In this episode I sit down with my friend and fellow accent nerd Natalia Pogodina to talk about one of the trickiest topics in pronunciation: R’s and L’s. These “liquid sounds” are so hard! Especially for Russian speakers. We explore how kids learn (or avoid!) them, and why adults either obsess over the American R or completely give up on it. Tongue shapes, tension, dark Ls, and even saliva glands. This is a juicy episode, especially if you struggle with these sounds yourself.

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