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. This week we’re going to talk about the OW diphthong, as in the word ‘GO’.

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

• Go: gow [IPA: goʊ]
• Know: now [IPA: noʊ]
• Only: own-lee [IPA: oʊnli]
• Lonely: lown-lee [IPA: loʊnli]
• Don’t: downt [IPA: doʊnt]
• Won’t: wownt [IPA: woʊnt]
• Cold: kowld [IPA: koʊld]
• Scroll: skrowl [IPA: skroʊl]
• Hotel: how-tel [IPA: hoʊtel]

Download free practice sheet and audio: https://theaccentsway.com/ow-as-in-go/

Another useful episode – WANT vs WON’T: https://theaccentsway.com/want-wont/

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