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Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by DatechMan(m): 3:26pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
If you tell me you got the pronunciation of all words correctly without a Dico then you'd be lying. Tell me you've not heard someone use this word before and you managed to get it. Then F off. Terpsichore |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Nobody: 3:28pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
blah... blah... blah is all i see. |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Ajascolove(m): 3:29pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Nice one |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Nobody: 3:29pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Im pretty sure i can pronounce the vast majority of those words correctly...one of the ways to know if the pronunciation is right is by observing whether or not your pronunciation keeps you within the rhyme and rythm of the poem or if it causes you to deviate. i don't need to listen to anyone recite this to know that most of those claiming to have "read" it perfectly, probably missed the correct pronunciation of "Arkansas"- (arkensaw). My point being, you might think you pronounced all these words rightly but there is a very high chance you didnt. |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by IGBOSON2: 3:31pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Sounds like something Chaucer would write! I hated 'the Canterbury tales' in secondary school as i couldn't make head or tail of it! |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by callonme(m): 3:35pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Oga oh I'm so busy working on my award-winning blog. |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by haibe(m): 3:35pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
alexasomba:lmao |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by NaLaugh: 3:39pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
1K phone credit for anyone who records audio of themselves reading this - All of it. Use Vocaroo.com or what ever works for you, and post it here. Serious |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Cholls(m): 3:40pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
April07:my sister comot there na lie u lie. |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by ugogermany: 3:40pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Another confused state again! |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by piagetskinner(m): 3:41pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Too easdy...I was expecting Hon patricks kind of poem# |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by saviola77(m): 3:42pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
AncientJerk:I couldn't agree more. |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by ayusco85(m): 3:42pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
AfricanApple: ur moniker though . are u the african version of eve? |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Nobody: 3:43pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
DatechMan: well you don't need to have heard the word pronounced before to get it right all the time... a lot of the time yuo can take an educated guess at the origin of the word and thus its likely pronunciation. i'm gonna take a guess that this word is pronounced "terpsicor' |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by matingo(f): 3:43pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
I LOVE IT. English without tears! Breathtaking!!! |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Belmot(m): 3:44pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Doughyeenbae:I rate you 57% |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by tommysparks: 3:44pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Awesome |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by alexasomba(m): 3:45pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Gaidenk: |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Belmot(m): 3:45pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
matingo:Elizerbeth Pryse |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by 9jatatafo(m): 3:46pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Will, pill, peel, pea, pee
Wicket, cricket got pocket. Na my own be that. |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by DaBullIT(m): 3:48pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Oahray: Leafs and leaves do not rhyme , neither does peter pan rhyme with mister fan , rolling and polling , smoking and molding |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Nobody: 3:49pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
I rate myself 99.9% ... From right to left |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by otokx(m): 3:49pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Nice brainstorming exercise |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by iamclime(m): 3:55pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
QUAY IS KEY AND PAIL IS PALE, THE RAIN WILL REIGN AND THE WORM IS WARM, I STRUM THE CHORDS AND RHYME WITH WORDS, I DIDNT MISS A LINE; THIS POEM IS FINE! |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by chidexy(m): 3:57pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Great poem. If one is able to pronounce correctly all the words, then one should be fine with spoken English. I had to use online dictionaries to get the exact pronunciation of some of the words that we generally mispronounce in Nigeria. Thanks @OP alexasomba: |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by hardbody: 4:04pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
April07: I did too..You don't have to believe me but who should i ask to verify your claim? We can all lay claim to have done well. In all it was a good test of personal reading. Another proof that although examination may not be a true test of knowledge but no other means or mode has as yet been introduced as a replacement |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by UjSizzle(f): 4:06pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
zoonermm:Ah we can read and pronounce but not everyone pays attention to the spellings Pronunciation. |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Bode2: 4:10pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Scrypt:shall go to hell. 1 Like |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by chinwaji(m): 4:11pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
Ebig22: OP should have lived during the days of Shakespear. |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Karlman: 4:11pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
best piece i ever read nairaland thanks OP |
Re: If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of Us by Bode2: 4:12pm On Jul 05, 2015 |
UjSizzle:not only that, check the word decieve deceive |
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