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cloud · crowd How to hear the difference

cloud · crowd7/20
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앱에서 실제로 쓰는 음성이에요. 소리를 켜 주세요.

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Each row is one speaker saying both words. Play one, then the other, and switch to slow when the difference hides.

cloud
US IPA: /klaʊd/
crowd
US IPA: /kraʊd/
Speed
  • American woman, younger
  • American woman, older
  • American man, younger
  • American man, older
  • British woman, younger
  • British woman, older
  • British man, younger
  • British man, older
  • Australian woman
  • Australian man

What's different

After the k, the two words are identical: the vowel glides from "ah" to "oo" and ends on d. So the whole difference is packed into the moment between the k and the vowel, while air from the k is still escaping.

In crowd, that moment sounds like a quick w: the lips round, and the vowel starts darker and lower. In cloud, the k opens straight into a light l, and the vowel starts bright. If you can't hear it at normal speed, the slow takes stretch the l and r enough to notice.

연구: Logan et al. 1991 · Lively et al. 1993 · Lively et al. 1994 · Bradlow et al. 1997 · Bradlow et al. 1999

듣기 포인트

R은 어둡고 둥글게 울려요. L은 더 가볍고 맑게 들려요.

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