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Podcast: Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice
Episode: Linking Sounds Lesson 1: Y and W glides
Description: Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks!This is the first in a series of lessons about connected speech. One of the ways in which we link syllables and words together is with "glides" -- for example a Y sound is added between "be" and "able" so it sounds like "bee yable". Listen to the sentences and you'll get the idea of these glides.Y glides:/iy/1) I would like to be able to speak fluent English.2) Will you