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BEACH OR BITCH?
English pronunciation is a mystery to the majority of learners. Some students give up learning the English language saying that pronunciation is hard to master. I totally agree with that. It really takes a lot of effort to learn how to pronounce the sounds of English. Brazilian learners of English have problems with lots of sounds. An example is the sounds in beach and bitch. Most Brazilians think these two words are pronounced the same. However, they are not. The sounds are different. The sound for ea in beach is longer then the sound for i in bitch. Listen, beach bitch

Pay attention to the vowel sounds in each of them: beach bitch

Have you noticed that the sound for ea in beach is really longer? We say: beach. Now the sound for i in bitch is shorter: bitch. Listen to them once again: beach bitch

The sounds we have here, according to the International Phonetic Alphabet, are /i:/ for beach and /!/ for bitch. So, as you can see and hear there really is a difference when pronouncing beach and bitch. The same is true to the following words: sheet - shit leak - lick beat - bit feet - fit seat - sit meet - mit neat - knit heat - hit meal - mill feel - fill
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So, how about that now? Can you repeat all of them with the correct sound? Remember the words on the left are pronounced with the sound /i:/ and the words on the right are pronounced with the sound /!/. I hope you learn the difference and dont mispronounce beach or bitch anymore. They are totally different in meaning and in the way they are pronounced. Now, if you allow me, let me give a short piece of advice: dont give up learning English because of pronunciation. I know its hard but if you give up, youre never going to master it. So, keep studying hard and count on Ingls na Ponta da Lngua to help you. --------

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