Usually Mispronounced Words
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its not wrong pronounciations, its just different versions of pronouncing.
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haha yea, dats why it is confusing...have to explain to my students which one is british, and wich one is american...Originally posted by hisoka:its not wrong pronounciations, its just different versions of pronouncing. -
lets not forget the local variationsOriginally posted by rainee:haha yea, dats why it is confusing...have to explain to my students which one is british, and wich one is american... -
local variation even worse la...Originally posted by hisoka:lets not forget the local variations -
rainee teaching english now meh? thought you study science de...
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Why don't you check the baby name websites?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"
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WAS THAT YOU!!???Originally posted by rainee:
I used to pronounce it wrongly also
I am sorry....
hey engrish teacher.... why plural of mouse is mice, but plural of house is not hice??? hah???? -
it's all depend on different countries due to their culture n mindset. if we r laughing at how they r mispronunciation, we will be a laughing stock ourselves as we only believe in our own culture.
so there is no right or wrong sometime. -
the place where i m teaching dun have computer science subs ma...Originally posted by TehJarVu:rainee teaching english now meh? thought you study science de...
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Originally posted by Chin Eng:
lolz....different words have different ways to show that they are plural ma, just like doesn't mean the past tense for talk is talked then the past tense for run is runed
[b]WAS THAT YOU!!???
I am sorry....
hey engrish teacher.... why plural of mouse is mice, but plural of house is not hice??? hah????[/b] -
how to pronounce vehicle?
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There's one word no singaporean can pronounce and that's Rendezvous.
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okay, the thing is ... no matter how you pronounce can't, you still won't be able to CLEARLY differentiate it with can.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...
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)
can't (rhyming with pant) is the american pronounciation.
if you're american, you will also happen to pronounce can "k-anne".
if you're british or you use british pronounciation (TIP: it's said to be more "accurate" and "standard" in comparison to american english, though I still stick with the american way of saying things), it's cAHn't
but you'd pronounce "can" cAHn too.
so .... either way, it's still hard to differentiate can and cant. -
true. now, would you mind teaching us how to say it? =)Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:There's one word no singaporean can pronounce and that's Rendezvous. -
flour is only pronounced as flar by singaporeans. the correct pronounciation is fla-werOriginally 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...
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)
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10 points to whoever can get it right =POriginally posted by da-cheese-freakk:true. now, would you mind teaching us how to say it? =) -
ron-di-vooOriginally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:10 points to whoever can get it right =P -
oooh close but i cant give it to yaOriginally posted by monoslayer:ron-di-voo
the correct answer is: ron-DAY-voo -
run-day-wooOriginally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:10 points to whoever can get it right =P
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Bollocks, I know it's 'ron-DEY-voo'.Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:There's one word no singaporean can pronounce and that's Rendezvous.
Another commonly mispronounced word is parent ('PÄ-rent', not 'PEH-rent').
Vehicle should be 'VEE-hkl', not 'wee-HEE-ker'. -
one of the words that caused me to argue with my colleagues last time:
gesture
jest-cher or gas-cher? -
'JES-tyur'...and albeit is pronounced as 'AUL-beet'.Originally posted by rainee:one of the words that caused me to argue with my colleagues last time:
gesture
jest-cher or gas-cher? -
Hmm, I always thought it to be 'yo-kim'.Originally posted by Chin Eng: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... -
Since she was Armenian and not Spanish, you're right.Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:Hmm, I always thought it to be 'yo-kim'. -
Must as speaking good english is very important...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
If not what's the use of attending lesson?