doublewisdom:
So I need to buy pronunciation dictionary before I buy gala? Op, abeg shift.

Pronouncing dictionary

The OP is an I-too-know. Who told you k is silent in ask?

Have you checked your dictionary lately?

Your phonetic transcriptions are also wrong. Ensure you know the actual pronunciations before you tell people they are doing it wrong.

Bills2307:
Gay-luh and en-guh-near!!! Dis ones weak me

Lmao.

Wetin consign agboro with over load

English tire me...
why put the silent letters if you're not going to pronounce it.

Wetin consign agboro with over load..

NwaAmaikpe:


Somebody should help me pronounce the words below...

Labia minora and Scrotum

after d OP ll say d "S nd U" in d scrotum is silence. Say na /crotm/. Or labia mineral

Op Bor just serious atall..how do you expect us to be pronouncing such words like that u want make we bite tongue

Op nor just serious atall..how do you expect us to be pronouncing such words like that u want make we bite tongue

I learnt how to pronounce machete after seeing a movie called MACHETE kills again !!

How did this shit get to front page? Oh I forgot! This is Nairaland, where the mods don't check before they post. smh.

are u dumb or stupid? does it mean "ask " and others are wrong? foolish Nigerian. check ur dictionary and understand it before posting trash

Bigframe:
This is why English language is so difficult, you will put a letter in a word and say it is silent what is it doing there in the first place

LOL!

That your gala pronunciation no be for naija o, when hunger mama you very well nobody go teach you before you go call am gala make people hear

Guy pls your illiteracy knows no bounds.
1. We're Nigerians, colonized by Britain, so we speak British English. Most of what you typed are American bullshit.
2. Can't believe you wanna educate people when you dunno how to use an advanced dictionary. Damn!

Some of your profound failures are left for you in images below to educate yourself.

Well, just in case you dunno, BrE means British English and NAme means native American English (this one I need to confirm, but it basically means American English)
You put yourself in a position to educate and you're failing in it. You deserve my harsh words

vargasvictory:
The truth is learning never stops, here are 9 words you might have been pronouncing incorrectly


1. MACHETE

Since Agriculture is heavily practised, you would have heard about the Machete. Actually the correct pronunciation is /Ma-She-Te/


2. ASK

It's a word widely used for answers to questions and it's often said inappropriately. The correct pronunciation is /A:s/ without a K sound.


3. DEBT

This is one of the most commonly mispronounced words in the list. The right pronunciation is /Det/ the B in the word is actually silent


4. LIBRARY

You hear people say, 'let me visit the lib-ry'. It's correctly pronounced as /Li-bre-e/


5. GALA

A popular snack, who doesn't like Gala? It's a little shame we speak it incorrectly, the right pronunciation is /Gay-luh/


6. MEME

This one is very popular amongst the nairalanders, who doesn't like a little banter picture to express more? It's actually pronounced /Meeem/


7. ASTHMA

A health condition, suffered widely in many countries. It's pronounced /AzMah/


8. MARIJUANA

It's a name often used for cannabis. The right pronunciation is /Mar-Uh-Wah-Nuh/


9. ENGINEER

A specialist in engineering, one of the top fields in the world. The correct pronunciation is /En-juh-near/

If you missed the previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/3848586/7-common-english-phrases-youre

cc: lalasticlala

Open wrote rubbish and he is proud about it .even the British pronounce Ask .with the K.

Rtopzy:
wow!!!!; I'm guilty of no 1

discharge and acquitted

MamaOO:

Nope. He's right on almost all of them except maybe the Gala and the Ask words. Maybe that's the American pronunciation but that's exactly how it's pronounced here... especially marijuana and meme

No. 2 is wrong

potent5:
Nice one.

what is nice? You too dey follow follow

we are africans,not brits

number Eight has two pronunciation

How pronunciation go carry put money for my pocket?

tosyne2much:
That your gala pronunciation will never work in Nigeria ooo

Imagine in lagos traffic, you say "GAY LUH" man, I want to buy "GAY luh". People will be like "Are u a gay?

Gay luh ko, Good lord ni! Gala whether snacks, entertainment/event night, etc is pronounced "Gala"

So mariguanna nah maruwanow?

The following words too are mispronounced.

Data

Sachet

Courtesy

Knowledge

Plumber is also pronounced "plumer" the b is silent.
I recall this joke
Mr A: Mr B please meet my colleague Mr C.
Mr B: It is pronounced "colleag" as the "ue" is silent.
Mr A: ok it was just a slip of tongue
Mr B: It is actually pronounced "tong" as "ue" is silent
Mr A: ok don't let us "arg" about it
Mr B: it is pronounced "argue"
Mr A: who come open "ue" mouth whey no silent again

Yawns.

nice 1 bt, bt as i wan take tell those niggas wen dey hawk 4 sapele road say i wan buy GAY-LUH instead of gala??

Rtopzy:
wow!!!!; I'm guilty of no 1

Seems you carry that weapon alot...

ayindejimmy:
I strongly disagree With No. 2
The consonant sound /K/ is usually articulated in the word 'ask'

Don't mind the OP.. he doesn't know what he's saying! he is clearly out to mislead ppl

While the origin of some of these words might be difficult to trace, I believe the OP is wrong, particularly with #5 (Gala). Although, it may differ from the one that has to do with entertainment, 'gay-luh' is very far from the correct pronunciation, save the OP could provide the origin of the word itself. It should be 'gall-ah'. What you have up there is Latin-like.

Marijuana is equally wrong. The end part is not pronounced 'nuh' but 'nə'. Transcription here. It would 'ma-ri-wa-nah' or 'ma-wa-nah'.