Hi,
My name is Roxanne. I came to US 6 years ago, and I speak pretty good english. I have started learning English since I was 4, and most people think that I'm a native speaker until they hear I pronounce one or two words differently then the general Americans.
I have no problem pronouncing words like "really", "horrify" and "learners", but I have trouble pronouncing words such as "tree", "tendrils" and "dry". I don't know what are the differences between those words, but I can't make up my mind where to put my tongue when I start the word "tree". When I say those words by themselves, I curl my tongue to the middle of my mouth and pronounce the "r" fine. However, when the word is in the middle of a sentence, ("I am standing next to a very tall tree") I put my tongue to the front part of my mouth (on top of my front teeth) and curl back using the muscle on the back of my tongue. Therefore instead of curling my tongue from the middle to the front, I am curling it from the front to the back. I have a feeling that I am forcing myself to pronounce the "r" too much, and I can actually just curl just a little bit of my tongue. I have become so self-conscious because of my "r"! Please tell me how do you guys pronounce your "r"!
Thanks
Roxanne
My name is Roxanne. I came to US 6 years ago, and I speak pretty good english. I have started learning English since I was 4, and most people think that I'm a native speaker until they hear I pronounce one or two words differently then the general Americans.
I have no problem pronouncing words like "really", "horrify" and "learners", but I have trouble pronouncing words such as "tree", "tendrils" and "dry". I don't know what are the differences between those words, but I can't make up my mind where to put my tongue when I start the word "tree". When I say those words by themselves, I curl my tongue to the middle of my mouth and pronounce the "r" fine. However, when the word is in the middle of a sentence, ("I am standing next to a very tall tree") I put my tongue to the front part of my mouth (on top of my front teeth) and curl back using the muscle on the back of my tongue. Therefore instead of curling my tongue from the middle to the front, I am curling it from the front to the back. I have a feeling that I am forcing myself to pronounce the "r" too much, and I can actually just curl just a little bit of my tongue. I have become so self-conscious because of my "r"! Please tell me how do you guys pronounce your "r"!
Thanks
Roxanne