How to pronounce "kiosks", "masks", etc

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Hi teachers,

Would you be able to tell me how you pronounce "kiosks"? When I pronounce "masks", I have to add an "i" to it - "masiks". Can I, in the same way, add "i" to "kiosks" and pronounce it "kiosiks"?

I also have trouble with "-sh s", as in Irish Spring. How do you pronounce it?

Thanks for your kind help!

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Would you be able to tell me how you pronounce "kiosks"? When I pronounce "masks", I have to add an "i" to it - "masiks". Can I, in the same way, add "i" to "kiosks" and pronounce it "kiosiks"?

Speakers of some languages do find 'sk' and other English consonant clusters difficult to pronounce, but you need to practice. Adding a short vowel between the two consonants produces a word that is not natural in English. Try making long sssssss sounds and ending them sharply with p, t and k sounds.

 

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Speakers of some languages do find 'sk' and other English consonant clusters difficult to pronounce, but you need to practice. Adding a short vowel between the two consonants produces a word that is not natural in English. Try making long sssssss sounds and ending them sharply with p, t and k sounds.

When s is before p, t, and k, I'm okay. My trouble spots are when they are pluralized, like wasps, pests, and kiosks. I would add an "i" before p, t, and k to make them "wasips", "pesits", "kiosiks". I can't think of any other way around it because if I pronounce the ending "s" the "normal" way, they would sound like "waspus", "pestus", "kioskus".

Wonder how you say them? Thank you!

 

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Thanks a lot! I listened to it and it's the say same that I pronounce it =).

 

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