AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
2min chapter
157. Schwa – The BEST Vowel Sound in English
The InFluency Podcast
Congratulate. Congratululate. What Are You Saying?
The late at the end is a pure vowel. It's a secondary stress and it cannot be reduced to a schwa. Some syllables are fully pronounced higher, louder in pitch, longer than others. You don't have to pronounce the full vowel. And like I said, especially in long words. When you start reducing it, all of a sudden you invest less energy and the rhythm starts changing. Instead of congratulate, congratulate, congratulate,. short, long, short, medium.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode