The British Empire spread across the world starting in the late sixteenth century, bringing back many new words and phrases that were introduced into the English language.

Join Minoo and Rachel, who each have their own YouTube channel devoted to improving English pronunciation, as they come together to compare British and American English pronunciation.

Sigrid uses common household objects to explain two ways to pronounce the letter A.

Sigrid explains a third way to pronounce the letter "A." For the first two ways, see Sigrid explains: the letter A - Part 1 of 4.

Sigrid explains that "A" is also a very important one-letter word.

We're finally at the end of the letter "A." Sigrid talks about the unstressed sound of "A" in words, and gives us some examples. For other pronunciations, see parts 1, 2, and 3.

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Sigrid looks at the letter "B" as followed by either a vowel or a consonant, and the sound of the double "B" as well.

Sigrid explains about the "hard" and "soft" sounds for the letter "C."