Ricky Reads a Bedtime Story
00:00 - 02:19
2m 19s

Lucy tells Ricky to read a bedtime story as if he were reading it to his child. He makes several mistakes pronouncing words that end in "ough," such as "boughes," "rough," "through," and "cough." Lucy corrects his pronunciation every time he makes a mistake.

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  • Allison Andersen
    over 4 years ago
    I will use this in Spanish class to show how difficult pronounciation is in English vs. Spanish.
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