{"id":23341,"date":"2024-04-26T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=23341"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:19:25","slug":"pronunciation-battle-vs-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/pronunciation-battle-vs-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronunciation: BATTLE vs BOTTLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iBLRbddd1Qc?si=yAd6sF3rlbKpHuLO?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><a class=\"elementor-button large green rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher\/\">Download 30+ &#8220;Ask the teacher&#8221; lessons<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How can you make the difference when pronouncing the words <strong>battle<\/strong> and <strong>bottle<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Let me show you &#8211; my mouth is a little rounder with the &#8220;o&#8221; sound in &#8220;bottle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Try it with me &#8211; baaaattle, boooottle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/battle-bottle-mouth-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/battle-bottle-mouth-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/battle-bottle-mouth-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/battle-bottle-mouth-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/battle-bottle-mouth.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some other pairs of words that have this difference are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>hat \/ hot<\/li>\n<li>lack \/ lock<\/li>\n<li>map \/ mop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let me know if you have any more pronunciation questions and I\u2019ll be happy to answer them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/american-english-pronunciation-course-and-shadowing-with-shayna\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aepc-sws-1024x913.png\" alt=\"American English Pronunciation Course\" width=\"680\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aepc-sws-1024x913.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aepc-sws-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aepc-sws-768x685.png 768w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aepc-sws-1536x1369.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aepc-sws.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download 30+ &#8220;Ask the teacher&#8221; lessons How can you make the difference when pronouncing the words battle and bottle? 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