How is tongue pronounced

There are those who, like myself pronounce it with an "o" sound- tong, and those that pronouce it with a "u" sound- tung. I have only just thought about this so I'm not sure where the differences occur, but "tong" tends to be more prevalent around New York and in N England Lou Reed rhymes "tongue" with "thong" in Venus in Furs and "tung" everywhere else.

How do you pronounce the words and where are you from? Definitely "tung" in my estimation. There is a Glasgow Gang called the 'Tongs' What a pleasant place with an interesting culture.

Some interesting new words for you Not called "Tim" by any chance GANGS have fought over their turf in and around Glasgow since the s, when factions from north and south of the Clyde battled on an island lying between Calton and Gorbals. It would be another years before the gangs made headlines with the formation in the East End of the Protestant Calton San Toy, a name that survives today as Toi.

Their enemy was the Catholic Tim Malloys slang for Bhoys. A Glasgow Catholic is still known as a Tim. In the Sixties, they were the scourge of inner-city slums and the relatively new peripheral schemes such as Castlemilk, Drumchapel and Easterhouse.

Some more new words Press your upper front teeth against your bottom lip. To make the "hard" G sound, close the opening at the back of your throat back of tongue against rear roof of mouth , vibrate your vocal cords and release the pressure of your tongue. To make the "soft" G sound, like the letter "J", press the front third of your tongue against your upper front teeth and gums, vibrate your vocal cords and release your tongue.

The letter H is pronounced with your mouth relaxed, your jaw slightly open, and with a puff of air being forced from your throat. To make the sound of the letter J, like the soft G, press the front third of your tongue against your top front teeth and gums, vibrate your vocal cords and release your tongue. To pronounce the K sound, press the back of your tongue against the rear roof of your mouth, then release it with a puff of air.

To pronounce L, put the tip of your tongue against the ridge above your top front teeth, vibrate your vocal cords, then quickly release your tongue. To pronounce M, press your lips together, vibrate your vocal cords, then open your lips without a puff of air. To pronounce N, put the tip of your tongue against the gums behind your top front teeth, raise the center of your tongue, vibrate your vocal cords, and release your tongue without a puff of air.

To pronounce P, put your lips together and release them with a puff of air, without your vocal cords vibrating. Q is always followed by U in English. Sometimes, QU is pronounced like K, usually in the middle or at the end of words. To pronounce R, open your mouth slightly, raise the middle and back of your tongue toward the roof of your mouth without touching it, and vibrate your vocal cords.

To pronounce S, put the tip of your tongue behind your bottom front teeth, raise the rest of your tongue almost to the roof of your mouth, and let air hiss through the narrow opening. At times, S is pronounced like the letter Z, with your mouth in the same position, but now with your vocal cords vibrating.

To pronounce T, put the tip of your tongue behind your top front teeth and release it with a little puff of air. To pronounce V, place your top front teeth against your bottom lip as with F , but then without releasing air, vibrate your vocal cords and release your teeth from your lip.

To pronounce W, purse round your lips as if you are going to pronounce Long U. X is usually pronounced like a K and S together except for the few words that begin with X, in which case X is pronounced like Z.

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