education is pronounced 'eju-ke-shun '

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

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education is pronounced eju-ke-shun

seyoops4u:

lol... funny enough if you go to any shop and you didnt pronounce Gala as Gala, they'll tell u they dont have and you might be looking the Gala at your front.

Abi O...Even Professors Of English Call It Gala.

That's what make english language so distenctive with others

/ɑ:s/ before a consonant ('ask them') without a /k/ sound. Ask them to do it. ...
/ɑ:sk/ before a vowel ('ask if') with a /k/ sound. Ask if they'll do it. ...
/ɑ:s/ before a consonant ('asked them') without a /k/ or a /t/ sound. We asked them to do it. ...
/ɑ:st/ before a vowel ('asked if') without a /k/ sound.

Bahddo:
You only got 3, 6, 7, 8 correct, despite the fact that you don't know how to transcribe. You were describing the sounds.

1) you made ma-She-ti sound like ma-She-teh.
2) K isn't silent in the word 'ask' in any version of English.
4) /lai-bri/ is also correct in British English. You are wrong to say it's wrong.
5) the snack gala is different from the event gala.
9) en-ji-near is even the more common pronunciation both in American and British English.

You should always check your dictionary before posting stuff like this. There isn't only one correct way to pronounce a word.

Thank God for professionals, you saved some of us with that correction.

This OP nawa uoooo. So you want me to be calling an Engineer an Enjunear. Chaiii ppl can deceive others oooo. See, I can't do this. U wan may ppl call me educated illiterate.

Get you fact right before posting rubbish on here. What standard are you going by with your dumb post? American or British phonetic?

Monalisa185:


good things of life like what?

Being friends. I don't know my fate but this is the first of its kind

Abeg shift .... this one no follow

vargasvictory:

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/

Gala is a kind of party not a snack

0ntruth:
Debt ........ Det if they want us to call is Det why putting the B in the first place ? Abeg this over sabi don too much na.

ile loma wo pa iya laya e. Stop attacking people's comments.

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