Students of American English, take note! To produce the American short i sound / ɪ / correctly, you need to practice. Try this!

Instructions for Voodoo Acupuncture With the Vowel Sound / ɪ /, in Verse

You’ll need a stick, not thick but thin,
if not a stick, then use a pin,
or better still a stickpin, thin,
a real thin stickpin to stick in.

You’ll find a stickpin in the bin,
within the bin that’s made of tin.
It’s thin, the bin, but there within
you’ll find a stickpin to stick in.

You’ll stick the stickpin in his skin,
the skin that’s on his double-chin,
the chin that held the words therein,
you’ll grip the stickpin, stick it in.

Now clinch the stickpin, stick it in!
And think about what might have been.
If feeling something like chagrin,
just stick the stickpin in again.

But what if, say, within the bin
you cannot find a thin stickpin?
Then take the short i vowel sound / ɪ /
and stick it / ɪ / ɪ / ɪ / ɪ / in.