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English has V sounds and W sounds. But some languages only have one or the other. If your native language is missing one of these sounds, you need to learn it. Otherwise we won’t know if you want to say “wet” or “vet”. To help you practice, I wrote this poem:
Mind Your Vs and Ws
Our teacher is a vampire,
He wobbles when he walks
His voice is kind of funny
But we like the way he talks.
“I want to drink your blood,” he says,
“It’s so invigorating.”
But he says ‘vant’ instead of ‘want’
And so ‘inwigerating’.
“Mind your Vs and Ws,”
We tell him with regret,
“It’s ‘while’ and ‘went’ and ‘west’ and ‘wary’
And ‘whale’ and ‘worse’ and ‘wet’.”
“Just so!” he says, “I see, I see,
I’ll get them right I bet:
It’s ‘vile’ and ‘vent’ and ‘vest’ and ‘vary’
And ‘veil’ and ‘verse’ and ‘vet’.”
“No!” We shout, and laugh and yell
And act like we will riot
Until he shows his shiny fangs—
And then—like graves—we’re quiet.
© 2024 Barry Kahn
Permission is hereby granted to use this poem for educational purposes only with attribution to the author.
Intro & Outro Music: La Pompe Du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Help Barry pay for podcast expenses--thank you!
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks!
English has V sounds and W sounds. But some languages only have one or the other. If your native language is missing one of these sounds, you need to learn it. Otherwise we won’t know if you want to say “wet” or “vet”. To help you practice, I wrote this poem:
Mind Your Vs and Ws
Our teacher is a vampire,
He wobbles when he walks
His voice is kind of funny
But we like the way he talks.
“I want to drink your blood,” he says,
“It’s so invigorating.”
But he says ‘vant’ instead of ‘want’
And so ‘inwigerating’.
“Mind your Vs and Ws,”
We tell him with regret,
“It’s ‘while’ and ‘went’ and ‘west’ and ‘wary’
And ‘whale’ and ‘worse’ and ‘wet’.”
“Just so!” he says, “I see, I see,
I’ll get them right I bet:
It’s ‘vile’ and ‘vent’ and ‘vest’ and ‘vary’
And ‘veil’ and ‘verse’ and ‘vet’.”
“No!” We shout, and laugh and yell
And act like we will riot
Until he shows his shiny fangs—
And then—like graves—we’re quiet.
© 2024 Barry Kahn
Permission is hereby granted to use this poem for educational purposes only with attribution to the author.
Intro & Outro Music: La Pompe Du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
You can now support my podcasts and classes:
Help Barry pay for podcast expenses--thank you!