While many programs and resources use the keywords umbrella and elephant or egg, we can shift those keywords to ones that elicit pure sound production as we better understand allophonic variants and sound production. In addition, when viewing mouth formations, the word up provides a more precise representation of the short u sound. You can hear the pure /u/ sound in the word up. The short u sound is distorted due to the nasal /m/. ![]() An allophonic variation is the coarticulation of speech sound that distorts sound production. This is due to the allophonic variations in our language. We need to be mindful that the keyword is a word that elicits a pure sound. ![]()
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