Name: Different Ways to Say "I Don't Know" + British Pronunciation
Uploaded: 2020-12-05T18:36:38.000Z
Duration: 7 min 39 s
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Today I want to give you some alternative ways of saying, I don't know.

We want alternatives for formal situations in formal situations, situations where we want the listener to know that we kind of know.

And of course, being a pronunciation specialist, I am going to help you also with a little bit of pronunciation along the way.

This is usually shortened to, I don't know, particularly in informal situations, that so instead of being I don't know Oh, a lot of rounding of the mouth being an English speaker.

So that means I'm going to relax this word whenever I can.

Maybe not so much in a formal situation, but I could just say, Don't know, I don't know instead of I don't know.

As I said, it can be a little bit informal.

Of course, Another common one is, I'm not sure.

I'm not sure that some people may even say I'm not too sure they'll add the word to It's a bit like in British culture, where we always say, just instead of saying Could you do this for me?

We tend to say, Could you just do this for me?

Um or informal, Relaxed way would be dropping that t you're tightening your goddess, which is in your throats to create a glass.

A clue or not A clue where we connect our speech.

We use the t at the end of the word, not and join it to the earth.

It's basically the same as saying I don't have a clue.

I don't have any knowledge on what happened to Dave last night.

Where he went, why he wasn't at the party anymore.

My friend says to me, Elliot, what time does the assignment need to be handed in by tomorrow?

It's more of a fun way of saying I don't know.

It's another way of kind of saying Why are you asking me?

I'm removing the tea from the word Don't don't ask me.

Let's practice the word ask So stick ask.

So we're starting with the our tongue down and pulled back into the mouth Open the mouth nice and big.

And then we're doing a continent cluster skink.

So we're doing an S s and then we're cutting it out with a cake.

The most important thing is getting that K on the end.

Saying who knows is a bit like saying nobody knows.

We're not just going to say who knows, because that just sounds like a statement.

Who knows who knows the way I'm playing with my tone here turns it into a kind of questioning tone.

Who knows so practice my intonation with this one.

God knows God knows that was very common.

But of course I know some people are sensitive about the word God.

So please don't be offended by me teaching this.

It's a part of British culture to say this.

It looks expensive to be honest, mate, your guess is as good as mine.

To be honest, mate, your guess is as good as mine.

Neither of us know your guess is as good as mine.

They're becoming a bit faster because they're what we call function words.

We want to get to the stressed words faster.

So instead of saying your guess is as good as mine will say your guests is, is, is, is, is, is good as mine is, Aziz Good does so good is a stressed words.

So we're slowing down and emphasizing that word and then going straight back into another Azaz instead of as so your guess is as good as mine.

Will we be able to go on holiday next year?

I say my friend is trying to do something, which maybe he doesn't know if he's allowed to do it in his job.

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Different Ways to Say "I Don't Know" + British Pronunciation

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