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  • In this American English pronunciation video,

  • we're going to learn how to pronounce the OY as in TOY diphthong.

  • Diphthongs are a combination of two sounds, so they have a starting position and an ending position.

  • This dipthtong begins with the AW as in LAW [ɔ] vowel.

  • As a part of the diphthong, the lips round more than they do for the pure vowel by itself,

  • like in the word 'law'.

  • Oy.

  • The tongue is slightly lifted and shifted a bit back, so the tip of the tongue is not touching anything.

  • The ending position is the 'ih' as in 'sit' vowel.

  • The lips relax and the tongue comes forward.

  • The tip lightly touches the back of the bottom front teeth,

  • and the top, front part of the tongue arches up towards the roof of the mouth.

  • This brings the jaw back up.

  • Let's look at this sound up close and in slow motion.

  • At the beginning of the diphthong, the lips are rounded.

  • The space inside the mouth is dark because the tongue has shifted back.

  • For the second position, the corners of the lips have relaxed out

  • and the front, top part of tongue reaches up towards the roof of the mouth.

  • There is still some jaw drop.

  • Here's the word 'toy'. Again, lips round for the first sound,

  • and relax for the second sound as the tongue arches towards the roof of the mouth in the front.

  • In a stressed syllable, the OY diphthong curves up then down.

  • Toy. OY.

  • In an unstressed syllable, it's lower and flatter in pitch, as well as quieter and quicker

  • Oy- oy-

  • The diphthong is unstressed in the word 'tabloid'.

  • Oy-

  • Let's take a look at this word.

  • The diphthong looks the same: lips rounded for the beginning position,

  • then relaxing out for the ending position, before the tongue tip flips up for the D.

  • But because the pitch is flatter and the syllable is quicker, it sounds unstressed.

  • The OY diphthong, stressed:

  • Toy. OY.

  • Unstressed:

  • Tabloid. Oy-

  • OY, oy, OY, oy.

  • Example words. Repeat with me:

  • Oil. OY- Oil.

  • Coin. OY- Coin.

  • Joyful. OY- Joyful.

  • Steroid. oy- Steroid.

  • Loyal. oy- Loyal.

  • Boy. oy- Boy.

  • This video is one of 36 in a new series, The Sounds Of American English.

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  • Most of the materials you'll find elsewhere just teach the sound on their own, in isolation.

  • It's a mistake to learn them this way.

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In this American English pronunciation video,

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英語語音 - OY雙元音 - 如何把OY變成TOY雙元音。 (English Sounds - OY Diphthong - How to make the OY as in TOY Diphthong)

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