Elevate

Today’s sound: /əʊ/ — as in road, home, open and moment.

In Modern RP, it’s not a flat vowel. It glides.
Relaxed start → rounded finish.

You use this sound every single day:
no /nəʊ/
so /səʊ/
only /ˈəʊnli/
although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/

Small adjustment. Big difference in clarity.

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Words like chocolate, family, camera, and comfortable all contain the /ə/ sound in modern RP.

It’s small.
It’s unstressed.
And it’s everywhere.

That’s what makes English sound natural.

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