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Hello.
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I'm John Russell.
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Today I would like to introduce you to a traveling sound.
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Oh, to make the O sound.
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Your lips should be very rounded and tense.
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Oh, Oh, your tongue should be toward the middle and back of your mouth.
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It should be a little tense to an important point.
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Your tongue should travel or move a little bit too.
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Oh is not a pure vowel.
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Rather, it is a vowel sound, followed by a semi vowel, sometimes called an off glide.
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The term off glide suggests that your tongue has to travel a little bit.
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Many languages of the world do not have tense fouls that air followed by semi vowels.
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This means that many English learners do not pronounce the semi vowel in Oh.
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The result is that the O sound can sound slightly unusual to native speakers.
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If you don't say it correctly, let's explore some common words that have the O sound.
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Many of them have something to do with Travel Boat Road or consider this sentence.
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We drove slowly on the open road.
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I used the O sound four times in that sentence.
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My tongue is tired now.
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Well, that was quite a journey We went on with the O sound.
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Which reminds me Where do you go after you travel another place with the O sound home.
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Keep up the good work.