Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your two for Tuesday.

We have homophones that are pronounced exactly the same way.

We have let her or let her which means to allow her and letter a character or note.

So to say these words correctly, let's think about two beats.

We are going to start with that le.

And to do this touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top, front teeth,

your mouth is slightly open.

Keep your mouth in about that same place and your tongue is going to pop down and just

peak out between your top and bottom teeth.

le le le

Then you are going to touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth

again super quickly some people will touch the top of the mouth and that's ok

and then what we are going to do is then pull the tongue down for the er

so again, tip of your tongue will point down

some people will flip the tongue back, that is fine,

back of the tongue is always pulled high up for the er sound

and again tip of the tongue is down or flipped back.

the D that I am teaching here is actually a flap t

which think about it as a super fast D sound that will make things a little bit easier

let's put this all together.

le der

le der

letter

letter

let her

let her

letter

let her

You might be asking too why are you saying her like letter because of linking.

and that is what you hear when you are hearing super fast speech or what is perceived as

fast speech

is that we are linking and doing some reductions

with the vowels

if you want to continue say let her everyone is going to understand you

that's totally fine but you can say let her and that will sound a little bit faster

so now for a sentence

The mail person let her in so she could mail the letter.

The mail person let her in so she could mail the letter.

So give it a try, I know people are going to notice the difference.

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