MOUTH

Tips

This is the sound you might make when you have hurt your finger.

Tongue. Forwards in a TRAP-like open position, then moving back towards FOOT.

Lips. Wide open, big smile into a tight gap.

Examples

Watch for

• Glide to /ʊ/; don’t say “ау” with full “у”: now /naʊ/.
• /h/ is breath, not х: say house /haʊs/, not /xaʊs/.
• Voiced ends: say loud /laʊd/, not /laʊt/.