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Try LingUp Now!Start with the sound /m/. Close your lips and let the sound come through your nose.
Move to the vowel sound /ɛ/. Open your mouth slightly and relax your tongue.
End with the /s/ sound. Place the tip of your tongue close to the ridge behind your upper teeth.
miss (confusing 's' with 'ss')
mass (using the vowel /æ/ instead of /ɛ/)
mesh (adding an unnecessary 'sh' sound at the end)
Step 1: Same as American
Step 2: Same as American
Step 3: Same as American
Same as American
Focus on the /ɛ/ sound in 'mess', not /æ/ as in 'mass'.
Make sure to use the end sound /s/ clearly, without turning it into /s/.
Keep your mouth slightly open and relax your tongue.
A situation that is dirty or untidy.
/ˈmɛsi/
Untidy or dirty.
/ˈmɛsinəs/
The state of being messy.
/ˈmɛsɪli/
In a messy way.
- 'Messy' has an additional /i/ sound.
- 'Messiness' includes /i/ and /nəs/ sounds.
- 'Messily' includes an additional /ɪli/ sound.
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