HolosAccentBlog
Posts about consonants
Short, practical notes on English pronunciation: the sounds that trip people up, how to hear them and how to fix them in two minutes a day.
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/θ/ think · /ð/ this
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How to pronounce TH: stop saying "sink" when you mean "think"
Why /θ/ and /ð/ are the sounds learners swap most often, and a 30-second drill that fixes them for good.
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V or W? How to stop mixing up "vest" and "west"
One sound uses your teeth, the other uses only your lips. A simple mirror test fixes "wery vell" in a week.
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L and R: how to finally hear and say "light" vs "right"
For speakers of Japanese, Korean, Chinese and many other languages, L and R feel like one sound. Here is how the tongue makes them different.
#consonants#minimal-pairs
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Hear the difference. Fix it in two minutes a day.
Read a phrase out loud and HolosAccent scores every sound — then shows exactly which one to fix. Murzik grows with you.