We have four words today: insect or a bug 

incest which is a crime of sexual  relations between relatives 

innocent not guilty 

and innocent purity

So um let's take a look at our words now as  you can imagine if you say some of these words  

incorrectly it could be a very embarrassing  mistake; so let's start all of these words  

are going to start with the same syllable the  in in in and to say this sound this beginning  

part of the word correctly you are going to  think about smiling and here's a tip for you  

that have trouble saying this short i sound say  an e and then just relax your lips a little bit

ih ih ih so an e ih e ih

so in

then you're going to touch the tip of your  tongue to the back of your top front teeth: in in

All right so we all have that let's move on to  these bottom two words because we have this nice  

short schwa sound as a syllable that's an unstressed uh sound 

your mouth is relaxed tongue is just hanging out  in the middle of your mouth it's very short very  

soft and lower and pitch in a inna

Then for innocent we are going  to end with the word sent s e  

n t sent sent sent

So for the s the tip of your tongue either  be pointing down or just behind your top  

teeth and the air is going to continue out we're  going to add that short eh sound and to do that  

your mouth is open you're going  to be able to see the tip of your  

tongue between your top and your bottom  teeth but your mouth is not very open

and then you're going to move to that n

air is coming out of your nose  

the tip of your tongue is behind  your top front teeth that is touching 

then you're going to pull  the tongue down for that t 

sent sent sent in a sent  innocent innocent innocent

some of you might be saying I think I  heard you say a schwa there actually I did!  

I made a little bit of a mistake. I  am teaching this as sent because I  

think that's a little bit easier to remember  sometimes when you're thinking about a word;  

but ultimately what i'm doing is making  this last vowel sound short and unstressed,  

and so when I do that, oftentimes,  that will sound like a short uh.

So whether you say a short  e, a short i, or short u  

does not matter as long as it's extra  short, extra soft, and it is lower in pitch.

Now for sense what we're going to do is say this  whole thing again, but instead of touching the  

teeth for the ending, you're going to let your  tongue either be right behind your top teeth,  

or pointed down a little bit, and  the air is going to continue out,

in a sense innocence innocence innocence

Now for insect again we're going to start with the  in then we are going to add sect. To do this start  

with the s sss, add that e sound, and then the k:  tip of the tongue is down towards the bottom of  

the mouth and the back of the tongue is pulled  very high up. Then touch the teeth for the t t

sect sect insect insect insect

For incest I think what happens here is  people let the air move out of their mouth.  

That is the mistake for that s and then they  stop it for the t so we have incest incest

So let's give these all a try:

insect insect insect incest incest incest 

innocent innocent innocent and innocence in a sense innocence

So i'm actually going to write on here so  I don't get any complaints from all of you  

that you can actually say sunt or suns at the  end with that short u sound. That's totally fine.  

But it might be easier for you to think  of the short e. And that's fine as well  

as long as it is short enough. And again you've  been watching my videos you know I'm all about  

it's all about being clear, you don't have  to be perfect, just be better understood.

So one more time: insect insect insect 

incest incest incest 

innocent innocent innocent and innocence innocence innocence

So give it a try people are going  to notice the difference - if you  

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