Can & Cant – Quick pronunciation

in today’s quick pronunciation lesson
we’re looking at can and can’t now there
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comparing US and UK pronunciations of
this for British people as well when we
hear Americans pronounce this sometimes
we can’t differentiate between the two
if someone says I can do that did he say
this one or this one sometimes it’s not
that clear why because in American
English sometimes they eat the tea so
can can that sounds the same but in
British English you can hear the
difference can can’t how do you make
this sound well I’m going to exaggerate
my mouth movements so you can see more
clearly ah ah can or can’t can can’t try
it with me tan can’t notice the shape of
my mouth that’s wider ah this one it’s
more of a long shape our aunt can can’t
so in British English there’s a big
difference between the two and it
doesn’t matter if you make that a
glottal tea and eat that tea sound can
calm you still hear the difference in
the vowel sound ah our but in a sentence
let’s use the example I can do it where
we don’t really say it like that
the can we make into a weak form because
that is the strong word what we do if we
emphasise this for example I can do it
if we put stress on can that’s the only
time we’d say that at sound I
can do it because usually this has a
weak form I can I can I can do it
because usually the stress is on the
disturb I can do it
you’re stressing this verb this one has
a weak form I can do it I can do it well
even if you stress this one I I can do
it I can do it I can do it it doesn’t
matter you’re not stressing this so it
has a weak form I can do it I can do it
I can do it that sounds weird can’t you
don’t really give that a weak form
that’s always like can’t I can’t do it I
can’t do it sorry to compare them I can
do it I can do it I can do it you can
hear depending on the stressed word
you’d pronounce it differently you
stress this can you stress any other
word its weak can I can you can learn
the matter
same for the other pronouns can’t
doesn’t change it’s the same for
everything
never has a weak form I couldn’t no we
don’t say that in phonetics these are
the symbols ah ah can can’t or if it’s a
weak form it’s a schwa PIM kun can can’t
say with me can I can do that
ah can I can do that it whatever ah
can’t I can’t do that thanks for
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you in the next class bye when I make
this sound
nothing changes shape in my mouth