The Vowel Space

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  @DrGeoffLindsey · 3 years ago · pinned

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• RJ

  @Rjkooljay2 · 3 years ago

  &quot;The Vowel Space&quot; *yawn<br>&quot;The Vowel Space by Dr Geoff Lindsey&quot; *click

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• KS

  @ksiistoyiiwa · 3 years ago

  This is the best explanation of vowel quality I have ever heard - thank you, Dr Lindsey!

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• RO

  @rosehipowl · 3 years ago

  I studied linguistics at university and I can&apos;t believe I was taught &quot;wrongly&quot;! Your chart makes a lot more sense to me - I hope it gets more widely adopted. I love your channel because it really has made me think differently about the things I was taught, like that analogy to the colour spectrum really made links in my brain that I had never thought of before!

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• MA

  @margett__ · 3 years ago

  As someone who&apos;s currently working on bettering their English pronunciation, the tongue position explanation never quite made sense to me. Thanks to your brilliant video, I can finally understand why. I find it so much easier to trust my ear and try and replicate sounds this way. Somehow my tongue and lips find their way by following the information my ears have gathered. Truly fascinating stuff.

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• VA

  @vanderkarl3927 · 3 years ago

  Learning this feels a lot like when I learned that elementary school lied to me about red, blue, and yellow being the primary colors

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• WH

  @whycantiremainanonymous8091 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdldD0-kEcc&amp;t=390">6:30</a>: I&apos;m fine, thank you. And how are you?

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• BL

  @blerst7066 · 3 years ago

  The analogy between colors and vowels was perfect. I have no idea why I haven&apos;t seen anyone explain like this before.

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• HU

  @huhneat1076 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdldD0-kEcc&amp;t=827">13:47</a><br>(At wedding)<br>&quot;You may now pronounce the Œ&quot;<br>(Kisses)

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• M.

  @m.germano · 3 years ago

  As a native Brazilian, I missed the NASAL set of vowels ã (nasal A - não) and õ (nasal O - aviões), as well as the unwritten (but nonetheless spoke) ˜u (nasal U - muito), ˜i (nasal I - quinto) and ˜e (nasal E - mente). <br>It would probably require another 3rd (or even 4th dimension hahaha) vowel space representation.<br>I should state that I LOOOOOVED your video. It&apos;s so instructive that I keep watching it repeatedly.<br><br>Maybe, you are planning to create a video about the TONES of vowels like its used in Mandarin or Cantonese

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• IN

  @indus7841 · 3 years ago

  As a math guy. I like that you&apos;re representing vowels as a point in 2d space. Very clever my friend.

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• GA

  @gameXylinder · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdldD0-kEcc&amp;t=325">5:25</a> 🤣 I burst out laughing at the &quot;bluuu&quot; 😂 You are both educational and hilarious!

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