COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED WORDS
Antarctic - pronunciation could be eitherant-ˈärk-tik listen
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athlete - it's 'ath-leet' not 'ath-let' nor 'athee-leet'. This word is composed of two syllables only, not three.
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duct tape - the word 'duct' is not silent 't' so it shouldn't sound as 'duCK' tape.
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February - the second 'r' is silent, so it's 'fe-byu-wa-ri' not 'fe-bru-wa-ri'.
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herb - silent 'h'. So it's pronounced as 'erb' not 'herb'.
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often - spelling shouldn't always affect the pronunciation. This word is not pronounced with a 't' so it's 'of-en' not 'of-Ten'
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whole - it's not 'hool', it's 'howl'
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scion - 'say-yun' not 'say-yon'
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beau - again, don't be confused with the spelling, it's pronounced as 'bow' not 'biew'
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Potassium - the second syllable is not pronounced with an 'sh'. It's pronounced as 'po-ta-see-yum' not 'po-ta-shum'. The same principle for the word 'Calcium'; it's not 'cal-shum', it's 'cal'see-yum'.
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news - most people pronounced it with a 'y'... there isn't one in it right? The correct pronunciation for this is 'nuz' and not 'nyuz'
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sauce - it's not 'sows' it's 'sos'... ay sows!
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pizza - it's 'peet-sa' not 'pee-cha'
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flammable - the root word is 'flame' but that doesn't mean we should pronounce the first syllable of 'flammable' like that. It's 'fla-ma-bul'.
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exhaust - silent 'h'. - 'ig-zost'
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produce - 'pro-doos' not 'pro'joos'
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secretary - pronounce all vowels in short 'e' sound - 'se-kre-te-ri'
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length - there's no 'k' right? But it's proper to pronounce it with one - 'lengkth'
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Tuesday - pronounce the 't' and don't substitute it with a 'ch'. It's 'toos-dey' not 'choos-dey'
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expectant - not all words beginning with 'ex' should sound as 'egz'. This word must be pronounced as 'ik-spek-tunt' not 'egz-pek-tunt'
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plaid - it's 'plad' not 'pleyd'
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bury - let's bury the pronunciation 'bu-ree'. The first syllable must be pronounce as 'ber' as in the animal 'bear'.
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menu - another pronunciation that has to be buried is this - 'me-noo' or 'mey-nyu'. The correct way to say it is 'men-nyu'
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of - 'ov' not 'of'
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rise - 'rayz' not 'rays'
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jeopardy - although there are other vowels on this word, they shouldn't be pronounced. It's not 'jeyo-par-dee' it's 'je-per-dee'
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radiant - this word must be pronounced with 3 syllables - 'rey-di-yant' and not with 2 syllables - 'rey-dyant'
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oven - the 'o' in this word is not a long 'o', so it's not 'ow-ven'. It's 'o-ven'.
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any - it's not long 'a', so don't say 'ey-nee', say 'e-nee'.
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southern - not because the root word 'south' is pronounced as 'sawth', we are going to apply it with the word 'southern'. This word should be pronounced as 'sa-thern'
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hamburger - it's not 'ham-bur-ger', it should be pronounced as 'hem-ber-ger'.
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camera - although there are 3 syllables, it shouldn't be pronounced like that. It's not 'ka-me-ra', it's 'kam-ra'.
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Arkansas - silent 's'. So it's 'ar-kan-sa' not 'ar-kan-sas'
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Part 1
http://englishrefresher.blogspot.com/2011/06/so-this-is-how-its-pronounced-part-1.html
Part 2
http://englishrefresher.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-you-should-have-said-part-2.html
