s/s/
Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.
How to pronounce swing in American English
SWIHNG
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Americans pronounce swing as SWIHNG (/swɪŋ/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Bring the strong string to hang the swing" or "She practiced her backhand swing on the tennis court" — more examples below.
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w/w/
Round your lips into a tight circle. Lift the back of your tongue toward the soft palate and add voice.
ih/ɪ/
Drop your jaw slightly with relaxed lips. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and arch the top-front toward the roof.
ng/ŋ/
Lift the back of your tongue to the soft palate. Lower your soft palate to let air flow through your nose.
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Is the American pronunciation of "swing" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "SWIHNG" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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