Usually Mispronounced Words
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Alright, thread inspired by one of my more "active" students in my class today, who kept asking about how to pronounce certain words...
Alright, I am an English teacher, but I would have to ask, how to pronounce
Can't?
rhymes with pant? or pronounce it as kahn't?
Add in here the words that are usually mispronounced so that we can clarify them one by one -
I pronounce ' can't ' either way.... both ways seem to be acceptable.
Mispronunciations that really irk me are 'salmon' and 'sword'.... a lot of people don't seem to know that the 'l' is silent in the former, and the 'w' is silent in the latter. -
i like to pronouce can't as kent but always hear it pronouce the same as can
cement pronounce as semen
flour always as flar -
haha i m guiltyOriginally posted by fudgester:I pronounce ' can't ' either way.... both ways seem to be acceptable.
Mispronunciations that really irk me are 'salmon' and 'sword'.... a lot of people don't seem to know that the 'l' is silent in the former, and the 'w' is silent in the latter. I think I have been pronouncing salmon as cell-mon -
prayer.
this word. how to pronounce? -
well here is a site to help with pronunciation
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx
just key in the word you wish to know the pronunciation,search then go to the listen button. -
yea, dats why my students asked, he is confused about how to differentiate can and can't, if can't is pronounced in a way that rhymes with pant...Originally posted by The man who was death:i like to pronouce can't as kent but always hear it pronouce the same as can
cement pronounce as semen
flour always as flar
I remember in US, if I pronounce flour as flar, they cannot understand me, have to pronounce it as fla-wer
you will be surprised how many people do not know how to pronounce
vegetables (always pronounced as veggie-table) and relatives (pronounced as ri-le-tives) -
'kang' and can'T also can ba...
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its silent 'l'.Originally posted by rainee:haha i m guilty I think I have been pronouncing salmon as cell-mon
pronounced as sa-mun.
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how to pronounce "wonder" ?
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i think it's wand-theOriginally posted by rainee:how to pronounce "wonder" ? -
not wand-the lah.. wand-the = wanderOriginally posted by The man who was death:i think it's wand-the
wonder = won - the -
can't pronounced here is usually as kahn't.
the "cant" is American pronounciation.
how about Esplanade?
Espla-nard? -
American pronounce it as cant whereas Brits pronounce it as cunt...Jus like the esplanade thingy...Originally posted by rainee:Alright, thread inspired by one of my more "active" students in my class today, who kept asking about how to pronounce certain words...
Alright, I am an English teacher, but I would have to ask, how to pronounce
Can't?
rhymes with pant? or pronounce it as kahn't?
Add in here the words that are usually mispronounced so that we can clarify them one by one -
dats wat i tot also, and dats what i told my studentsOriginally posted by dibilo:not wand-the lah.. wand-the = wander
wonder = won - the
but hor i check the dictionary, and it says wand-der, wand shud rhymes with cup
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Only americans pronounce can't rhyming with can. The REAL way to pronounce it is k-ah-nt. So unless u wanna be an american don't rhyme it with pant. What i found absolutely hilarious was that in my old primary school the entire school and all the teachers would mispronounce baton. They would say bay-ten and i would laugh my ass off.
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Hmm i heard some people pronounce gourmet as gour met
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I've been living in the US since '89, and I still run into that exact problem!Originally posted by rainee:yea, dats why my students asked, he is confused about how to differentiate can and can't, if can't is pronounced in a way that rhymes with pant...
Differentiating between the two is made more difficult when the consonant in can't isn't adequately emphasized or difficult to hear (say, in a noisy environment).
Nowadays, if I am not sure if the speaker said can or can't, I'll follow up with, "Did you mean can or cannot?" -
here are two words...
won. commonly mis-pronounced. as 'wond' it should be pronouced as 'wan'
sword. this one... the emphasis is apparently on the 'ord' -
i learn sumthin new today. later when go eat sushi i can show off my superb enunciation.Originally posted by monoslayer:its silent 'l'.
pronounced as sa-mun. -
My younger brother once mangled 'Phoenix' into 'Pentax'
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that's y american english is so dam hard to understandOriginally posted by Meia Gisborn:I've been living in the US since '89, and I still run into that exact problem!
Differentiating between the two is made more difficult when the consonant in can't isn't adequately emphasized or difficult to hear (say, in a noisy environment).
Nowadays, if I am not sure if the speaker said can or can't, I'll follow up with, "Did you mean can or cannot?" -
just say 'cannot' lah. Easy lah.
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Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:My younger brother once mangled 'Phoenix' into 'Pentax'
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