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Dec 2012

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168: Stress pronunciation patterns in 3-...

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Main stress, secondary stress, and schwa, all in one word

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220: The ’n-g’ spelling creates /ŋ/, as in the word ’song’

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219: /g+n/ as in ”signal” and ”ignore”

"Coarticulating" the /g/ and /n/ is the trick to fluent pronunciation of these two sounds. Don't release the /g/ before starting the /n/. Transcripts available on Pronuncian.com

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