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                        AMERICAN ENGLISH SPEECH

                                    VOWEL SOUNDS

                                   

O

                                   

The O sound requires your lips to be rounded into a circle, like the shape of the letter “o.”  It sounds like the name of the letter “o.”

 

Instructions to make this sound: Are your lips rounded?  Is your tongue somewhat raised in the back of your mouth?  Are the muscles of your mouth tense?

 

Common problems: Using an A sound so “note” sounds like “not.”  Using an UH sound so “note” sounds like “nut.”

 

Common spellings: EW as in “sew,” O as in “hello,” OA as in “oats,” OE as in “toe,” OU as in “soul,” OUGH as in “dough,” OW as in “sow”

 

over                                        over before you know it  

open                                      open or close                                 

most                                       most of the coast              

phone                                    a modern cordless phone          

note                                        a note on the door            

so                                           and so it goes                                

 

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