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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Thanks but now boring

bro i diagree with nos. 4,5,6,7,8n9.

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

Nice one.

I disagree Na lie

Nice one op

I disagree to agree with those phonetics sir

Gala Is Gala

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

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.

How can 'K' be silent in 'ask'?

Teacher no teach me nonsense

Op, don't mislead people. Get your facts right before going public. Most of your entries are wrong.

Modified : all your entries are wrong except "debt"

OP.... you are wrong...
let me start for no 5.
The gala u explain is a name of company... it is called GALA..
The one u pronounced is event/ festive... like FIFA gala nite..

ask is ask
library is li-bra-ry

the only one u got correct is meme, pronounced as meem..
make sure u research properly before posting next time.. anyways, thanks for making me know how to pronounce meme

Gala na word, gala don turn gay kwa

That your gala pronunciation will never work in Nigeria ooo

I don't agree with your Gala pronunciation.
GALA is just a name of a kind of food, I don't know why you're twisting the whole thing.

Even during its advertisements, it's pronounce as GA-LA

Thank You

Somebody should help me pronounce the words below...

Labia minora and Scrotum

OP! OP!! OP!!!
How time did I call you?

DEBT = DET
GALA = Gay luh
MARIJUANA = MAR-UH-WAH-NUH

Brb

where this op come from

H

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

Errors

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

SACHET is another word

Pepper is another word we pronounce wrongly.
We say /pe-pe/ where the correct pronunciation is /pe-pa/
/ˈpepə(r)/

newyorks:
bro i diagree with nos. 4,5,6,7,8n9.

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

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