Happy Tuesday Challenge! In this week's Tuesday Challenge, I want to test your pronunciation
on a really good phrase that's going to basically stress test your pronunciation
when you've got multiple plosive sounds coming together at the beginning and the end of words, okay.
So the phrase we're going to say is 'it led to a heated debate.'
So what we've got is 'lead to' two plosives together.
Then we've got 'heated' and 'debate,' and when you get 'heated debate' again those two D's come together.
So, basically what happens is when you have these two plosive sounds connecting
especially in quick speech; is you go into the position of plosive one, airflow pauses, and then
you release airflow as you release the next plosive. And for both of these examples 'lead to'
and 'heated debate,' the mouth position for both of these sets of plosives is exactly the same.
So you're going 'lead to' the position doesn't change, you just pause the airflow.
'Lead to'
And 'heated debate'
'heated debate'
If there's an uh a passionate argument in the houses of commons between
the Conservatives and the Labour Party you might say 'there was a heated debate about the policy on this,' okay.
Or if two friends are arguing over a particular point, you might say 'there was a heated
debate over where they should go for dinner,' okay, that kind of thing.
So, this is-- you're getting two things here, one; you're getting the example to practice 'heated debate,' but also it's a useful
phrase to know if there's ever a like a kind of like an argument going on um but it's not a
proper argument, you could say there was a heated debate, okay. For example, 'there was a heated debate
between Boris Johnson and Keir Stamer over the policy,' okay, something like that.
So let's get to it!
'It led to a heated debate'
And just be aware that when I'm saying um 'it led to' at no stage am I releasing these plosives at the end of the words
like I would if they were at the beginning of words. So I'm not saying 'it led
to a heated debate,' I'm not adding in another syllable that's very important
I'm going to the position and pausing airflow 'it led to a heated debate'
Get to it, Happy Tuesday Challenge and I will see you in the comments
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