One of the 40 sounds Nunzio listens for. When you read a sentence aloud, the app scores every single sound in it on your phone — this page is what he knows about this one: what tends to come out in its place, and what to do about it.
Put the tip of your tongue lightly between your teeth and blow air over it, no voice.
“Madonna! Your tongue hides behind the teeth like a shy cat. Let it peek out, just a little — ecco, now blow!”Nunzio, when he hears it
Do not tap the ridge behind your teeth; slide the tongue tip between your teeth and let the air flow out continuously.
“You stop the air like slamming a door — t! t! No, bello, leave the door open. Tongue between teeth, let the wind blow through!”Nunzio, when he hears it
Move your top teeth off your bottom lip; instead put your tongue tip between your teeth and blow.
“The lip is doing the tongue's job! Lazy tongue! Send the lip home, put the tongue between the teeth. Ecco!”Nunzio, when he hears it
Do not press the tongue to the ridge and release; hold the tongue tip between the teeth and blow smoothly with no burst.
“You explode the sound like uncorking prosecco! No explosion, bello. Tongue between teeth, air flows calm like a Sunday.”Nunzio, when he hears it
In the app, this sound is put under pressure in The TH Workshop — whole sentences built so it cannot hide.
The classic mix-ups involving this sound, one page per pair: think vs sun, think vs top, think vs fun, think vs chair.
Reading about a sound is one thing. Hearing which ones you miss is another.
Nunzio records you reading a sentence, scores every sound in it on your phone — nothing is uploaded — and tells you the one thing worth fixing. Nunzio — Accent Coach is coming to the App Store and Google Play.