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Podcast: Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice
Episode: "H" is for happy!
Description: Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks!If you are a native speaker of French and have studied English, then you have probably run into the /h/ problem. This sound, which Americans make when we say "Hello" and "How are you" and "Ha ha ha", does not exist in French. This makes two problems for French speakers.1)Â Problem one:Â The sound is dropped. So I say Hello and the French speaker says 'ello. Or I say How are you? and he says '...