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The short i sound with Clear English Coach

3/11/2017

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Donna Durbin:Accent Reduction
 The Short "i" sound is a relaxed vowel.
This podcast will help you with this tricky American "i" sound. Non-native speakers tend to tighten the vowel to sound like an "E," instead the short "i" sound. So, ​"live" sounds like "leave" or "it" sounds like
"eat." Listen and repeat the word after me.
Words to repeat to practice the Podcast.
Short i
bib              Him            it                  illustrate
kick             in               bit                 imitate    
lick             grin             sit                 instruction
pick            fin               give              inside
sick            pin              live                instrument
did              win              is                   instigate
hid              hip              incredible       interrogate
kid              lip                its                  inquire 
lid               rip               idiom              irritate
big              sip              indifferent       instant
dig              tip               if                     Isolde
pig              zip              ignorant
hill              kiss             ignore
pill              hiss             ill
still             miss
grill
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