How to say words with rth like worth, north, birth American English Pronunciation Tip

Published: May 6, 2015, 5 a.m.

In the usual classroom setting, we first learn how to read words instead of speaking them. This is the reason why many non-native English speakers have troubles with some certain words. It\u2019s very important to learn through our ears, learn the sounds and not by the way we read it.

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In this video, Gabby will share us how to pronounce words with \u201c-rth\u201d like worth, north, birth.

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There are many words with \u201c-rth,\u201d but most importantly, even though there are many vowels that comes before this three letter combination, we always use one vowel sound regardless of the spelling. Sounds great right?

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The mistake or problem of a lot of English learners have is that, they want to read the vowel in the way that they have learned it in the\xa0alphabet with the \u201c-rth\u201d sound. But there is a vowel sound that we called the R-colored vowel which Gabby will explain as we further watch the video ahead.

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Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

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Photo Credit:\xa0Pablo Fern\xe1ndez

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