English Pronunciation: Bitch or Beach?

ah the classic when you’re talking about
your country and you’re saying oh my god
in my country we have the most amazing
beaches never looks at you like beaches
you know sandy beaches I thought you
said bitches so this is the classic is
it e or in ship or sheep hmm so you may
have heard that the only difference is
it’s a long sound for E and a short
sound for it long sound for sheep short
sound for ship the same for sheet and
shit but there’s more to it than that
and I’m going to show you two ways that
you can definitely make this sound
without any mistakes
first of all just look at my mouth
that’s a weird thing to ask but look at
my mouth when I say these two words
Beach bitch now let’s try it without
sound you see the difference bitch your
mouth is more closed bitch and with
Beach your mouth is making a smiley
mouth which is good Beach beach but you
could also make this sound regardless of
what mouth shape you make for example
bitch Beach I did the same mouth shape
and produce two different sounds so
there’s more to it than that it’s what
happens inside the mouth that’s the real
secret and to do this I will use a pen I
don’t know whose pen this is and I don’t
know where it’s been so with bitch your
tongue stays down with Beach your tongue
comes up and closes the gap inside your
mouth let me demonstrate
yeah e ya e ya e so you see to make the
e I had to lift in my tongue up to get
that e because what it’s doing it’s
closing the mouth to get a higher pitch
sound e so tell us what do you like to
relax with a nice beautiful wat try
these sentences
I’m fascinated with ships where I’m from
there are lots of beaches don’t leave I
can’t live without you these chips are
cheap don’t call women bitches is wrong
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