Our question today is how do I pronounce the  word meter and a meter is a unit of length.

To pronounce this word we are going  to think of two beats me and der.

Let's start with that me. Put your lips  together for that m air moves out of your nose  

then smile and your tongue will be high  and flat in your mouth for that long e me.

Now for the der. This is actually  a flap t which I like to teach as a  

really fast d. And to do that you're  going to touch the tip of your tongue  

to the top of your mouth super fast. Almost to  your front teeth but a little bit further back,  

kind of where your skin just  starts the roof of your mouth.

Then you're going to end with  that er. To do this square  

tense lips your tongue is either pointing down or  flipped back. But the back needs to be pulled high  

up and it needs to stay there and be stable.  Tip of your tongue is not moving. Again it  

is pointed down or flipped back. We  don't want that tongue to be moving.

Let's put that together me der.

Now when we add a prefix to this word,  the word meter is going to stay the same  

and we can add centa meter or milli  meter. The tip for you here is  

is that we are going to use that schwa syllable  in that word. So you're going to have sent a  

meter centimeter and mill a meter millimeter. So  we have again meter centimeter and millimeter.

Now what about this? What about  when we have a suffix with meter  

in it? when we have a suffix with meter in it what  is happening is we are going to pronounce that  

differently because the stress  changes. So when we add the ometer  

to a word we are always going to stress that om  part. Add the schwa uh and then end with a der.

So let's give that a try. We have thermometer and  speedometer. So we have thur mom udder and sped  

ometer so thurmometer 

spedometer

thermometer thermometer thermometer speedometer speedometer speedometer

Let's flip back and try these words again  so you can hear the difference. We have  

meter centimeter and millimeter

Now we're going to change the stress for  the ometer suffix which is the ending  

for words like thermometer and speedometer.  So I hope you found this tip helpful.

Give it a try I know people are going to  notice the difference and if you found  

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