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Learning the British Accent:Business word and their pronunciation:
Business Words 'A:'Address Available
Adjustable Associate
Appreciation Activate
Assess Applicable
Asset Apologias
Account Additional
Alert Agreement
Authentication
Approximate
Business Words 'C:'Continue Considerably
Computer Capacity
Configure Contact
Conversation Coverage
Collateral Communication
Component Career
Confirmation Consent
Competition Consecutive
Colleague Condemnation
Business Words 'D' and 'E:'Deficiency Delinquency
Delayed DeliverDevelop Debit
Desktop Details
Dispatched Engineers
Executives Estimate
Business Words 'F' 'G' 'H' 'I:'Facilities Government
Handset Installation
Immediately Industry
Initial Inquiry
InterestBusiness Words 'M' and 'N:'
Modem Maternity
Maturity Mortgage
Messages Mobile
Negative
Business Words 'O:'Ordinary Origination
Opportunity
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Business Words 'P:'Process Percent
Plan Premises
Prevalent Prorate
Product Purchase
Particular Penalty
Percentage Prefer
Preliminary Priority
Private Probably
Password
Business Words 'R' and 'S:'
Refer Registered
Representative Referral
Specific Security
Swapping Speaking
Solution StatusBusiness Words 'T' 'V' 'Z:'
Technology Tuition
Technical Verification
Video Voice
Zero
Kiss the W 'S' or WHISTLE:We without you will work
What would well with
When web was within
William Wanton Website
Whilst Password
Now Try These!I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the witch wishes, I want
wish the wish you wish to wish.
Bite your Lower Lip to Get the 'V' Sound:Services Provider
Via Activation
Divert Very
V for victor
Now Try These!Vicky is a very vindictive villain with a vicious venomous snake.
The long O as in Grow:This sound is not a simple O, but a combination of two sounds some thing like "OM"
"OH."
Example:NO, GO, HOME, ALONE, GROW, SOLO, NOTION, EXPLODE.
Sentences:1(Slowly the ocean rolled home.
I wrote to Joe, hoping he would grow up. The rowboat slowly floated over the ocean.
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The oboe and cello sat alone, woefully echoing tone for tone.
More Practice:Long ago people slept on the cold earth.
He was bloated from eating a roasted tomato.
Of all the folks I know, he is flown in from Ohio.
Smoke rolled out the open end of the hotel window.
'O' Sound from your Script:Over Home Associated Modem Tone Appropriately
Overview Postcode
Try some of these for explosive sounds.Mr. Tongue twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twirl and trick, to
learn the letter 'T.'
Can Cathy count the cans, cats and caterpillars on the carpet.
Explosive PS/TS/CS in your script:Computer Cancelled Calling Connection Capability
Combination Competitive Capability Terminate Today
Technology Afternoon Computer Activate Probably
Prefer Printer Possible Perhaps Permanent Apologies
Protect Panel Peripheral Package
Same words have different sound in British and
American Accent:American British
Again Again
Been Been
Process Process
Hot Hot
Coffee Coffee
Fought Fought
Not Not
Found Found
Dot Dot
Lost Lost
Dog Dog
Fog FogStrong Strong
The British Accent:'R' Glides, as in there is 'After vowels the "R" glides in its pronunciation
Example:Very Sorry Miracle Carry Narrow
Sentences:Sore at me.
A pair of socks.
I prefer it.
The year after."In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen"
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Isolated sound changes:Explosive sound on pronunciation T/P/C etc:
"In most American dialects, speakers do not fully explode the sound of the letter 'T."'In particular, be careful not to substitute a 'D' when the 'T' falls between two vowels,
as in WRITER.
Example:MATTER LATTER SITTING BETTER AFTER
The beautiful British writer scattered the letter:"Betty bought a bit of butter to make the batter, but the butter was bitter, so betty
bought a bit of better butter to make the bitter batter butter.