Youre Saying Comfortable WRONG American English Pronunciation shorts
You know what word is hard for my students?
Comfortable
It kind of looks like it should
be comfortable but no one says it that way.
Or comfortable or truly available self.
Greater extent than they always
feel comfortable articulating.
That drill was to make you
comfortable being uncomfortable.
You go ahead and sit back
in your comfortable chair.
Pretend it’s spelled like this:
How would you say that word?
comf-der-bul
Comfortable
That’s how most Americans say that word most
of the time not com-for-ta-ble. It’s simpler,
it’s smoother, just make it three syllables.
Comf-der-bul
Comfortable
Let’s get comfortable with the word ‘Comfortable’.