tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post1399255543155131879..comments2024-02-28T05:25:12.859-05:00Comments on English, Jack: When you say "thneed"Bretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-65499729905677372702012-03-15T16:24:12.689-05:002012-03-15T16:24:12.689-05:00If it's not good pronunciation advice, what wo...If it's not good pronunciation advice, what would you consider good? I often start out with the tongue out, because it gets their attention and nobody can do it at the beginning anyway; with non-toddlers I try to get them to bite their tongues, with the appreciation that native speakers can make the sound without any such articulation. It also seems to keep it from turning into a flap in between vowels ('brother'). The caveat here being that the primary language of my learners has an aspirated dental fricative - the biting and sticking out is the only distinction I've been able to impress on non-slp-ists. I'm honestly asking here - I hope this doesn't sound snarky, just curious.xcyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12855406566150360966noreply@blogger.com