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Struggling with pronouncing words correctly
For context, I am an international student who has been using English for day-to-day communication for the past couple of years. Recently, I often struggle with pronouncing and enunciating certain words when I speak them out. It's as if my mouth and throat struggle to make those sounds. I've listened to my own recording and found that I indeed didn't pronounce it right. Furthermore, my voice in the recording sounds very flat and calm. Do you guys have any tips on how to improve this? Many Thanks!
Would this be a correct use of the word comprise?
> I should mention that this show requires attention to the screen since it comprises important moments that won’t be spelled out with words. My aim is for the verb to emphasize that it’s inextricable part of the story and not just something that is included.
👋🏻 Hello, hello!
¿Qué significa Bo-depeep's o Bo-Depeer's? Lo ví en una película de Netflix.
Does he say “and he sort of haven said I didn't think I'd dare”? It sounds like “haven” but it doesn’t make sense.
https://streamable.com/lufaei
What can you say about my accent
https://voca.ro/1aOIMNlA6cex What can you say about my accent Two thing in particular that I am worried about, 1. Am I clear 2. Do I sound annoying .
Question about smokin
Can I say that I cave back to smoking? Or is it incorrect
what does pull this move mean?
https://www.instagram.com/share/BAH8l3N77z i understand other words but i dont get what ‘pull this move‘ means
on which to fall
Does the following work? Snow is a forgiving surface **on which to fall**.
Mouth Movements
On YouTube, almost every American English pronunciation channel uses exaggerated mouth movements. For example, when pronouncing the long “o” vowel, their lips look like they’re about to kiss someone. I tried that and noticed that my pronunciation sounded better. So why don’t native speakers do it? I live in the U.S. and see hundreds of people speaking every day, and none of their mouth movements look like that. Yet, they sound way better than me. In fact, most of their lip movements aren’t even that noticeable. I don’t get it.
Where am I from and what do you think of my accent?
I'd be curious if anyone can indicate where they think I may be from? I'd also appreciate any general feedback on my voice / accent / clarity etc. I've recently gone down a rabbit hole reading about accents and phonetics, so stumbling across this Reddit has been timely! [https://voca.ro/19MCfqgsaDwD](https://voca.ro/19MCfqgsaDwD)