COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED WORDS
listen
larvae - 'lar-vee' not 'lar-vey'
listen
mispronunciation - 'mis-pro-NUN-si-yey-shen' not 'mis-pro-NAWN-si-yey-shen'
listen
espresso - there's no 'x' on espresso, so it's not 'ex-pre-so'
listen
escape - be careful not to be confused with the sequence of letters. Just like word 'espresso' there's no 'x' with the word 'escape'
listen
herb - silent 'h'
listen
miniature - should be pronounced as 'mi-ni-a-chur' not 'mi-ni-yey-chur'
listen
prescription - it's 'pre' not 'per'
listen
suite - sounds like 'sweet'
listen
suit - pronounced as 'sut'
listen
definition: an action or process in a court for the recovery of a right or claim
women - the 'o' is pronounced much differently than the 'o' sound in the singular form, woman. The 'o' is pronounced 'i' as in the word 'in'. The 'e' is also pronounced like an 'i'.
listen
debt - silent 'b'
listen
receipt - silent 'p'
listen
Reuters - 'eu' is pronounced in Dutch as 'oy', so it's not pronounced as 're-yu-ters', it should be 'roy-ters'
listen
comrade - should be pronounced as 'kom-rad' not 'kom-reyd'
listen
definition: an intimate friend or associate
species - 'spi-shiz' not 'spi-siz'
listen
laundromat - the first syllable should be pronounced as 'lon' not 'lawn'.
listen
sergeant - the first syllable 'ser' must be pronounced as 'sar' not 'ser'.
listen
condolence - the common mistake for this word is the proper accent. The accentuated syllable should be the second, so it should sound 'kon-DOW-lens' not 'KON-do-lens'
listen
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part 1
http://englishrefresher.blogspot.com/2011/06/so-this-is-how-its-pronounced-part-1.html
Part 3
http://englishrefresher.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-you-should-have-said-part-3.html
