Pussyisfood: Today we shall be learning 35 words that are commonly pronounced incorrectly, and how to correctly pronounce these.
Let's begin
1. Pronunciation Although we pronounce the word, pronounce as /prə-nouns/, the correct way to pronounce the word pronunciation is /prə-nən-si-'ei-shən/.
2. Says This word is commonly mispronounced by people learning English as /saiz/, but the correct way to pronounce the word is /sez/.
3. Etcetera (etc) Although many people pronounce the word as /ek-'se-tra/, the correct pronunciation however is /et-'se-tə-rə/ or /et-'se-trə/ (this pronunciation is less common but it's ok).
4. Often Now many people pronounce this word with the t. That is not wrong, but a more preferable pronunciation is /ɒ-fən/.
5. Women Nigerians alike have perfected the art of mispronouncing words. Now although we pronounce woman as /wu-mən/, the correct pronunciation for the word women, is infact /wi-min/.
6. Police The correct pronunciation is /pə-'lees/. shikenan
7. Vehicle If you guessed /'vee-ə-kl/ then you are correct.
8. Genre The correct pronunciation for this word is /'zhɒn-rə/.
9. Video The important thing to note in this one is that the i and the e are pronounced as short i sounds. So it's /'vi-di-o/. Tan queue, Shola.
10. Comment Most speakers in Nigeria will pronounce this word as /kə-ment/ or /koment/, but the real pronunciation is /'kɒ-ment/. The secret is in realizing that the stress is in the first syllable. You can simply watch this 9 seconds video for the vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLYU2hfzOyQ
11. Suite This word is pronounced, /'sweet/ and not /'soot/
12. Restaurant This word is not pronounced, /'rest-orant/ as many Nigerian speakers will make us believe, as a matter of fact the correct pronunciation for this word is /'res-tə-rɒnt/. You might hear some British speakers pronouncing this word as /res-trɒnt/. This is also correct
13 Sewage I hear a lot of Nigerians pronounce this word as /'sea-wage/. This is incorrect as the correct way to pronounce the word is /'soo-ij/.
14. Breakfast /'brek-fəst/
15. Vegetable The e after the g is silent, and so the pronunciation is /'vej-tə-bl/
16. Cucumber Ladies and gentlemen, it's not /'koo-koom-ba/. It is /'kyoo-kəm-bər/. Also make sure you pronounce the r
17. Lettuce This vegetable is called /'letis/
Many word in the English language have silent letters or alphabets we don't pronounce. Take for instance
18. Receipt Here the p is silent, and so the pronunciation becomes /ri-'seet/.
19. Debt Here too the b is silent in this word, and so the pronunciation becomes /'det/.
20. Mortgage This word that means a loan that a bank gives you to buy a house is actually pronounced /'mor-gij/ and you have to pronounce the R too. It's not there for nothing.
21. Subtle How will you say this word? It is /'sə-tl/ because the b is silent.
22. Singer In this word, the g is silent and so our end pronunciation is /'siŋ-er/. Other words like younger and finger have the G present but not in singer... no, it's not.
23. Plumber The mistake that Nigerians make is pronouncing this word with the B in it and so replacing the R with an A. The correct pronunciation for this word is /'pləm-ər/.
In many words when you have the combination letters, m and b, the b is silent. Like comb or climb or even thumb and tomb
24. Bury Apparently one of the words that Nigerians pronounce correctly is bury. It is pronounced /'beri/ as like berry. Forget those Nollywood actors.
25. Wednesday This day of the week is pronounced without the first D. The pronunciation is /'wenz-deɪ/.
26. Sword This word is pronounced /'sord/ with the R inclusive. So don't go pronouncing the word as so:d then that will just be absurd.
27. Arctic /ark-tik/
28. Mischievous I hear a lot of people pronounce this word as /'mis-chi-vi-yourz/, and that is wrong. The correct way is /'mis-chi-vəs/.
29. Tuition The right way to pronounce this word is /tu-'wi-shən/. British call it /tyu-'wi-shən/. Both are correct.
30.Zoology If you pronounce the word as /zoo-lo-ji/ or /zoo-a-lo-ji/ then you're wrong. The correct pronunciation for this word is /zo-ɒ-lə-ji/.
31. Develop /di-vel-əp/
32. Photography /fə-'tɒ-grə-fi/
3. Jewelry Although it's spelt differently in American and British English, the pronunciation is the same. /'joo-əl-ri/
34. Quote Often mispronounced the same as coat, the correct pronunciation for this word is /'kwot/.
35. Schedule American pronunciation is /'ske-jool/ and the British pronunciation is /'shɛ-jool/ or /'shɛd-yool/.
36. Bonus lesson Am is a state of being verb. I'm is a contraction that means I am. So how we came to a point where people use 'am' in place of 'I'm' is mind boggling.
very good post albeit, so many people would need to go back to school to learn how simple spelling if we begin to pronounce these words as stated above. i think we were taught to pronounce as spelt back then in school, that is the genesis of our pronunciation gbaguan
Pussyisfood: Today we shall be learning 35 words that are commonly pronounced incorrectly, and how to correctly pronounce these.
Let's begin
1. Pronunciation Although we pronounce the word, pronounce as /prə-nouns/, the correct way to pronounce the word pronunciation is /prə-nən-si-'ei-shən/.
2. Says This word is commonly mispronounced by people learning English as /saiz/, but the correct way to pronounce the word is /sez/.
3. Etcetera (etc) Although many people pronounce the word as /ek-'se-tra/, the correct pronunciation however is /et-'se-tə-rə/ or /et-'se-trə/ (this pronunciation is less common but it's ok).
4. Often Now many people pronounce this word with the t. That is not wrong, but a more preferable pronunciation is /ɒ-fən/.
5. Women Nigerians alike have perfected the art of mispronouncing words. Now although we pronounce woman as /wu-mən/, the correct pronunciation for the word women, is infact /wi-min/.
6. Police The correct pronunciation is /pə-'lees/. shikenan
7. Vehicle If you guessed /'vee-ə-kl/ then you are correct.
8. Genre The correct pronunciation for this word is /'zhɒn-rə/.
9. Video The important thing to note in this one is that the i and the e are pronounced as short i sounds. So it's /'vi-di-o/. Tan queue, Shola.
10. Comment Most speakers in Nigeria will pronounce this word as /kə-ment/ or /koment/, but the real pronunciation is /'kɒ-ment/. The secret is in realizing that the stress is in the first syllable. You can simply watch this 9 seconds video for the vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLYU2hfzOyQ
11. Suite This word is pronounced, /'sweet/ and not /'soot/
12. Restaurant This word is not pronounced, /'rest-orant/ as many Nigerian speakers will make us believe, as a matter of fact the correct pronunciation for this word is /'res-tə-rɒnt/. You might hear some British speakers pronouncing this word as /res-trɒnt/. This is also correct
13 Sewage I hear a lot of Nigerians pronounce this word as /'sea-wage/. This is incorrect as the correct way to pronounce the word is /'soo-ij/.
14. Breakfast /'brek-fəst/
15. Vegetable The e after the g is silent, and so the pronunciation is /'vej-tə-bl/
16. Cucumber Ladies and gentlemen, it's not /'koo-koom-ba/. It is /'kyoo-kəm-bər/. Also make sure you pronounce the r
17. Lettuce This vegetable is called /'letis/
Many word in the English language have silent letters or alphabets we don't pronounce. Take for instance
18. Receipt Here the p is silent, and so the pronunciation becomes /ri-'seet/.
19. Debt Here too the b is silent in this word, and so the pronunciation becomes /'det/.
20. Mortgage This word that means a loan that a bank gives you to buy a house is actually pronounced /'mor-gij/ and you have to pronounce the R too. It's not there for nothing.
21. Subtle How will you say this word? It is /'sə-tl/ because the b is silent.
22. Singer In this word, the g is silent and so our end pronunciation is /'siŋ-er/. Other words like younger and finger have the G present but not in singer... no, it's not.
23. Plumber The mistake that Nigerians make is pronouncing this word with the B in it and so replacing the R with an A. The correct pronunciation for this word is /'pləm-ər/.
In many words when you have the combination letters, m and b, the b is silent. Like comb or climb or even thumb and tomb
24. Bury Apparently one of the words that Nigerians pronounce correctly is bury. It is pronounced /'beri/ as like berry. Forget those Nollywood actors.
25. Wednesday This day of the week is pronounced without the first D. The pronunciation is /'wenz-deɪ/.
26. Sword This word is pronounced /'sord/ with the R inclusive. So don't go pronouncing the word as so:d then that will just be absurd.
27. Arctic /ark-tik/
28. Mischievous I hear a lot of people pronounce this word as /'mis-chi-vi-yourz/, and that is wrong. The correct way is /'mis-chi-vəs/.
29. Tuition The right way to pronounce this word is /tu-'wi-shən/. British call it /tyu-'wi-shən/. Both are correct.
30.Zoology If you pronounce the word as /zoo-lo-ji/ or /zoo-a-lo-ji/ then you're wrong. The correct pronunciation for this word is /zo-ɒ-lə-ji/.
31. Develop /di-vel-əp/
32. Photography /fə-'tɒ-grə-fi/
3. Jewelry Although it's spelt differently in American and British English, the pronunciation is the same. /'joo-əl-ri/
34. Quote Often mispronounced the same as coat, the correct pronunciation for this word is /'kwot/.
35. Schedule American pronunciation is /'ske-jool/ and the British pronunciation is /'shɛ-jool/ or /'shɛd-yool/.
36. Bonus lesson Am is a state of being verb. I'm is a contraction that means I am. So how we came to a point where people use 'am' in place of 'I'm' is mind boggling.
