words that are spelled differently, they have  different meanings, but the pronunciations  

are exactly the same. We have a great request  today from a student. I love this one. We have  

guerrilla which is a small independent group that  takes part in fighting a larger established force;  

and gorilla a large African ape. We have three  syllables or three beats in each of these words.  

People may hear them a little bit differently.  I'm going to teach you two different ways to  

think about pronouncing them. But when you say it,  it's probably going to sound exactly the same way.

To say this word correctly or these words  correctly we're going to start with way number  

one here we're going to start with g. And to do  that the tip of your tongue is down for that g,  

back of the tongue is pulled way high up, air  is going to puff out, your voice box is on  

and moving. Then you're going  to add that uh vowel guh guh guh

Next you're going to move to that ril  syllable and to do this start with that r er:  

square tense lips, tip of the tongue  is down, back of the tongue is  

pulled high up. Some people may flip the tongue  back. Totally fine as well. Move to that short ih  

sound. To do that you're going to relax  your lips your mouth is slightly open  

and the tip of your tongue is going to be  behind your top front teeth, it is not touching,  

and you're not going to be able to  see it. But it's right there. ih ih

And then touch the spot where your teeth meet  the skin on the roof of your mouth for that l  

real ril ril and then end with the schwa  

relaxed mouth relaxed tongue uh guh ril uh gorilla

You might hear it this way and this is  fine if this works for you ger il la

So to say ger we're going to start with that g and  then move to that er. Your tongue is going to say  

in about the same place if you make the er with  the tip of your tongue down. Or you can flip it  

back either it's fine. Then we're going to move  to ill. Again tip of the tongue is right behind  

those top teeth you can't see it, then touch the  spot where your teeth meet the skin on the roof  

of your mouth for that l - ill. And then end  with uh the schwa: open mouth and relax uh

So let's try these both we have  

guh ril uh gorilla gorilla gorilla  or ger il uh gorilla gorilla gorilla

They sound the same to me  again whichever is easy for you  

stick with that one. So let's try these again. gorilla guerrilla gorilla guerrilla gorilla guerrilla.

And now for a sentence, let me find my paper,  Did you know there is a video game called gorilla  

gorillas? There really is I googled it. So  give it a try people are going to notice the  

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