[ALMOST LIKE A.B.C.]------------Round 4

[jerry2508]

Hi, everyone. Thank you for tuning in to ALMOST LIKE A.B.C.!!

I'm your show host, Jerry. Tonight's word game's gonna turn your life around.

If you totally agree with the idea "Different K.K., different sounds", you got to join us for the challange. Taiwanese tend to go the other way round, "Different K.K., exactly the same sounds.>'<", which leaves the simple idea of "Different K.K., different sounds" on the shelf.

The following is 12 word groups that carry similar and confusing pronunciations, especially those lined up next to each other.

<HOW TO DO>
‧The words in each group are all supposed to be pronounced differently.
‧Read them out one by one at noraml spead.
‧Try to distinguish the words next to each other and figure out why they sound different.
‧You are REJECTED( honk!!!) if the judge(Sorry, would be me, Jerry^^) hear any two words pronouced the same.
‧You may consult your paper dictionary for K.K.(no electronic talking one).

ROUND--1

Ready...set...well, don't jump the gun, O.K., go!!!

(1) form..foam..phone..fawn....foe..four.fall....fur..furl (1.2.3.4 always "go hand in hand"~)

(2) folk..fork

(3) Ford..Fold.....fawned

(4)dorm..dome.....door..doe..dole..dawn

(5)corm..corn..comb..cone..core..coal..call....cur..curl (Is it starting to give you a headache?)

(6)cord..code..cold..called......curd..curled (2.3.4 are confusing~)

(7)worm..warm..warn.....wow..war..wall....were..will (1.2.3 are triplets in Taiwan.^^ 5.6 are twins in Taiwan.@@ 7.8 confuse some.>'<)

(8 ) ward..word..world (Have you thought about the difference among them?^^)

(9) woke..walk..work (They sound almost the same in Taiwan.^^)

(10) morn..more..moan....mow..mole..mall (Discouraging?)

(11) born..bone..bow..bore..bole..ball.....burn (C'mon~We're almost there!)

(12)bored..bode..bold..bald........bird..burned (CONGRATULATIONS!! )

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[jerry2508]

ROUND TWO

Let"s go~~

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(1) sawn..sown....saw..so..sole..soar.......sir

(2) soared..sold..sawed.....surd

(3) sort..sought..salt (They are way~confusing>"<)

(4) tore..torn..tone..toe..toll..tall....twirl..term..turn (This group's killing me!)

(5) awn..own..oar..oh..ole..awe..all....earl..earn (Get tongue tied?)

(6) odor..order..older (Do we often say odor for order?^^)

(7) old..ode..ord..awed

(8 ) row..roar..roll..raw (Kick me if you get them right!^^)

(9) ..lore..low..law..long..loan..lawn.....learn(4.5.6.are just like triplets><)

(10) horn..home..hone....whore..haw..hoe..hole..hall.....her..hurl(Ho, ho, ho~~It's a tough call.)

(11) hose..horse..hawse....hers (Congratulations on your completion~)
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[Nathan]

................1..........................12.............................10
................beat......................burn..........................boot
................seem....................search.......................soon
................teal.......................turn..........................tool
High
vowels.............2............................................9
.......................bit..........................................book
.......................sin..........................................soot
.......................till...........................................took

.............................3..............11.............8
Mid........................bait...........but............boat
vowels...................same........some..........soap
.............................tail............tuck

..................................4..................7
..................................bet...............bought
..................................send.............song
..................................tell...............tall

.......................................5
.......................................bat
.......................................sand
.......................................tan
Low
vowels...................................6
.............................................baht
.............................................psalm
.............................................Tom

................Front of................Center of................Back of
..............the mouth..............the mouth..............the mouth

Page x, Improve Your American English Accent by Charlsie Childs, McGraw-Hill

[Nathan]

這是由Charlsie Childs女士所著的Improve Your American English Accent裡面第x頁。McGraw-Hill出版。

能夠參透此表者........哈哈，你的英文就可以說的跟美國人一樣了。

[jerry2508]

Dear Nathan. How goes it?

Thank you for your advice for " Ready..on the marks.......go!". However, the correction was ovbiously deleted from the previous post before I could make an explanation.

There are many ways of saying the same thing. In a sports game, like smimming, a track race....before the gun is fired, we may hear:

>>(Ready)...Set...Go!

>>(Ready)...Get set...Go!!

>>(Ready)...ON the marks...Go!!

>>(Ready)...Steady...Go!!!

They could also be applied to other situations, as long as it makes sense.

That's God's honest truth.

[Nathan]

There are many ways of saying the same thing. In a sports game, like smimming, a track race....before the gun is fired, we may hear:

>>(Ready)...Set...Go!

>>(Ready)...Get set...Go!!

>>(Ready)...ON the marks...Go!!

>>(Ready)...Steady...Go!!!

They could also be applied to other situations, as long as it makes sense.

That's God's honest truth.

It's true. Please tell me what you think of about this:

The weather here is always windy.

[jerry2508]

Round 3
For Chinese version, check this out>>
http://blog.xuite.net/jerry25084266/playground/10678895

●Any two words in each pair should sound....just like two words(different sounds).
●You'are rejected(HONK!! ), if you only try to prolong one of the vowels in each pair to make them appear different.
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Here we go~~

1.beach-bitch (Do you sound like calling someone names, "Bitch!" when you only say "beach"? )
2.beat--bit
3.cheap--chip ("ch' sound is also a big problem. The word, "cheap" is commonly heard but it sounds kind of weird. )
4.cheek--chick
5.deep--dip

6.deed--did
7.eat--it ("It" is actually replaced by "eat" sound in Taiwan.)
8.eve--if
9.feet--fit
10.heed--hid

11.heap--hip
12.leave--live (When you say, " I live here.", does it sound like "I LEAVE here."?? )
13.leak--lick
14.leap--lip
15.lead--lid

16.meet/meat--mitt
17.neat--knit
18.peak--pick
19.piece--piss ("Do you mind I take a piece拿一片? sounds like "Do you mind I TAKE A PISS撒泡尿 ? " ??:lol: )
20.read--rid

21.sheet--shit ("Shit" sounds perfect from Taiwanese mouths, He-he! But we might hear "Put some SHIT on my desk.", when someone actually says, "Put some sheets on my desk.". )
22.seek--sick ("sh' sound is also a problem, Never thought of it, right?)
23.seat--sit
24.sheep--ship( "I have a sheep" sounds like "I have a SHIP." ?? )
25.sleep--slip

26.these--this (Some teaching programs, such as 空英 , 長春藤... keep preaching how different THESE and THIS are, but...Taiwanese... just go their own way. )
27.each--itch
28.heel--hill
29.feel--fill
30.meal--mill

31.eel--ill (When you try to tell people, " I'm ill.我生病了", does it sound like, " I'm eel.我是鰻魚."?? )
32.keel--kill
33.deem--dim
34.team--Tim (Do you always call your friend whoes name's Tim提姆--> "Team隊伍"?? )
35.Jean--gin

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Frustration? Disapointment? Despair?
The challenge's just begun. Ha-ha~ Keep your chin up!

[jerry2508]

Round-4

For Chinese explanation, please click here>

http://blog.xuite.net/jerry25084266/playground/10769018
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A. [l]-[r]放在母音前時

1. 鎖 lock--rock 岩石
2. 裝載 load--road 路
3. 小路 lane--rain 雨
4. 光 light--right 對
5. 帶領 lead--read 讀

6. 長的 long--wrong 錯的
7. 鉛 led--red 紅色
8. 遲的 late--rate 比律
9. 擺放 lay--ray 光線
10.低的 low--row 排

11. 肺 lung--rung 鈴響pp
12. 葉子 leaf--reef 礁

B.含有[l]及[r]的雙子音放在母音前

13. 逃/跳蚤 flee/flea--free 自由的
14. 閃 flash--fresh 新鮮的
15. 肉 flesh--fresh 新鮮的

16. 飛 fly--fry 煎
17. 笛子 flute--fruit 水果
18. 聚集 flock--frog 青蛙
19. 玩 play--pray 祈禱
20. 清潔的 clean--cream 奶油

21. 雲 cloud--crowd 群
22. 爬 climb--crime罪
23. 玻璃 glass--grass 草
24. 膠水 glue--grew 長pt
25. 犛 plough--pro 專業的


C. [l]-[r]放在母音後

26. 人名 Bill--beer 啤酒
27. 檔案 file--fire 火
28. 拉 pull--poor 窮的
29. 告訴 tell--tear 撕
30. 掉落 fell--fare 票價

31. 鰓 gill--gear 齒輪
32. 井 well--wear 穿
33. 郵件 mail--mare 母馬
34. 人名 Pell--pear 梨子
35. 山坡 hill--here 這裡

36. 取消cancel--cancer 癌症
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For Chinese explanation, please click here>

http://blog.xuite.net/jerry25084266/playground/10769018
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[Wayne]

21.sheet--shit ("Shit" sounds perfect from Taiwanese mouths, He-he! But we might hear "Put some SHIT on my desk.", when someone actually says, "Put some sheets on my desk.". )

Words found in bathroom graffiti:

You sit and shit, and
think and stink.