Beach or bitch?

billzhao

Pronunciation is a crucial part of learning any language. Some would even argue that it’s the most important. It doesn’t matter how much you know about the grammar rules if your pronunciation is so terrible that people can’t understand you.

Are you one of the many English learners who mix up the pronunciation of the two words: BITCH and BEACH? Do not feel bad about yourself because most nonnative speakers find differentiating the two nearly impossible! Chinese do not have these two sounds, so when reading the word beach people intuitively pronounce it like bitch. Mastering the I in “bitch" is going to take training both your ears and your mouth.


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A
achieve   agree  appeal
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B
be  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
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cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep

D
deal dean decrease deed deep defeat degree delete diesel discreet dream


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each eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed

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feast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze
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G
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he heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel
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I
increase indeed

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K
keel keen keep knead knee kneel

L
leach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave

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M
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measles
meat
meek
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niece
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ordeal
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P
pea
peace
peach
peal
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peanut
peat
peek
peel
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peer
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plea
plead
please
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preach
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reap
reason
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redeem
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reef
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relief
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reveal

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screen
sea
seal
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sear
season
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seed
seek
seem
seen
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sheaf
sheath
sheep
sheer
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shield
shriek
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sleek
sleep
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smear
sneak
sneer
sneeze
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species
speech
speed
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steel
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steeple
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stream
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sweep
sweet
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team
tear
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teen
teeth
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treat
treaty
tree
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veal
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wean
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weasel
weave
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week
weird
weep
wheat
wheel
wheeze
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yield
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billzhao

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