How to Pronounce Width
/How to improve English pronunciation: In this episode of Word of the Week, I will go over how to pronounce wide and width. To say something is wide is to say the subject has a large measure. The width is the measurement of how wide something is.
In this video, you will learn the pronunciation of wide and width, what the sounds are in each syllable, and how to use them in a sentence. Yes! The pronunciation of English vowels can be a challenge.
Not only is knowing how to pronounce English words correctly empowering, but it also means your listeners understand you first time and they can focus on your messages and not on understanding your words. Accent reduction is not necessary, but clarity of speech is.
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Transcription:
Hi, my name is Melanie Hussell and the word of the week is wide, often confused with a vowel sounding width. Let's have a look at these two words wide. (W) Wa, (I) eye, long vowel (D) de. Wide. Now let's have a look at width. (W) wa, i- short vowel, th-. Width.
Now let's put these two words together in a sample sentence. It's 20 centimeters in width. So that's 20 centimeters wide.
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