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Course: Everyday English from the startSection: English alphabet and soundsSubtitles: en

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do you know what this letter is

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and what about that letter

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welcome back to lingonie english my name

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is brian

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and in this video we're going to look at

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the alphabet or the abcs

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let's take a look

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first we're going to go through

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the letters a through k

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and then we'll do some practice

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after

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we'll look at letters l through z

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and we'll practice those two

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at the very end we will look at the

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alphabet

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all together so a b c d e etc without

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stopping

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let's get started

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a

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apple starts with the letter a

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and the word make

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has an a in it

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too a can be said different ways in

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english like

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a

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or a

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or other ways to

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a

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be

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my name is brian

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brian starts with the letter b

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b

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c

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the word clock has two c's in it

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juice also has a c in it

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c can make the k

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or

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s

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sound

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c and h together

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make the ch sound

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like chips

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chips

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see

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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d

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the words dog and door both start with

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the letter d

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e

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elephant has two e's in it

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the words seat and feel

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also have e's in them

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so e can make the e

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or a sound with some other sounds too

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e

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f

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fall

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starts with the letter f

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f

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g

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a word that starts with g is girl

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g can also make the j sound

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like in the word gel

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g

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h

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the words happy and hello

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both start with h

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h

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i

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i can make different sounds too

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like in the word ice cream it sounds

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like

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i

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and in the word big it sounds like i

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i

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j

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jump and jelly both start with the

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letter j

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i put jelly on my bread

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j

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k

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are you okay

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okay can be spelled two ways

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okay

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and also

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okay

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okay

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all right let's practice some of those

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letters

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what letter is this

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this is an e

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e

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what about this letter

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that's an h

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h

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now this one

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that's k

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k

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and this one

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j

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j

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what about this one

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i

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i

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let's continue with the rest of the

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alphabet

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lime and lemon both start with the

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letter l

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l

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m

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mango and money

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both start with the letter m

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m

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n

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noon or 12 o'clock in the middle of the

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day

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starts and ends with the letter n

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noon

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n

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o

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the word noon has two o's in the middle

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of the word

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song and go

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also have the letter o in it

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o can make a lot of sounds too

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like o

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ah

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ooh

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and others

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p

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puppies are baby dogs and they're so

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cute

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puppy has

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three p's in it

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p

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q

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like

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quiet

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q usually has the letter u after it

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like in quiet or queen

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q

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r

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the word are

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like they are

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nice sounds like the letter r

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r

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s

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mississippi has a lot of s's in it

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s

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when you put s with h

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it makes the sh

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sound in english

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like in the word she

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s t

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turtle and thyme

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both have t's in them

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when you put t with h

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it makes a f

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sound like

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think

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or the

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sound

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like in the word

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the

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t

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you

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like in the words use and under

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both of these words have use in them

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you

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v

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we make

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the sound

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by putting our upper teeth

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to our lower lip

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blowing air through

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but use your vocal cords too

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[Music]

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vivian has two v's in her name

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v

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w

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double

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u

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w

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like in the word

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water

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it makes the

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sound

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wha

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water

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w

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x

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x usually makes the x

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sound

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in the middle and at the ends of words

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like in boxes

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and

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fix

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but there are some words that start with

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an x

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like xylophone

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so at the beginning of words

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x usually makes a z sound

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x

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y

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y sounds like the question word

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why

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yellow starts with a y

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and say

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ends with a y

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y makes the e sound or the e

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sound

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y

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z

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zebra starts with the letter z

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in american english we say z

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to rhyme with our alphabet song

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but in british english you say zed

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z

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now i'm going to spell three words for

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you

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and you can write them down to see if

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you understand

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i will spell each word

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two times

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here we go

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word number one

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l

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a

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z

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y

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again

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l

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a

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z

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y

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what is that spell

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lazy

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lazy

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lazy means when you don't feel like

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doing anything

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lazy

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next we have j

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u

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m

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p

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again

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j

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u

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m

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p

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that spells jump

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to jump is to go like this

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with your legs

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jump

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and lastly we have

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q

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u

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i

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e

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t

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again

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q

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u

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i

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e

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t

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that spells

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quiet

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so

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the opposite of loud or making a lot of

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sound

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quiet

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now let's hear the whole alphabet all

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together

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here we go

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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f g

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h

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i

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j

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k

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l

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m

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n

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o

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p

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q

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r s

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t

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u

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v

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w

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x

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y

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z

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and there you have it the alphabet in

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american english

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