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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 4 MIN

When You Say "BUT..." Do This To Sound Natural

from Schwa Mill: The American English Pronunciation Show · host Fluent American

Wondering how to speak confidently and clearly? Be clear with how you express contrast, differing opinions, and emotional change. This becomes especially clear when you have a sharp shift with a word like "but", "however", "yet", and other words that indicate a change to your listener. Here are the changes to make to your speech to become an even more effective communicatorWelcome to For Word, the platform dedicated to guiding you towards better spoken performance. We're constantly looking at techniques to add more vocal variety to how we talk by incorporating more softness and firmness to our, furrowing eyebrows, smiling, raising and lowering pitches, adding pauses in order to convey frustration, sadness, joy and nervousness, and considering how to add more breath to everything we say. Let's see how these elements of contrast and body language can lead to richer expression.In this video, we're especially paying attention to our head position to see how the location we look towards immediately changes the quality of the voice we use-and how sometimes looking down might be the best option for what we need to say, and other times looking up could be the perfect fit.#performance #poetry #speaking

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