ise82:
Good job!

labani06:
bravo

lilyheaven:
thank you.
But I'm not on instagram

mrblessed:
Nigerians and inferiority complex. Queen's English is a unique variant of English language spoken only in South east England: not all parts of England speak queen's English. Therefore, it is not possible to speak queen's English when you are not raised in South east England, this is even more difficult and inconceivable for a Nigerian who has not lived in the UK.

The best you can do is to painfully twist your tongue, and produce what is called Nasalised Babble, in a gratuitous and futile bid to speak "queen's" English. If you want to have first-hand experience of nasalised babble just visit our airports, or listen to our radio presenters and Djs.

mediaX:
Lesson 4

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So here are common mispronunciations you must avoid if you wish to speak in polished or correct Queens - English:

Subtle ------ sor tool (not "sub tool" )
Lettuce ----- leh tis (not "leh tooce" )
As ----- az (not "ass" )
is ------ iz (not "iss" )
Asthma ------ az ma (not "ash ma" )
Bass ------ base (not "baaz" )
Comb ------ coam (not "coamb" )
Tomb ------ toom (not "toomb" )
Womb ------ woom (not "woomb" )
Dumb ----- dom (not "dormb" )
Phoenix --' fee nicks (not "foe nicks" )
Arena ------ ah ri na (not "ah rare na" )
Piano ------ pee ya no (not "pya no" )
Woman ---- wor man (not "woo man" )

Because ----- be coz (not "be cos" )
Cause ------- coz (not "cos" )
Cosmetics ------- coz meh tiks (not "cos meh tiks" )
Software ------ sof weh (not "soft weh" )
Suite ------ sweet (not "syute/soot" )
Greenwich meridian ------ gree nitch (not "green witch" )
Fuel ------- fewl (not "foo-well" )
Uterus ------- you tross (not "you teh ross" )
Heir ------ air (not "hair" )
Her ------ hair (not "haa" )
His ------ hiz (not "hiss" )

Breakfast ----- brek fast (not "brake fast" )
Fork ------ forrrk (not "fek" )
Facade ------ fur sad (not "fah kay-d" )
Athlete ------- aarth lit (not "at let" )
Genre ------ sjawn ruh (not "john" )
Cache ----- cash (not "caa shay" )
Sachet ----- saa shay (not "saa chet" )
Sir ------ seh (not " saa" )
Thumb ----- thorm (not "thormb" )

Mount Everest ----- eve rest (not "ever rest" )
Historical ------ hiz tor ree cole (his toh ree cahl" )
Limbs ----- lims (not "limmmbs" )
Soften ------ sor fin (not "sof tin" )
Hasten ----- hey sin (not "hey stin" )
Fasten ----- fah sin (not "fah stin" )
Pizza ------ pit zaa (not "pee zaa" )
Entrepreneur ------ on tri pre nor
Mars ------ mahz (not "mas" )
Marijuana ------ muh ree wa na
Fiance ------- fee-yons (not "fee-yance" )

Jewellery ----- jewl ri (not "joo weh ree" )
Draught ------- draft (not "drawt" )
Channel ------- cha nool (not "cha nell" )
Desperate ----- des prayt (not "des pi rayt" )
Numb ------ nom (not "nomb" )
Oil ---- ooo-eel (not "aw yeah" )
Refer ----- ree fur (not "ree fair" )
Pepper ----- pair pa (not "pair pair" )
Obese ----- oh-biz (not "oh-bace" )

Cucumber ----- cue come ba (not "coh coom ba" )
obituary ----- oh-bi choo ri (not "oh-bi chwa ri" )
Lieutenant - lef ti nont (not "lew teh nant" )
Enroute ------ on root (not "ehn root" )
Camera ------ cam raa (not "cah meh ra" )

Power ----- paa wa (not "paaa" )
Bald ------ borld (not "barrrled" )
Surrogate ---' saw roh gayt (not "sue roh gayt" )
Modern ----- more den (not "moe den" )
Morals ----- more rolls (not "moe rahls" )
Loyal ----- law yole (not "low yal" )
Continuous ----- con ti new wus (not "con ti noss" )
Ambiguous ------- am bi gew wus (not "am bi goss" )

My name is Hilary Okoh—public speaker, writer and social influencer. BSc/MSc Computational Mathematics.

Almost bit off my tongue trying it

loveliveshere:
Thanks op. You are the bomb

Diamond23:
Almost bit off my tongue trying it

sisisioge:


Wetin sir, can't we just learn to pronounce words correctly without throwing inferiority into it? The language is for the Queen, right? I think its fine to do right by her...after all, we all appreciate when others learn to speak our language correctly. Correct pronunciation is not ascent.