Hadar Shemesh breaks down the pronunciation difference between literally and literary. The key: literally ends with a schwa sound, literary with a full vowel. Practice the tongue twister literally literary to nail the rhythm and vowel contrast.
Hey, everyone. It's practice time with Hadar. And today we are going to practice the tongue twister. Breathe. Literally literary. Literally literary. Let's break down both words. Literally. The American version. Lit a rally. Let's break it down. Le. That's the first syllable. E. E as in sit. Le. Second syllable is. It's a flap. T. Sounds like an r and a schwa. Then we have an r and another schwa. Litera. And then we ended up with li. Literally. Literally. Literally. Literally. Literally. Literally. Then we have literary. Literary. So the first syllable is le. Le. Same as in literally. Then we have again same thing. Liter. Flap, T and a schwa. Liter. Then we have an R sound and E as in red. Literary. Not a schwa like literally, but literary. Re. Closing it with an R and an e sound. Literary. Literary. The rhythm is a little different here because there is a pure vowel, not a schwa. Literally literary. Literally literary. Literally literary. Literally literary. Literally literary. Literally literary. Literally literary. Literally literary. Literally literary. Literally literary. Very good.
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