011: Vowels, Part 2

Conversation & Pronunciation: Learn English with The Rachel's English Podcast by Rachel's English

Sep 20, 201731:09Education

In Part 2 of the Vowels series, we discuss the remaining vowels in English: EH [ɛ], UR [ɜ], OO [u], UH [ʊ], another UH [ʌ], and the Schwa [ə]. We discuss one of the main differences between British and American English (...

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