I know it seems strange to pronounce things quickly, not fully, but reductions are an important part of American English. Follow the links here, or in the description below, for more information on the reductions we studied today. Now, we’ll go from the cold of the mountains to summer...
My family loves to play tennis on vacation. Very few of us are any good at it. These are the fans out for the big match. These are the fans. Did you notice how my dad reduced the word “are”? These are, these are. This is how we pronounce ARE, it just sounds like an extra...
Video posted on NextDoor (see below) taken by a bystander who claims the coyotes in this video followed and then cornered a dog and walker . The video repeats several times, giving you an opportunity to see what happens. Reports of dog/coyote incidents this year seemed to be up, including...
O’Brien doesn’t go out much, anyway. “There is this expectation that because I live in New York and broadcast out of Rockefeller Center, at night I should have a few Scotches at some cool bar, then it’s downtown for experimental theater and off to the club for saxophone, home at...