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Dec 2023
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368. The different ways to pronounce O i...

HADAR SHEMESH
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Hot, work, photo, who…these words all have the letter ‘O’ in them, but each O is pronounced completely different! In this lesson, I’ll teach you the different pronunciations of the letter O in American English, and how to develop a method for pronouncing it accurately when you’re not sure.

Watch the full video version of it here: https://youtu.be/nsCyAWyqn4k

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