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In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over the pronunciation of
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the word 'Facebook'.
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This week's Word of the Week is 'Facebook'. It's a two-syllable word with stress on the
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first syllable. DA-da, Facebook.
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It begins with the F consonant, where the bottom lip will come up and make contact with
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the bottom of the top front teeth, ff, ff, fa-. Then we have the AY as in SAY diphthong.
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Your jaw does need to drop for the first half of that diphthong. Fa-, fa-. Then we have
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the S consonant sound. The teeth come together, and the tongue will press down here,
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behind the bottom teeth, face-. The corners of the lips may pull a little wide. Face-.
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Then we have the B consonant sound, so the lips will come together: faceb-, faceb-ook.
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UH, we have the UH as in PULL sound. So, the lips will flare out a little bit. Faceboo-k.
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And finally, the K consonant sound, where the back part of the tongue will reach up
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here, make contact with the soft palate, and then pull back down. Facebook, Facebook.
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Go like my page on Facebook.
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That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it out yourself: make up a sentence with this word,
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record it in a video, and post it as a video response to this video on YouTube. If there's
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a word you'd like to suggest for the Word of the Week, put it in the comments below.
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That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
