Beach or bitch?

billzhao

1 M# w) N: \5 a; sPronunciation is a crucial part of learning any language. Some would even argue that it’s the most important. It doesn’t matter how much you know about the grammar rules if your pronunciation is so terrible that people can’t understand you.

' [6 [+ ]# G& e4 q, S5 RAre you one of the many English learners who mix up the pronunciation of the two words: BITCH and BEACH? Do not feel bad about yourself because most nonnative speakers find differentiating the two nearly impossible! Chinese do not have these two sounds, so when reading the word beach people intuitively pronounce it like bitch. Mastering the I in “bitch" is going to take training both your ears and your mouth.

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billzhao

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be  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
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/ i5 X5 J" F6 Hcease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep
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each eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed
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he heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel

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increase indeed

J
jeans jeep

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keel keen keep knead knee kneel
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leach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave
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meal
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measles
meat
meek
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niece
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ordeal

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pea
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peat
peek
peel
peep
peer
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please
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preach
precede
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queasy
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reach
read
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reap
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redeem
reed
reef
reel
release
relief
relieve
repeat
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reveal
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scene
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sea
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seam
sear
season
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see
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seek
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seen
seep
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seethe
she
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sheet
shield
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siege
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sleet
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smear
sneak
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sneeze
speak
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speed
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squeeze
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steel
steep
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streak
stream
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succeed
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sweet
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teach
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tear
tease
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teen
teeth
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thief
three
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treat
treaty
tree
tweed
tweezers

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veal
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weed
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week
weird
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wheat
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wield
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yeast
yield
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zeal

billzhao

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