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187. How to pronounce GIRL

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How to Make the Dark L Sound

So, ah, so we get here. It's a g to the arger, and then we have the dark l sound. To make the l, the tip of the tongue goes up to touch the roof of the mouth. So basically you're engaging the root of tongue a lot more. Do you hear that? It's not girl, it's girloo. After this gur sound that you now know how to oce properly, you ship to a ole sound,. which is basically up like a shwa sound or an o as an good ole. The r is long, and right before the l, there is a transitional vowel that leads to the dark ell.

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