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Schwa before an N sound

written with the letter O but there's the schah vowel in there as an unstressed syllable it's very fast sun and when the schah is followed by the n Sound you don't need to worry...

Course: Smoother American pronunciationSection: Free time pronunciation practiceSubtitles: en

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pronounced it's

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written with the letter O but there's

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the schah vowel in there as an

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unstressed syllable it's very fast

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sun and when the schah is followed by

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the n Sound you don't need to worry

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about making a separate schah sound it

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gets absorbed by the

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n Hudson Hudson the Hudson River the

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Hudson River the Hudson River or in

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Central Park I noticed I did not reduce

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the word or that can be reduced

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to Hudson River or Central Park but in

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this case I didn't I said or wait I just

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realized I miss missed the word in or in

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Central Park or in Central Park do you

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hear how fast the word in is or or Orin

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or in Central Park Central stressed

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syllable of central is the first one sen

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s the second syllable has the schah

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troll troll troll Central Central

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Central did you notice I'm making more

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of a CH sound here instead of a t sound

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for the T in central

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Central troll troll this can happen when

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the t is followed by an R Central

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Central Central Park and sometimes I'll

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go visit friends in Brooklyn and

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sometimes I definitely dro the D in that

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word and sometimes and sometimes

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reducing

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