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Today I'm going to do another video on linking. And today specifically, we'll talk about linking
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two words when one ends in a vowel sound and the next one begins in a vowel sound -- vowel
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or diphthong sound. In this case, there should be consonant sound when you are linking; there
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should be no break between the words. Let's take for example the sentence, "Did you exercise?"
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Ooo--eh, oo-eh. You--eh, you exercise. Some of my students put a tiny break between each
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word. And if you say oo eh with a tiny break, no matter now small that break is, it's still
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not linked. Ooeh, ooeh, constant sound. Now, I'll note that there are two consonant sounds,
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the W and the Y, that are glide consonants. And you may find that you feel like you're
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making one of these sometimes when you link. That's ok. You-eh. The 'oo' as in 'boo' is
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very related to the W consonant sound. So if you feel like you're making that W consonant
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sound, don't worry about it. Think about the constant sound, uh, of your vocal cords underneath
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the vowel sounds that you're making. Oo-eh, oo-eh. For some of you this will be no problem
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because your native language also links. For some of you however, though it's a simple
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concept, it will take a while to get comfortable with that, to break the habit of putting tiny
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breaks between words. So, let's look at some further examples. In this sentence, the word
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yellow ends with the 'oh' as in 'no' diphthong, and the word apple with the AA vowel. Oh,
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aa. Oh-aa, oh-aa, no break in sound. Oh-aa. And now quicker: oh-aa, oh-aa. I'd like the
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yellow apple. The 'ai' as in 'buy' diphthong linking with the AA. Aiaa, aiaa, aiaa. I actually
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did. This next sentence in the title of a standard that I happened to have in my head
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while I was brainstorming this blog. We have the 'ee' as in 'she' vowel linking to the
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'ih' as in 'sit' vowel. Ee-ih, ee-ih, ee-ih. Don't fence me in. Here we have the 'ee' as
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in 'she' linking to the schwa sound. Ee-uh, ee-uh. She wants to be alone. And here the
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'ow' as in 'now' diphthong linking to the schwa. Ow-uh, ow-uh, ow-uh. How about tomorrow?
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The EE vowel linking to the AA vowel. Ee, aa, ee-aa, ee-aa, ee-aa. I like Woody Allen
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movies. The 'ee' as in 'she' vowel linking to the 'ah' as in 'father' vowel. Ee, ah,
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ee-ah, ee-ah, ee-ah. I'd be honored. This last sentence has two examples. The 'ai' as
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in 'buy' diphthong linking to the 'aw' as in 'law' vowel. Ai-aw, ai-aw, ai-aw. I almost.
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The 'ee' as in 'she' vowel linking to the 'ai' as in 'buy' diphthong. Ee, ai, ee-ai,
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ee-ai, ee-ai. The ice. I almost fell on the ice. That's it and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.