Hello, what's up? How's it going? I'm your favorite American English teacher Gabby here to help you with some American English pronunciation
This is a quick tip lesson that will surely have a big long impact on
Your English accent, so if you'd like to improve your fluency and have some fun then let's go
so I made a really great lesson about blending sounds through connected speech or
Linking sounds together and one of the topics in that video which you can watch if you click right up there was
Intrusion well there's some sounds that
intrude or enter into a word or between word like the /w/ or the /j/, or the /r/
Sound well, I completely forgot to actually put the /r/ sound in that lesson
So now I want to show you in this lesson, how it works
I actually forgot about the intrusive R because I don't personally do it
Well, I did mention it in the lesson
but I forgot to give examples because I don't personally do it not everyone does it but
You will hear some people do it
I think it may be more common in certain regions like in the United States its more common in New
York and New Jersey
Where they add that r sound between words I'm going to show you a ton of examples
So keep watching and you can practice with me or just observe so that you can practice your listening skills
For hearing English speakers who use this Intrusive R
Let me tell you quickly about when the intrusive R happens
and why it happens it happens between
two words where the first word ends in a vowel sound and the second word begins in a vowel sound usually there's a
Schwa that "uh" sound in first word ending the first word, so
Somehow the R just kind of comes in between the two words because it's actually
easier for people to say so I
Don't usually say the R between words
I will just carry the vowel sound over so I'll give you an example of the intrusive R and
then how you could say the words
Linking them together, but without the intrusive R I'd like to share seven example phrases with you
I'm going to say them first with the words separated
second with the intrusive R between them and
Third linking them but not using the intrusive R and this is actually how I say them personally
number one Media
attention
media attention
You can actually see my lips making the are sound between the two words media attention
media attention two
Law & Order Law
& Order Law
& order
or
law and order
three
Pasta and
Sauce but I wouldn't say it that way I would say
pasta and sauce
pasta and sauce or
pasta and sauce
four
Pamela
Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson Five I
saw a
film I saw a film I
Saw a film I
Saw a film
six there's a flaw in
the argument
There's a flaw in the argument
There's a flaw in the argument and seven from one of my favorite 90s songs
Supernova in the sky or
Supernova in the sky
Sing it with me now
Supernova in the sky or just Supernova in the sky
Thanks so much for watching. I hope that the intrusive R was interesting for you
It's super interesting for me
I think the reason why I don't use it is twofold because I didn't grow up using it in the Midwest and
I've also become accustomed to using a very clear
Standardized English and I think that the intrusive R is slowly leaving
the English language now a sound that's coming in a
trending sound that over the years is happening more and more in American English is the
Glottal stop
So check out my lesson on the glottal stop if you want to be really
American with your English you want to use more of the glottal stop and
Be familiar with Intrusive R but you don't really need to copy it to me
It sounds a little bit funny
especially if someone is not from a region like New York or new
Jersey where they use this more often
But hey if you are learning your English in New York or New Jersey
And you want to sound like you're from there then by all means
Go for it and try out the intrusive R you're going to be awesome
You're going to sound great. So keep up the good work. Thank you so much for watching and be sure to subscribe
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