Chinthaka


  1. Content
  2. Clarity - like Brian Tracy
  3. British style of speaking

Aim - for the viewers to feel:

  • confidence in me
  • interested in what I have to say


/p/ /b/ vs. /f/ /v/

  • piːfiː
  • biːviː
  • fifty pounds
  • Matthew's fine
  • my father's favourite pen
  • my friend's balloon
  • from my point of view, from his point of view, from our point of view
  • it's very big business
  • the fashion business moves very fast
  • my facebook account is private
  • formula
  • the objective is to manufacture them cheaply
  • briefly
  • he wants to influence politics
  • VAT
  • your Skype photo confused me
  • it depends on the fabric
  • it defends the city
  • one per feature, filling, fact, function, farm, foot, form, face, file, phone, foundation, fear, fare
  • pfiː, pfɪ, pfe...

/pr/

  • product(s), process, properties, previous, prioritise, priority, priorities, price
  • profit(s), profit and loss, the profit part, the net profit, the gross profit
  • price first or product first?

/tr/ sounds like "chr"

  • trust
  • country
  • travel

 

  • /spr/, /str/, /skr/
  • /ʃr/, /θr/
  • use morewords.com to find examples to practise

sip vs. ship

  • siːʃiː
  • see, sea, she
  • election, position, decision, opposition, discussion
  • discuss social issues in the discussion
  • she's taking a new direction
  • she's very specific
  • smashed
  • short-sighted
  • 10 million cash
  • it's a sheep, ship, shelf, shack, sharp knife, shoe, shop, shame, shiny car, show, shower, sheer drop, share, sure thing

vet vs. wet

  • viːwiː
  • go away
  • the view from the board

Pronunciation of X

  • /ks/ excuse, explain, export, exploit, except, exclude, mix, next
  • /ks/ (with a vowel - an exception) execute
  • /gz/ exit, exist, exactly

Schwa

  • collect
  • perform, percent, performance
  • professional

Miscellaneous

  • campaign