Basic English: How to Pronounce the Letter S

[Pudders9225]

SSss.......

BOOOM!

[CAC701D]

ethhh

ethhh

ethhh

[ewriken]

ES

[xheartsliesfriendsx]

Ass....ass...ass...

[qaz474]

@xheartsliesfriendsx LOL!!!

[Matttoo]

Thank you so much, now I finally know how to pronounce letter S!

[naturada137]

@Matttoo

Dude it's for people from other countries and stuff. People give him a bad rep but he's doing it so people who don't speak English as a first language can pronounce things well, so, c'mon.

[WildMossnose]

@naturada137 Well, I must say, they are certainly not learning any ENGLISH from his videos.

[naturada137]

@WildMossnose

The videos do not TEACH English, they teach pronunciation. No one is going to learn how to speak English when only one thing is pronounced per video. That is an entirely different beast in an of itself.

[JokerFlickan]

ess.. ass.

[Taste0love]

the fuck..

[RockerJack15]

yea this really helps

[kells445]

sorry how do u pronounce that again??? lmaoo s,s,s,s,s,s.... helpful -.-

[boybad3p]

HEs a MORON!!

[wildbloodydragon]

How do you pronounce it? I got a lisp and I'm trying to fix it.

[fateprice17]

@wildbloodydragon your answer is @0:01

[wildbloodydragon]

@fateprice17 Don't you think I already know how it should sound like?

Why is there so many idiots on this damn website...

[Ilamarea]

@wildbloodydragon

If you came up with how you have to put your lips, tongue and stuff to say this shit, you can let me know.

[wildbloodydragon]

@Ilamarea I tried the "proper" way, putting my tongue behind bottom front teeth and streaming the air through the front teeth. I recorded myself saying it. I sounded a fruitcake.

Right now I just put my tongue under my side-front teeth and stream the air through the two front upper teeth on the right. It still sounds like shit but it's the best I could do so far.

[Ilamarea]

@wildbloodydragon

Thanks for reply,the "proper" way seems to work for me, but due to my fucked up occlusion I have to open my mouth to pull my teeth apart a bit more, so there's a small < millimeter opening.

[kittenless]

@wildbloodydragon

I think that's the only reason any of us are here. lol.

[potentperson]

@wildbloodydragon I'm looking up lisp info too. RachelsEnglish has a great explanation in her vid "S & Z Consonants: American English Pronunciation". There are also a couple of practical exercises in the vid "Speech Therapy Frontal Lisp "s" Distortion". Good luck!

[potentperson]

@wildbloodydragon For another nice practice exercise check out "Practical magic for /s/"