
This week's Word of the Week is 'Facebook'. It's a two-syllable word with stress on the
first syllable. DA-da, Facebook.
It begins with the F consonant, where the bottom lip will come up and make contact with
the bottom of the top front teeth, ff, ff, fa-. Then we have the AY as in SAY diphthong.
Your jaw does need to drop for the first half of that diphthong. Fa-, fa-. Then we have
the S consonant sound. The teeth come together, and the tongue will press down here,
behind the bottom teeth, face-. The corners of the lips may pull a little wide. Face-.
Then we have the B consonant sound, so the lips will come together: faceb-, faceb-ook.
UH, we have the UH as in PULL sound. So, the lips will flare out a little bit. Faceboo-k.
And finally, the K consonant sound, where the back part of the tongue will reach up
here, make contact with the soft palate, and then pull back down. Facebook, Facebook.
Go like my page on Facebook.
That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it out yourself: make up a sentence with this word,
record it in a video, and post it as a video response to this video on YouTube. If there's
a word you'd like to suggest for the Word of the Week, put it in the comments below.
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.