京都で英会話を習うなら!四条烏丸より徒歩5分
イングリッシュバフェ
075-275-5985
受付時間：10:00-21:00 (曜日により異なります)
イングリッシュバフェ
Topic: Tonogenesis
Warmup question: Can you guess what English phrase “U.O.E.N.O” (pronounced “yu-oh-ee-no”) is supposed to be in Black American English?
Part1: Video
Vocabulary:
do a double take: (v.) look at something twice because you’re surprised or you think you saw it wrong the first time
(...) is what constitutes (something): (phrase) the defining characteristic of something
OP: (n.) (internet slang) original poster; the person who posted a discussion in a forum
glottal stop: (technical term) (n.) a brief stop of the air flow; common in English, such as between the words “stop it”
mead: (n.) an alcoholic drink made of honey
nasalization: (technical term) (n.) the process of transforming a sound by having air flow through the nose
classroom English: (in this case) standard English
onset: (n.) start or beginning, especially of something that spreads
Cherokee: (n.) a native North American people with a language of the same name.
Part2:Video
Vocabulary:
unambiguously: (adv.) there is no doubt or confusion about it
mitigate: (v.) make a problem less severe
affect: (n.) the emotions when speaking that change the way something is said
attend to (something): (v.) pay attention to something.
