How to Pronounce 'Cupboard'

1 May 2022 · 1 min

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A short YouTube pronunciation tutorial by Hadar Shemesh explaining how to pronounce the English word "cupboard." The speaker breaks the word into an initial /k/ (or aspirated /kʰ/) plus the syllable that sounds like "bird" (with an unpronounced /p/), and gives articulatory tips for producing the b, r, and d sounds. The clip is instructional and focused on spoken demonstration.

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Hadar Shemesh.

May 1, 2022.

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How to pronounce the word cupboard. You start with a k sound and then a cup sound. K K Just like the beginning of the word cup. But you do not pronounce the p. Instead, you go to the b directly and the rest of the syllable which actually sounds like bird A b sound, an r and a D. It's a stir sound, but it feels like the b moves to the r directly. Bird Round your lips a little bit for the r. Bird don't forget to bring the tongue up for the D. Bird Cuh Bird Cupboard Cupboard if you want to get fancy, you can put a little h after the k sound to make the aspirated cuh. Bird Cupboard.