British Pronunciation - "and" /æ/ vs. "end" /e/ Minimal Pairs
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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Learn how to pronounce these two easily confused short vowels, /æ/ and /e/. A lot of my students don't even know they make mistakes with these two sounds, so this modern RP British pronunciation lesson will be very important for all accent enthusiasts
Remember, you don't NEED an RP British accent to speak English well (or even an English accent at all!). There are loads of accents out there! I'm just here to help people who have a love for modern versions of RP and want to speak it clearly.
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Elliott, I've been speaking British RP since taking your class, and even true brits believe I'm from the UK. So if anyone ever has a desire, Elliott is an exceptional teacher. It's now the only way I speak at all times. Sending love to you and yours, and congrats on your wee babe...
That´s wonderful! Where are you from?
@@marcelguberman I was born in Georgia but have lived abroad for many years, mainly living in Florida. So it's interesting that I sound like a southern Brit... I feel as though a dream came true speaking British. Honestly, one of my dear chaps (son) was murdered, and so I wrote a storybook based on him (Beatrix Potter-like), and I wanted to do the audio for it myself. So it seemed fitting to learn British, and I never went back. Ya, know, sort of as a gift to my boy. The book I wrote is called The Tale of Sawyer Lamb. It's ever so charming...
Wow! Congrats mate!
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Well done
I think the bigger problem is /æ/ vs /ʌ/ vs /ɑ:/ and /e/ vs /ə/ vs /ɜ:/.
In many languages, it's only one vowel, not three.
Anyway, this video can help a lot of people.
In my opinion that's one of the most important differences to grasp and master in an English language (along with the "th" and "r" sound) that will make you sound way better. I've lived in the UK for 13 years and only in the last 2 years I started paying more attention to how I sound and taking phonics more seriously and that first made me realise how, perhaps stupid I sounded to the native speakers when I was pronouncing things incorrectly and second now when I know and pay attention to how I say things how easier it is to communicate. So I can't stress enough that the way you say things is really really important 💞
I follow your YT videos and pratice alone for about one and a half year. This week I've got my very first opportinity for a conversation with a fluent English speaker and I got amazed to hear that my intonation and vocabulary are quite good. Thank you Elliot for your dedication sharing knowledge with people around the world! You're great, mate! Cheers!
When I started to learn English (didn't know there was only American English) I thought "an" and "en" sounded the same. Thanks to you I finally known the differences. Nowadays I use British English
Since I started leaning british accent in your youtube channel, all I can was, you're the best teacher, Elliott.
😭I thought I’m first one on the comment but there are many others, anyhow Elliott is my favorite pronunciation teacher.
Elliott you're the best teacher 🔥🔥🔥
Greetings from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
I'm in love with your accent . I'm practicing every day to improve my accent to sound more like a native speaker
I was always confused about these sounds , Thanks Elliott💞
Thank you so much Elliott. Recently I couldn’t study English because I was busy. But I love to watch your videos. Learning English is very difficult for me. But your English is always beautiful. So I can enjoy it. Thank you so much!
Of course, I admire your accent to just like it😍😍😍 You the reason that made me think seriously about English after I had seen a video in your channel
You are the best teacher I have ever seen. I can't pronounce right even my mother language. I'm so lucky to have you!
Hello from Brazil! Amazing class. It help me a lot . Yes, I like your accent very much!🤩🤩🤩 Thanks Elliot.
I’ve recommended your channel to my husband. Now he’s a big fan 😄
Thank you so much Teacher! I just wanna say that you are the best teacher I have ever seen before. I love your pronunciation!
Thanks a lot. Very helpful.
The sounds I struggle to differentiate are these two: cut /cat.
You have the best pronunciation ever
I think it is a most useful blog about British pronunciation in youtube. Really.
Elliott, you are an incredible teacher with brilliant knowledge in your field. Thanks to you, my accent has turned from rubbish into the issue of fancy among my fellow students! Thank you very much and wish you the best luck ever!🍀
I'm happy to see you and hear your wonderful accent again! Thanks Elliott!
You are the only coach on UA-cam I really love, love your voice and pronunciation.
This is the third video this month, it makes me really excited🤩 you are so helpful I can notice the difference, before and after finding your channel, in my accent especially my "r", thanks a lot🥰
My son is now teaching English online cos you inspired him. You are too good
Please more minimal pairs. I'm in C.1 level, here in Spain is a very advanced level. I need that simple and valuable explanation. Thank you for your work Elliot
Hi Elliott! That was really helpful.
My favourite British English Teacher 😍
Greetings from Peru 🎉☺️
The best teacher ever, i see you from Costa Rica😍😍🇨🇷
Wonderful British English teacher . Have fun and learn with him.
Mate thank u so much. I tried your technique and Siri now can figure out the difference and correctly recognise the words that I am saying.
Sir, I really appreciate your pronunciation.
Yes, please. It'd be highly appreciated if you make more videos about minimal pairs. They're very useful to improve my pronunciation. I'm currently needing to get familiar with British pronunciation. Greetings from Mexico.
Your teaching style very easy and clear please keep it up thanks sir .
I love your pronunciation , you r best teacher 🥰🤩🤗thank you
Another excellent video to share with my Spanish/English intercambio group. A common one I have cone across is eg. Work....Walk.
Hello there from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿 that lesson was really helpful for me to sound much more like British. Thank you Elliott, I will wait for more...(by the way, your hair looks good 🤗😉)
Ffs! How many people fAll in love with you every day?? I bEt tons!! This is the bEst video ever about pronunciation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And I had a great lAugh while practicing 😂 you’re lovely, thank you for sharing all your knowledge
You're videos are awsome .They deserve Millions of likes .Your explanation are also very easy to understand .Thanks a ton Eilliot.^_^And I'd be really grateful if you make a video for /s/ and /z/ .I find it difficult to understand how to pronounce this minimal pair.Please keep going !! You're awsome !!
Please More of Minimal Pairs. And Thank you for this💚
This video is short enough, and good enough !Thank you very much!
I love that thank you Elliott
very helpful indeed, definitely need more lessons on minimal pair.
Your lessons are really helpful Elliot. Cheers !!
Always very good and helpful lessons. Loving the accent
Very glad to see you again, Elliot, it's just a pity that you're uploading videos not so often...
Hello, I'm from Argentina and I'm studying English, this didn't work out well for me but your video was very helpful 🤍
Since I am Asian, the pronunciation of those bat, bet, mat, met, man, men gave me a lot of trouble. Now, after watching your lesson, it is easy to remember. Thank you, sir.
Brilliant as always Elliot. Cheers.
You're the best!
Thank you so much!
The best teacher of Britsh pronunciation
Very very helpful my brother thanks
Thanks for your lessons 👍
In American English "sand vs send" , "and vs end", "fan vs fen", "bad vs bed",... They are a little bit similarly pronounced to each other :D i used to speak like that, now i will change my voice, hope it make my pronunciation to be more royal :D and my speaking teacher won't knock on my head anymore
Cool 😎 I'm keep watching your videos and I keep repeating and follow after what you said at each video because I want to improve my speaking ,is really helpful thank a ton !!! Elliott teacher
That class was so useful, greeting from Argentina.
Great lesson! Gracias Elliott 😀
Hi Elliott! Great lesson! This kind of lesson is very helpful. Please, create more of them. Cheers!
I like your video very much. Very clear explanation and easy to understand. Such a great teacher. Thanks Elliot.
Hi Elliott ! Greetings from Panamá
By the way, it's a great video very useful for me. Cheers ! 👍
Greetings from Chile thanks so much for what You do
omg, minimal pairs! more of it pls
Bro ur teaching style giving me lots of hope that ill also speak English with British accent 👍
Very good topic! Please more videos about these pairs! I always struggle with these similar vowels 🙄
Elliot, thanks for a great lesson. These are difficult sounds for many, me included. If you could include one more sound like bed, bat, but it would be even more amazing.
I recently discovered your channel and I really appreciate your effort! As a person want to learn British English, all of your videos are being helpful to me. Cheers!
I used to love that popping sound in the beginning btw
Hi Elliott, Could you do video about difference between "u" and "a". I find them very hard to pronounce. Like in words fun - fan, bug - bag, etc. Thank you.
Also in trust, son, sun etc
@@stellaenvulu3165 son and sun are both pronounced exactly the same way.
Many thanks Elliot, Your lesson helped me a lot. I hope now understand more native’s conversations and gets more confident for myself speaking.
Would you have a time, could you upload about how to answer for positive statement with negative question and vice versa.
eg: Did Joe study, didn’t he? Or Didn’t Joe study, did he?
Most of times I am confused these questions and I normally couldn’t answer them.
Again thanks for your brilliant lesson!
You are a very good teacher!I love the British accent, would love to learn more! Thank you
Other minimal pairs : land/lend ; band/bend
Youuuu are a truly amazing educator!
Thanks a tonne Elliot. I am so glad I found you, but unfortunately merely virtually.
Great video! But I'm also wondering what the rules for when an A should be pronounced as "æ" or "e" are. It'd be great if you could also make an video on that topic!
teach us more minimal pairs and vowel sounds, plzzzz🥺.Love you!
You are my favourite Elliot ❤️
I love your accent
Greetings from Indonesia 😘
Yes do more on minimal pairs.
Am a student of English.
You are a great teacher .
Could I find someone to practice english with?
I learnt English
I love ur videos
and ur accent
Hello Elliott! Thank you for uploading. I love your videos! 😊❤
actually, you are the Best person to me an english learner, To receive your pronunciation...
I'm getting better thanks to you.
Greetings from Turkey.
I love your accent and understand it
I’m very like your videos about British Pronunciation and hope you make more videos about Minimal Pairs and pronunciation skills. I also hope you can make a video about an overview that is how to study British pronunciation for beginners. Thanks.
I can tune my voice to yours. I love that.
Thanks alot our lovely teacher
I do love your accent. Very decent accent
Hi Elliot! Thanks for your video! Can you make a video comparing bug - bag , and so on, please? One more, I find very difficult to compare æ - A like in apple. Thanks a lot!
this lesson is awesome!
Thank you! Its a good lesson.
Thank you so much for the lesson! I always confuse those two sounds))) /e/ is the most difficult English sound for me 🤗
Thank you
Thank you, Elliott! Really helpful 😍
What a brilliant lesson! Thank you !
Please post more some minimal pairs of words , thanks in advance Teacher 😊.
I'm a British Literature major in the Rocky Mountain area (in the US) but I am learning to speak in RP just because I love it. I secretly hope that they'll let me live in the UK if I can speak the language 🤣😂😁
Amazing videos as always ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"ae" in British pronunciation is closer to "a" than it is in American English.
Hi Elliott, could you teach us below words' pronunciation?
Thought
Taught
Though
Tough
Through
Thorough
Throughout
I love your accent!
😊👌✌
Very good lesson to learn