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Hadar Shemesh breaks down five commonly mispronounced words: learn, girl, work, word, and world. The American R changes how the vowel sounds in each one, and she shares how she practiced saying them aloud until she got them right.

Hadar Shemesh breaks down five commonly mispronounced words: learn, girl, work, word, and world. The American R changes how the vowel sounds in each one, and she shares how she practiced saying them aloud until she got them right.
Learn, girl, work, word, world. All these challenging words that people struggle with. This is the sound. In American English, the R eats up the vowel. I heard you the first time. I learned that the hard way. I worked so hard to get to where I am. I used to rehearse every word before I said it out loud.

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