Short episode from the Influency Podcast (How to Pronounce Friday) in which host Hadar Shemesh teaches listeners how to pronounce the word "restaurant." She contrasts two- versus three-syllable pronunciations, prefers the two-syllable form, and gives a step-by-step phonetic walkthrough of the R, S, T, and N sounds with example utterances; closes with subscribe/rate CTA and Instagram handle (Hadar Accentsway).
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Welcome to the Influency Podcast. I'm Hadar, and this is how to Pronounce Friday, where we take a confusing word or word pair. We learn how to pronounce it and how to use it with confidence. Let's get started. Today, I want to give you a quick tip on how to clearly pronounce the word restaurant. Restaurant. So I hear a bunch of different pronunciations of this specific word. So let's clarify what's the best way to go about it? So you can pronounce it both ways. You can pronounce it as restaurant with three syllables, but I like the two syllable pronunciation, restaurant. So let's begin with the first syllable, rest. Rest, as in the rest of them. So we begin with an R. So round your lips and pull the tongue up for the R. You can hold it out to make sure that you're pronouncing the R correctly. And then open your mouth to an. Then the tongue goes up for an S. Res and is abruptly stopped by the T. Res. Res. Okay. Do you hear it? Actually, you're not supposed to hear it because there is no T here. It's not rest, it's res. Okay, I'm blocking the air with my tongue abruptly. And that is the T. That's what is perceived as the T. Rest. And then you round your lips again and lift the tongue up for another R. Restaurant. And then again we have an N sound. So it lifts the tongue up for the N. Restauran. And then you stop it immediately with another T. Ron, run. Listen to the difference between just an N and an N that is stopped with the T sound. Restauran. Restaurant. Run. Okay, so you can, like, block it here in your nose or in your mouth. Run. Okay. Restaurant. It's a great restaurant. I'm at a restaurant right now. Restaurant. All right, that's it. Okay. That was your how to Pronounce Friday episode. I hope you enjoyed it. And if you like the podcast, then consider subscribing to the podcast. And if you feel really crazy, you can even rate and review the podcast. And you can find me at Hadar Accentsway on Instagram, where you can DM me and ask for all the crazy, fancy, confusing words that you'd like to know how to pronounce. Have a beautiful day and I'll see you next time. It.
