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  • welcome to the minute of speech this confusing word pair is from a Mandarin

  • speaker the words are robber a person who steel and rubber a tough elastic

  • substance to say these words correctly focus on the vowel sounds OH and UH to say

  • robber start by saying R with tense slightly rounded lips don't pucker or

  • you will say W move to an OH by opening your mouth wide your tongue will be in

  • the bottom of your mouth add a B by closing your lips end with er by tensing and

  • rounding your lips robber to say rubber start by saying R with tense and slightly rounded

  • lips move to an UH by relaxing your lips and tongue make this sound very

  • short add a B by closing your lips end with an ER by tensing and rounding your lips

  • rubber let's try it robber robber robber rubber rubber rubber the robber burned

  • rubber as he sped away from the crime scene the robber burned rubber as he

  • sped away from the crime scene try it

  • people will notice the difference

welcome to the minute of speech this confusing word pair is from a Mandarin

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