'Great stuff - I'm working on it myself. Hey... At exactly 1:27 you failed to pronounce the 'r' sufficiently in the word 'cleah' (clear). - I do that too. But we MUST... - Steal the beautiful 'R' from the North Americans (who probably got it from Irish & Scots) - Steal the beautiful 'L' at the end of words like 'schoow' (school), from the French (Try listening to a Quebecois say 'Michelle' - you'll love it. =) I'm a New Zealander, ex-IT-instructor, now constantly working on my diction for singing & public speaking. Being 74, and not having the energy I used to have, I'm using the lower registers of my voice (which are more resonant), but at lower volume (to conserve energy), but with clearer diction. - Even our splendid Radio New Zealand news presenters swallow the 'l' and the 'r' at the end of words. I've emailed them about it. - And by the way, what do you think of the trend of ignoring mid-word consonants such as 't' or 'd' 'b' or 'd' by just interrupting the voice? I don't like it at all, but it's quite popular. Instead of 'better', they say 'beh' er' and instead of 'ladder' they say 'lah' ah'. =)
Thanks for the tip (tbh I think that’s a consequence from removing the West Country accent I grew up with! The ‘r’ or er sound wound have then been VERY strong) I really don’t like missing the middle of words…unless my students are creating a character with a cockney London accent of course 👍🏻
'Great stuff - I'm working on it myself.
Hey... At exactly 1:27 you failed to pronounce the 'r' sufficiently in the word 'cleah' (clear).
- I do that too. But we MUST...
- Steal the beautiful 'R' from the North Americans (who probably got it from Irish & Scots)
- Steal the beautiful 'L' at the end of words like 'schoow' (school), from the French (Try listening to a Quebecois say 'Michelle' - you'll love it. =) I'm a New Zealander, ex-IT-instructor, now constantly working on my diction for singing & public speaking. Being 74, and not having the energy I used to have, I'm using the lower registers of my voice (which are more resonant), but at lower volume (to conserve energy), but with clearer diction.
- Even our splendid Radio New Zealand news presenters swallow the 'l' and the 'r' at the end of words. I've emailed them about it.
- And by the way, what do you think of the trend of ignoring mid-word consonants such as 't' or 'd' 'b' or 'd' by just interrupting the voice? I don't like it at all, but it's quite popular. Instead of 'better', they say 'beh' er' and instead of 'ladder' they say 'lah' ah'. =)
Thanks for the tip (tbh I think that’s a consequence from removing the West Country accent I grew up with! The ‘r’ or er sound wound have then been VERY strong) I really don’t like missing the middle of words…unless my students are creating a character with a cockney London accent of course 👍🏻