Idiom LANDSLIDE in honor of March Madness American English Pronunciation
In this American English pronunciation video,
we’re going to go over the idiom ‘landslide’.
This idiom is in honor of March Madness, which
will start soon. March Madness is a college
basketball tournament that happens every year
about this time. A very exciting couple of
weeks for sports fans! A landslide victory,
or, to win in a landslide, is a victory by
a large margin. In basketball, maybe something
like 20 points. You could also use this term
to describe an election. He was elected Mayor
in a landslide.
Landslide. Do you notice that I’m dropping
the D? When the D comes after an N and before
another consonant, you can drop the D. Landslide.
Another example would be ‘grandma’. No D sound
there. Grandma.
This is a two-syllable word with stress on
the first syllable. Landslide. It begins with
the Light L, ll, tongue tip here. Ll, ll,
la-. Then the AA as in BAT vowel. Make sure
you drop your jaw for that. Laa, aa. Also
the top lip may pull up a bit. La-, la-. Next
is the nasal consonant N. And you may know
that AA followed by a nasal consonant isn’t
really a pure AA. We have an ‘uh’ sound in
there, where the tongue relaxes in the back.
La-uh-, la-uh-n. Before the front raises for
the N sound. Lan, nn, nn. So it’s the front,
flat part of the tongue that is touching the
roof of the mouth there for the N. Lan, landsss-,
then the S consonant sound. The teeth come
together, ss, and the tongue then goes to
the roof of the mouth for the L. For the N
it was touching like this, and for the L it
touches like this, with the very tip. Then
the AI as in BUY diphthong. Again, drop your
jaw for the first sound of the diphthong.
-sli-. And finally, a light D at the end,
where the flat part of the tongue will quickly
touch the roof of the mouth. Landslide, landslide,
landslide.
Practice your English. Make up a sentence
using ‘landslide’, record it, and post it
as a video response on YouTube to this video.
I can’t wait to see it.
That’s it, and thanks so much
for using Rachel’s English.