last week we did a lesson on how to pronounce Chicago Illinois and I would

be remiss without teaching you how to pronounce my fantastic hometown of

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania so let's take a look at our words Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania lots and lots of letters lots and lots of syllables but we're

going to break this down and make this very very simple let's start with the

word Pittsburgh most people get confused for a couple of reasons the u r

that throws people off and then this H at the end the H is silent thank

goodness we don't have to worry about that and the UR we are going to

pronounce that as an er so let's look at the two syllables Pitts burgh Pittsburgh

we're going to stress syllable one so we're going to make that louder longer

and higher in pitch Pittsburgh and we're going to add Pennsylvania let's

think of this in words that are simple to remember pencil that you write with

vain and yeah pencil vein yeah Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and

keep in mind when you're pronouncing two things together like a city and a state

you're going to want to pause between those if you're struggling with them a

little bit and also remember to stress the first word so Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Pennsylvania I was born and raised in Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference if

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