English words can be really confusing sometimes.

In these how-to-pronounce episodes published on Fridays, I’ll help you with the pronunciation of confusing words and common names.

This week we’re going to talk about words and phrases with a V or W sound.

Here’s a loose transcription of the words and phrases as explained in the episode:

Vet: vet [IPA: vɛt]

Wet: wet [IPA: wɛt]

Why: wai [IPA: waɪ]

We: wee [IPA: wi]

When: wen [IPA: wɛn]

While: wail [IPA: waɪl]

Vile: vail [IPA: vaɪl]

West: west [IPA: wɛst]

Vest: vest [IPA: vɛst]

Wine: wain [IPA: waɪn]

Vine: vain [IPA: vaɪn]

Very well: ve-ree wel [IPA: ˈvɛɹi wɛl]

White windows: wait win-dowz [IPA: waɪt ˈwɪndoʊz]

Vicious wedding: vi-sh’s we-ding [IPA: ˈvɪʃəs ˈwɛdɪŋ]

Viking warriors: vai-king wo-ri-uhrz [IPA: ˈvaɪkɪŋ ˈwɔːɹiəɹz]

Save the world: seiv thuh w’rld [IPA: seɪv ðə wɜɹld]

Of which: uhv wich [IPA: əv wɪtʃ]

Watch the video version here: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/v-w/

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