Pronouncing two "lips sounds" in the same word
Today’s question is quite informative. It comes from Romania and an avid Facebook participant:
“I found an interesting thing. Have you ever thought about the combinations “mb” and “mp”? “B”, “m” and “p” are the sounds which are made with lips. The combinations “bp”, “pb”, “bm” and “pm” are probably difficult to find. Let’s take a look at two words: “embrace” and “impact”. Each word contains two lip consonants, but the sound “m” is sort of nasal (it reminds me of the combination “ng” – the nasal “n”).
How many times do you put your lips together in the word “embrace” or “impact”? I could imagine that you do that one time as I do. You must put your lips together before pronouncing “m” and release them after the sound “b” or “p”.
We have these: 1. Embrace – [ i m ‘ b r e i s ]. 2. Impact – [ i m ‘ p ae k t ]. We’d have a little bit different situation if we released the sound “m” in the words (we’d add the sound “schwa” after the sound “m”): 1. Embrace – [ i m a ‘ b r e i s ]. 2. Impact – [ i m a ‘ p ae k t ].
Yes, I only put my lips together one time. If I released my lips between the sounds, I would insert and extra vowel, the schwa sound. Nice insight and thanks for sharing your finding. It will help others.
“I found an interesting thing. Have you ever thought about the combinations “mb” and “mp”? “B”, “m” and “p” are the sounds which are made with lips. The combinations “bp”, “pb”, “bm” and “pm” are probably difficult to find. Let’s take a look at two words: “embrace” and “impact”. Each word contains two lip consonants, but the sound “m” is sort of nasal (it reminds me of the combination “ng” – the nasal “n”).
How many times do you put your lips together in the word “embrace” or “impact”? I could imagine that you do that one time as I do. You must put your lips together before pronouncing “m” and release them after the sound “b” or “p”.
We have these: 1. Embrace – [ i m ‘ b r e i s ]. 2. Impact – [ i m ‘ p ae k t ]. We’d have a little bit different situation if we released the sound “m” in the words (we’d add the sound “schwa” after the sound “m”): 1. Embrace – [ i m a ‘ b r e i s ]. 2. Impact – [ i m a ‘ p ae k t ].
Yes, I only put my lips together one time. If I released my lips between the sounds, I would insert and extra vowel, the schwa sound. Nice insight and thanks for sharing your finding. It will help others.
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