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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this American English pronunciation video, we´re going to go over the difference in the words "six" and "sex"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.98,0:00:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This minimal pair has only one differerent sound and it´s the vowel sound
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.19,0:00:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since "sex" can be a sensitive word, this is probably a minimal pair you want to master
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.52,0:00:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks so much for the suggestion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.65,0:00:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two vwel sound are the "i" as in "sit" vowel and the "e" as in "bed" vowel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.44,0:00:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the "e" vowel like in "sex" the jaw drops more
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.32,0:00:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tongue tip is forward and down, lightly touching the back of the bottom front teeth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.47,0:00:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The front middle part lifts towards the roof of the mouth and the middle of the tongue should be wider as it lifts
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.94,0:00:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "i" vowel like in "six" has less jaw drop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.21,0:01:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tip is in the same place , but the front part arches up, towards the roof of the mouth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.68,0:01:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tongue is closer to the roof of the mouth in this vowel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.66,0:01:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let´s take a look at a picture comparing the two sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.42,0:01:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice how the jaw is more dropped for the "eh" vowel like in "sex"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.89,0:01:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tongue is closer to the roof of the mouth for the "i" vowel like in "six"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.97,0:01:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practice with me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.84,0:01:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eh Ih Eh Ih
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.46,0:01:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now let´s look at the two words up close and slowmotion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.98,0:01:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The corners of the mouth pull wide for the s
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.29,0:01:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The jaw drops more for the eh in sex
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.10,0:01:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The front part lifts towards the roof of the mouth for the ih vowel in six
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.77,0:01:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again from the front
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.59,0:01:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compare the jaw drop
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.90,0:02:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.17,0:02:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sex
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.87,0:02:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope this video has made the difference in these two words clear
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.86,0:02:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there´s a word comparison you´d like to see, put it in the comments below
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