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Learners Pronouncing the "W" sound as a "V" or vice versa: Pronouncing the "V" sound as a "W"

Depending on the geographic location that you come from, you may be pronouncing the "w" sound as a "v." Typically, students that were born in Quebec do not have this difficulty. They are lucky!

You may be pronouncing "world" as "vorld" or you may pronounce "what" as "vaat" or you may pronounce "wonderful" as "vunderful." If this is the case for you, you may wish to consult the following resources:

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YouTube: Mixing Up V & W sounds: American English Pronunciation [Rachel's English]

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Hear the difference between these two sounds.

YouTube: Pronunciation - V & W [engVid]

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Pronuncian: Semi-vowel: w sound /w/ -- How to pronounce the w sound

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The Pronuncian website is great. They have diagrams and sample audio to listen to.

Pronuncian: How to pronounce the 'v sound' /v/

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The Pronuncian website is great. They have diagrams and sample audio to listen to.

 

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