Usually Mispronounced Words
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Originally posted by gasband:my fren tell me during world cup long time ago, eh u got watch Bulgaria vs Nee-Girl-Rah? (Nigeria)
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esplanade rhymmes with lemonade..not the whatever nard thingy..
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Commonly mispronounced words...
Wednesday should be 'WENS-day'
Medicine should be 'MEDD-sin'
Grand Prix should be 'Gron Pree'
Football.....'FOOT-bol' (not 'SOK-ker') -
Why shouldn't football be soccer?Originally posted by Kuali Baba:Commonly mispronounced words...
Wednesday should be 'WENS-day'
Medicine should be 'MEDD-sin'
Grand Prix should be 'Gron Pree'
Football.....'FOOT-bol' (not 'SOK-ker')
Football = Soccer in some countries. -
Spore *cant* is pronounced as KAN
while in movies (USa), its called KEN (Can)
rite? -
Over here, George W. is often heard pronouncing nuclear as new-kew-ler.
I've heard ministers in Singapore pronouncing opportunity as o-POUR-tunity and often as of-TEN during political speeches. -
Leisure can be pronounced as 'LÄ-zhur' or 'LEE-zhur'. The latter's an old-fashion pronunciation.
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
how to pronounce opportunity and often then?
Over here, George W. is often heard pronouncing [b]nuclear as new-kew-ler.
I've heard ministers in Singapore pronouncing opportunity as o-POUR-tunity and often as of-TEN during political speeches.[/b] -
depends on which game he is talking about...american football is a totally different game from the football/soccer we are used to watch...Originally posted by MooKu:Why shouldn't football be soccer?
Football = Soccer in some countries.
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had an argument with a colleague once....
GENTING. is it gern-thing or jan-ting?????
he went for gern-thing and I went for jan-ting....
rationale: GENTLEMAN ---- is it jan-ter-man or gern-ter-man???? -
...in another occasion, at a Jack's Place restaurant, a mother, attempting to sound sophisticated, tried to order: S CAR GOT (pronounced the way this is spelt)......
all my family can do is to stop ourselves from laughing too loud. -
then there is this guy who when into the Hyundai showroom and attempted to test drive the TUCKSON..... the name of car Tucson, is prounounced as Two-sun, a real place in Arizona, USA.
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Most common mispronounced word is WITH...
Singaporeans always pronounce it as WIF... -
and of course the entire island of Singapore who'd pronounce our national flower as VANDA MISS JOE-KIM (JOAQUIM)..... wherein the actual pronounciation is Hua-kim.
Joaquin Phoenix is Hua-kin Phoenix.
... that's all... sorry, really bored after lunch... -
..... How to pronunce this word "Atlatea"?
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or-per-chunityOriginally posted by rainee:how to pronounce opportunity and often then?
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how to pronouce "envelope"???
on-ver-lop?
en-ver-lop? -
hmm wat does this word mean ah?Originally posted by NeverSayGoodBye:..... How to pronunce this word "Atlatea"?
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i always pronounce as enver-lopOriginally posted by starblue:how to pronouce "envelope"???
on-ver-lop?
en-ver-lop? -
jan-ter-manOriginally posted by Chin Eng:had an argument with a colleague once....
GENTING. is it gern-thing or jan-ting?????
he went for gern-thing and I went for jan-ting....
rationale: GENTLEMAN ---- is it jan-ter-man or gern-ter-man????
for the genting, i usually refer to it as gern-ting -
Originally posted by Chin Eng:...in another occasion, at a Jack's Place restaurant, a mother, attempting to sound sophisticated, tried to order: S CAR GOT (pronounced the way this is spelt)......
all my family can do is to stop ourselves from laughing too loud.
I used to pronounce it wrongly also -
Edited to indicate the syllables that should be stressed.Originally posted by starblue:or-per-chunity
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ON-ver-lohp.Originally posted by starblue:how to pronouce "envelope"???
on-ver-lop?
en-ver-lop?
That reminds me of the name Penelope (per-NELL-luh-pee). -
actually both en-ver-lop and on-ver-lop are acceptedOriginally posted by Kuali Baba:ON-ver-lohp.
That reminds me of the name Penelope (per-NELL-luh-pee).
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.....originated from Greek, some people use it as their western name like Atlatea Tan or Atlatea Ong..........Originally posted by rainee:hmm wat does this word mean ah?
.....Hmm should be "tea" or "t..e..a" -
hmm...i searched in the dictionary and cudnt find it...Originally posted by NeverSayGoodBye:.....originated from Greek, some people use it as their western name like Atlatea Tan or Atlatea Ong..........
.....Hmm should be "tea" or "t..e..a"