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Why are those sounds different? How to Say Snow Plow

Why are those sounds different? How to Say Snow Plow

You are working hard to be understood easily and have more clear pronunciation, and it can be frustrating when a word doesn't seem to follow the pronunciation rules.

Some people like to say that “rules are made to be broken.” Well that’s certainly how it seems to be with the English language

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How Do YOU Say Pecan?

April is National Pecan Month, and it’s only natural for Americans to love pecans: The pecan is the only nut tree native to North America. It’s been growing wild and in cultivation from the northeastern United States all the way down to the river valleys of Mexico… so naturally, all these regions fr...

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Time to Speak Up! Caring About Your Communication

 

Tell me if this resonates with you: you're comfortable in your workplace when it requires reading emails and going through written material... or writing to co-workers and jotting down notes.

But when needing to speak out loud to a co-worker, or asked to speak up at a meeting, you say as little ...

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We Need Each Other! Reduce Your Accent through Community

I'm truly excited this month to be sharing with you how interacting with those around you is a major factor in reducing your accent. A major research focus for American Speech­Language­Hearing Association (ASHA) has been the overuse of technology and its effect on language and hearing development, s...

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