How to Say STAFF vs. STUFF American English Pronunciation

In this American English pronunciation video,
we’re going to go over the difference between

the words ‘staff’ and ‘stuff’.

I have several videos comparing vowels, but
in this video, we’re going to compare two

different words. Thanks to the fan who suggested
this topic. These two words, ‘staff’ and ‘stuff’,

are a minimal pair. A minimal pair is a set
of two words where only one sound is different.

‘Staff’ has the ‘aa’ as in ‘bat’ vowel, and
‘stuff’ has the ‘uh’ as in ‘butter’ vowel.

For the ‘aa’ vowel, the jaw drops quite a
bit, and the tongue raises in the back. That

means you should be able to see a lot of tongue.
Aa, aa. Also, the corners of the mouth may

pull up and out a bit, exposing some of the
top teeth, aa, aa. The ‘uh’ as in ‘butter’

vowel has relaxed lips and a relaxed tongue.
It’s a stressed syllable in both ‘butter’

and ‘stuff’, so the jaw will drop a little,
but the lips should be completely relaxed,

stu-, stuff. And the tongue, too. Stuff.

Let’s take a look a these two words in slow
motion.

Please put any questions and suggestions for
videos in the comments.

That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s
English.

在这个美式英语发音视频中，
我们将讨论

“staff”和“stuff”这两个词之间的区别。

我有几个比较元音的视频，但
在这个视频中，我们将比较两个

不同的单词。 感谢提出
这个话题的粉丝。 ‘staff’ 和 ‘stuff’ 这两个词

是最小的一对。 最小对是一
组两个单词，其中只有一个声音不同。

‘Staff’ 有 ‘aa’ 和 ‘bat’ 元音，
‘stuff’ 有 ‘uh’ 和 ‘butter’ 元音。

对于’aa’元音，下巴下垂很多
，舌头在后面抬起。 这

意味着你应该能够看到很多舌头。
啊，啊。 此外，嘴角可能会

稍微向上和向外拉，露出一些
上牙，aa，aa。 ‘butter’ 元音中的 ‘uh’

有放松的嘴唇和放松的舌头。
它在“黄油”

和“东西”中都是重读音节，所以下巴会稍微下垂，
但嘴唇应该完全放松，

stu-，东西。 还有舌头。 东西。

让我们来看看这两个词的
慢动作。

请在评论中提出对视频的任何问题和建议
。

就是这样，非常感谢您使用 Rachel 的
英语。