![]() Zee is thought to have originated from a late 17th-century British dialect and influenced by the bee, cee, dee, ee pattern of much of the alphabet. In American English, its name is zee /ziː/. Zed takes its name via French and Latin from the Greek equivalent, zeta. Our tip: Think about where the stress is in the word, instead of saying each syllable.In most English-speaking countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Zambia, and Australia, the name of the letter Z is zed, pronounced /zɛd/. The ‘unstressed a’ /ə/, as in “America”, “finally”, “surface”, “about” and “was” Our tip: The sound is the same way you say the letter ‘A’ in the alphabet. The ‘long a’ /eɪ/, as in “play”, “make”, “name”, “say”, “came”, “change” and “face” Our tip: The mouth needs to be open, and the tongue relaxed. The ‘short a’ /æ/, as in “cat”, “add”, “began”, “last”, “back”, “after” and “man” So let’s look at the three sounds of the letter ‘a’ that can be tricky: When it comes to the vowel sounds, it may seem like there is no method to the madness. Our tip: try saying the short ‘i’ sound followed by the long ‘i’ sound until you can hear the difference: “ship-sheep”, “live-leave”, “sit-seat”, “hit-heat” and “fit-feat”. You may want to pronounce them as long ‘i’ sounds, as in “leave”, “seat” or “feet”. Like a ‘z’, as in “cause”, “reason”, “realism”, “advise”, “always”, “is” and “was”Ī short ‘i’ sound, as in “ship”, “live”, “sit”, “hit” and “fit”, can be confusing.Like an ‘s’, as in “send”, “simple”, “song”, “system”, “street”, “lost”, “kiss” and “release”.The letter ‘s’ can be also be pronounced in two different ways: Our tip: Normally when ‘c’ is followed by an ‘i’ or ‘e’, it takes the ‘s’ sound. Like a ‘k’, as in “cake”, “come”, “cucumber”, “clean”, “cry”, “scratch”, “act” and “panic”.Like a ‘s’, as in “centre”, “receive”, “cigarette”, “cinema”, “agency” and “notice”.The letter ‘c’ can be pronounced two distinct ways: Consonants with different sounds, such as ‘c’ and ‘z’ Our tip: Practise placing your tongue behind your teeth and blow air out as you say the word. The h is silent, as in “Thai” and “Thames”. ![]() It sounds voiceless, as in “three”, “thing” and “thought”.It vibrates slightly, as in “the”, “this”, “that, “they” and “them”.There are some slight variations in the way it can sound: ![]() Many languages don’t have this sound, so don’t be put off if you can’t get it straight away. The ‘th’ is certainly one of the hardest consonant sounds in the English alphabet to master. Our tip: It is pronounced as a ‘g’ at the beginning of words (like "ghost"), and it is either silent or pronounced as ‘f’ at the end of words and syllables.
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