Join us for a fun and exciting journey as we explore the amazing world of the English language through phonetics. In this episode, we dive into the rich, interesting, and sometimes puzzling parts of the language all around us.
This episode includes:
Name that sound!:
A Froggy Guessing Game, Exploring Frog Sounds from around the World, and Fascinating Frog Facts and Figures.
Phenomenal Phoneme: The King Sound /ŋ/
Sing - /sɪŋ/
Ring - /rɪŋ/
King - /kɪŋ/
Bring - /brɪŋ/
Spring - /sprɪŋ/
Swing - /swɪŋ/
Strong - /strɔŋ/
Long - /lɔŋ/
Song - /sɔŋ/
Ping - /pɪŋ/
Wing - /wɪŋ/
Word of the Week:
Serendipity /ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/
Mellifluous /məˈlɪflʊəs/
Interesting Idioms:
Bite the bullet
Bite off more than one can chew
Jolly Jokes
Word Goblins: Longest Word
Pneumono-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-coniosis
/ˌnjuːməˌnəʊˌʌltrəˌmaɪkrəˌskɒpɪkˌsɪlɪˌkəʊvɒlˌkeɪnəʊkəˈnaɪəsɪs/
Antidisestablishmentarianism
/ˌæn.tiˌdɪs.ɪˌstæb.lɪʃ.mənˈtɛə.ri.əˌnɪ.zəm/
Tongue Twister:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
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