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Alphabet in American Sign Language (ASL)

(Language Tree), 5 mins

American Sign Language (ASL) is one of the fastest growing languages today. ASL is the primary language of the Deaf community and schools for the Deaf in the United States and Canada. After watching Alphabet in American Sign Language (ASL), your child will learn how to fingerspell the alphabet as well as pick up o...

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American English Diphthongs

(Rachel's English, 2011), 3 mins

International Phonetic Alphabet symbols for Diphthongs

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American English: Letter S Pronounced [Z]

(Rachel's English, 2012), 2 mins

How to pronounce the Letter S in American English -- it can be [s], [z], [_], or [_].

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American English - OO Vowel - How to make the OO vowel

(Rachel's English, 2016), 5 mins

Learn the Sounds of American English! This video covers the OO as in BOO [u] Vowel. Perfect your American Accent!

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American English Sounds - UH Vowel - How to Make the Schwa Vowel

(Rachel's English, 2016), 3 mins

Learn the Sounds of American English! This video covers the UH as in SUPPLY [_] Vowel -- also known as the SCHWA!

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American Tongues

directed by Andrew Kolker, fl. 1985 and Louis Alvarez, fl. 1985; produced by Andrew Kolker, fl. 1985 and Louis Alvarez, fl. 1985, Center for New American Media (New York, NY: Center for New American Media, 1987), 56 mins

This Peabody Award-winning look at American accents and their social implications is both a proven crowd-pleaser and a unique window on the way we judge people by the way they talk. American Tongues goes to the streets and the countryside to listen to American English in all its diversity and color.

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America's Secret Slang, Cut to the Chase

directed by Gabriel Rotello, 1953-; presented by Zach Selwyn, 1975-; produced by Vincent Lopez, fl. 1995-2017 and Ryan T. Hurst, fl. 2003-2017, Flight 33 Productions, in America's Secret Slang (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2014), 43 mins

America's Secret Slang proves that we speak history every day as it documents the stories behind our unique American version of English, from words like "southpaw" to phrases like "bet your bottom dollar".

In this episode we look at how entertainment from circuses and vaudeville to plays and movies, influenced the...

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America's Secret Slang, Season 1, Episode 1, Guns, Booze, and Politics

directed by Gabriel Rotello, 1953- and Douglas J. Cohen, fl. 1998-2017; presented by Zach Selwyn, 1975-; produced by Flight 33 Productions, in America's Secret Slang, Season 1, Episode 1 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2012), 22 mins

Politics is full of odd phrases like "pork barrel projects", "slush funds", and "lame ducks" -- all of which...

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America's Secret Slang, Season 1, Episode 2, Them's Fighting Words

directed by Gabriel Rotello, 1953-; presented by Zach Selwyn, 1975-; produced by Flight 33 Productions, in America's Secret Slang, Season 1, Episode 2 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2012), 22 mins

Have you ever wondered why someone who can't get it together is called a "basket case"? Or where the term "Ya...

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America's Secret Slang, Season 1, Episode 3, Y'all Speak Country

directed by Gabriel Rotello, 1953-; presented by Zach Selwyn, 1975-; produced by Flight 33 Productions, in America's Secret Slang, Season 1, Episode 3 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2012), 22 mins

The American South has given us words like "y'all" and "rednecks" as well as dozens of colorful phrases like...

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