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Accent Reduction Tips for Korean Speakers

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Many non-native English speakers, including Koreans, often mispronounce the words woman and women.

Both words are stressed on the first syllable as indicated in ‘ bold. However, the vowel sounds do not sound how you think they should!

The word woman is pronounced ‘wʊ-mən.

The word women is pronounced ‘wɪ-mɪn.

Here is a short video from Tarle Speech and Language that you can use to learn more about the pronunciation of these words.

How to pronounce woman & women.

BTW, in my opinion the best online dictionary for IPA spellings is Dictionary.com.

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