Our words today are earn - to obtain money

and urn - a tall round vase with a base and a lid.

So earn and urn are  

homophones - homophones are two words that are  spelled differently and have different meanings  

but they are pronounced exactly the same way. So  these words are pronounced exactly the same way.

So to say these words correctly we only have two  little sounds we're going to start with the er  

sound. The American er I like to describe as  long and strong. You can make that with square  

tensed lips you do not want to pucker.  If you pucker it'll sound more like a w.  

So square tense lips and the tip of  your tongue can either be pointed down  

or flipped back. It never touches your  teeth for the r sounds and the back of  

your tongue is going to be pulled up high  towards the roof of your mouth. er er er

Now you need to move the tip of your tongue to  the back of the top front teeth and the air is  

going to shift from coming out of your mouth  for the er to out of your nose for the er.

er n earn

earn earn earn earn earn earn earn

You need to earn more money in order  to afford to buy the expensive urn.

Give it a try I hope people notice the difference!

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