English How to Pronounce OY diphthong American Accent
The ‘oy’ as in ‘toy’ diphthong. The first
vowel of this diphthong is the ‘aw’ as in
‘law’ vowel. However, in the diphthong, the
lips will round more than when the ‘aw’ as
in ‘law’ is simply a vowel in American English.
Law, oy. Did you see how the lips shifted
into a tighter position? Law, oy. The tongue
position, however, is the ‘aw’ as in ‘law’
tongue position. It is slightly raised and
shifted a bit back, o, o, so the tip of the
tongue is not touching anything. The second
sound is the ‘ih’ as in ‘sit’ vowel. To make
this sound, the tongue will come forward and
the tip will touch lightly behind the bottom
front teeth. The mid part of the tongue will
raise towards the roof of the mouth, oy, oy.
And you can see the corners of the lips will
pull out of the circle, oy, oy, and back.
Here are the two sounds of this diphthong.
You can see in the first sound that the lips
are rounded, and in the second sound that
the corners of the lips pull back slightly.
Here the two sounds are in profile with parts
of the mouth drawn in. In the first sound
the tongue is pulled back, in the second sound,
the front part of the tongue raises towards
the roof of the mouth while the tip of the
tongue touches the bottom front teeth. The
‘oy’ as in ‘toy’ diphthong. Sample words:
avoid, point, enjoyable. Sample sentence.
The boy is annoying, but a loyal employee.
Now you’ll see this sentence up close and
in slow motion, both straight on and from
an angle, so you can really study how the
mouth moves when making this sound.
The, the tongue comes through the teeth for
the TH sound. Boy, lips together for the B,
and here, the ‘oy’ as in ‘toy’ diphthong.
The lips are rounded and you cannot see the
tongue, at it is back. The the corners of
the lips pull out as the front part of the
tongue raises. Is, teeth together for the
Z sound. Annoying again the lips round for
the ‘oy’ as in ‘toy’ diphthong. Front part
of the tongue raises at the end. But, lips
together for the B. A loyal, again, the ‘oy’
as in ‘toy’ diphthong where the lips round
at the beginning and then stretch wider. Next
the dark L sound and the tongue comes up to
make the final L. Employee, again, the ‘oy’
as in ‘toy’ diphthong, and the corners of
the lips pull wide for the ‘ee’ as in ‘she’.
The, tongue tip through the teeth for the
TH sound. Boy, watch here the lips are rounded
and then the corners pull out as the front
part of the tongue comes forward and raises.
Is, teeth together for the Z sound. Annoying,
again, watch how the mouth moves through the
‘oy’ as in ‘toy’ diphthong. But, lips together
for the B. Tongue tip up to make the D, how
the T is pronounced, and again for the L.
Loyal, the ‘oy’ as in ‘toy’ diphthong. Employee,
lips together for the M. Tongue up and then
down to make the L, and again the ‘oy’ as
in ‘toy’ diphthong. And the corners of the
lips pull wide for the ‘ee’ as in ‘she’. Employee.
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