Some More Difficult sounds for a ventriloquist
In this article we looked at the letter 'B' and the trouble it causes ventriloquists.
Let's now examine some other sound substitutions for the other tricky letters:
F = a "th" sound. So fabulous is "thabulous". Or some vents use a "huh" sound deeper in the throat. Fabulous is then "huh-abulous."
M = Nah or Neh in sounds like "Master" is "Nah-ster." or Mississippi becomes "Neh-sisippi" (really it's "Neh-si-sik-le-e" when you sub the "P"too."
P = a "kL" sound gutteral in the back of the throat. For example "Paint" is "kL-aint."
Q = "Koo" sound such as Quality becomes "Koo-ality." Or Question is "Koo-estion."
V = a "th" sound also. An example: Victory becomes "Thic-tory."
W = "ooh" such as Welcome is "oooh-elcome."
So, what do you do when words contain two or more letters that are the problematic ones?
You can do two things:
- Don't use that word and find another one that's easier to say.
- Speak it a bit fast so that the the secondary problematic letter slurs by and brain will fill in the blanks.
An example:
Sentence: "I am having a difficult time with my vocabulary exam."
Firstly, notice the "V" in having is not a problem when it's inside the word? It can be slurred a smidge. So that's an OK word.
"...with my vocabulary exam" is the hard part of this sentence.
We could rework it to say:
- difficult replaced by hard
- with replaced by doing
- exam replaced by test
Therefore we
just simplified the line to be:
"I'm having a hard time doing my vocabulary test."
It's getting easier, right?
Now we need to deal with the word "vocabulary" with it's V and B.
Here is where the brain helps you.
So the sentence goes like this ventriloguilly:
"Ein having a hard time doing ny tho-cag-ulary test."