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Reducing “for” and linking words

morning this morning for breakfast did you notice how I pronounced the word for that was reduced to fur fur fur very quick with the schah r sound fur fur for breakfast this morn...

Course: Smoother American pronunciationSection: Breakfast pronunciation exerciseSubtitles: en

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this

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morning this morning for breakfast did

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you notice how I pronounced the word for

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that was reduced to fur fur fur very

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quick with the schah r sound fur fur for

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breakfast this morning for

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breakfast also I noticed the Rhythm here

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mourn and Bre are the two stressed

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syllables this morning for breakfast

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they have that swooping up and then down

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shape of the voice that makes up a

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stressed syllable let's listen in slow

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motion this morning for

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breakfast this morning for breakfast

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this morning for breakfast I had

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Barbara's shredded oats with milk what

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do you hear as being the stressed

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syllables I hear barbaras shredded and

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milk what else do you notice I had

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Barbers shredded oats with milk I

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noticed that Barbers is only two

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syllables even though it looks like it

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might be three we sort of leave this

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middle sound out here Barb r r also note

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this apostrophe

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