How to Pronounce the Letter ‘y’ in British English
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- The letter ‘y’ can be pronounced 6 different ways in British English. Watch this video to learn them all!
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In this video I discuss the letter ‘y’ and how it is pronounced. So, watch this video if you want to improve your British English pronunciation!
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0:35 - /j/
0:49 - /aɪ/
1:16 - /iː/
1:37 - /ɪ/
1:54 - /ɜː/
2:11 - /ə/
2:37 - Digraphs
4:09 - Practice
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I can’t miss your video because they are always useful. Thank you Ed!
Thanks for your comment!
Thanks very much, it really help me improved my pronunciation in y sound.
I'm glad you found my video helpful!
Another great video, Ed! Cheers
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You're welcome!
I am Norwegian, and in Norwegian, the letter Y is normally pronounced in a manner distinctly different from any of the examples in this video. It's not easy to describe, but it is something like a cross between the English /i/ (or /i:/ when long) and German /u:/, only a bit higher up. Norwegians speaking English tend to take this pronunciation with them when they learn English, thus pronouncing e.g. 'system' with that vowel since this word is also found in Norwegian.
So when we learn English, we are taught that the Norwegian /y/ or anything like it is not used in English and should be avoided even in words containing the letter 'Y'.
However; from time to time, I seem to hear people using precisely this vowel in English, most recently in the word 'system' pronounced in a Vertasium video here on CZcams (and, yes, this was a native English speaker, for sure).
Does anyone know whether it can be found in some variants of English? An Australian friend of mine suggested that it may be used by some people in NZ, since the NZ accent is heavily influenced by northern UK accents, which again had extensive contact with Norway for many centuries. In that case, it should be found in northern UK accents, shouldn't it?
I think you are referring to this vowel: czcams.com/video/G36Fg_BUiwk/video.htmlsi=kZf8hiW0vh9blm2s
In some Scottish and London accents the tongue is even further forward which produces a sound similar to what you described in Norwegian.
Maybe you're right, but I'm a bit confused. Would people with the accents you refer to use this vowel then in words like 'system', 'physics' or 'Dylan'?
@@nomenfix No, the /u:/ sound is not spelt with the letter 'y'.
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