The pronunciation of "warrior" was asked in Quora, so I decided to make a whole video for the pronunciation of the word and minimal pairs relating to /ɔr/ and /ər/ since /wɔ/ can be quite challenging for ESL speakers. Lips have to be rounded for both /w/ and /ɔ/. While the lips are rounded for /w/, drop the jaw for /ɔ/. For /ə/, relax your jaw since we have a schwa!
The lecture is based on my book "English Pronunciation, the American Way." The e-book can be found at the Amazon site ( www.amazon.com/English-Pronun..., and the audio book can be found at Audible or at my website. pronunciationandprosody.blogs...
24 май 2022