The reason I don't follow spoken English is
By vanny
@vandana7 (98900)
India
February 20, 2023 8:31pm CST
The pronunciations....
And you thought I was deaf.
There are many words that we are not familiar with out here. I read them but pronunciation is not something you get while reading.
The movies and TV serials rarely use them, if at all.
But I find you all use them. So what you utter may take me time to logically figure out ...ok...this word may mean this. But by then you have gone at least two sentences ahead. So you must know how it feels. L O S T.
I bet our pronunciations too may be tough for you all to follow.
Instead of inventing those atom bombs, why can't you all invent something that can be worn like a mask and our words are computerized to have uniform pronunciations irrespective of which region of the world we come from?
I could think of so many things to invent...none of which would kill anybody...
Who wants to hit on Putin's head today? Join me...my knuckles could do with some work.
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@wolfgirl569 (95533)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Feb 23
I have heard that English is the hardest one to learn
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@LadyDuck (458728)
• Switzerland
21 Feb 23
@wolfgirl569 NO written English is the easiest language to learn, among the Western languages German is the hardest followed by French. The English pronunciation is not always easy. Reality is that Americans do not understand British and vice versa.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
21 Feb 23
No, you were easy to understand when I spoke with you over the phone... You sound like you grew up in the same part of the US that I did... Pretty remarked that you even had our accent... But you couldn't understand me so I never tried talking directly with you again.
We don't need those things... We only need people to be willing to try to understand when we speak with them... 
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@vandana7 (98900)
• India
21 Feb 23
@DaddyEvil No...my English sounds artificial....sort of mimicking type...anybody can make out I don't know English that well. LOL
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
21 Feb 23
@vandana7 So? That doesn't mean you don't speak perfect English. That means an occasional word gets past you. Some words get past native English speakers.
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@ShyBear88 (59287)
• Sterling, Virginia
21 Feb 23
Lol what does how you say something have to do with Putin?
They have zero in comment other then the fact you put letter together and it forms a word. English is complex laugage not even us that are native to it understand it because like all laugages what you learn is how you see it. Words are not always how they seem or are use. A pronunciation doesn't always mean it's how its said or how it's use you have to use the words around it to give you context clues at times are to what is being said.
As someone with a learning disability we approch words very differently then how our peers learn it. We learn learning how we see it and then changes the rules to give us gudiness on how it could be change to say something else. All that has nonthing to do with Putin.
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@vandana7 (98900)
• India
21 Feb 23
Oh...Putin has become my punchbag. When I am frustrated at something I cannot do, I use Putin.
The word that had me foxed and suffer with inferiority complex yesterday was "saute".
I had never heard that word before, though I have read it many times here.
Based on the spellings I thought it would sound like Sawte or Soughte... but the Indian cook who learned his English in highly sophisticated environment pronounced it differently...and ...well, I realized how difficult it can be to live in a world that pronounces most of the things differently from me.
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@ShyBear88 (59287)
• Sterling, Virginia
21 Feb 23
@vandana7 So when you can't do something or frsutrated you blame other instead of the fact that it's just to hard for you at that point. .
English the words are said the same everywhere it's just that many of us have different accesents which means you will hear it differently. Like All of us can be said in some states with in the US as "y'all" My mom says it like that. The same with the word as cart for a buggy or shopping cart just depending where you live in the US you will hear it call of ways. My husband thinks it funny because I call shopping carts buggies.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
21 Feb 23
@vandana7 When I first encountered the word 'misled' I pronounced it as it looks. Not until I heard it in conversation did I realise it was pronounced 'mis-led'.
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@zhangxueying (2945)
• China
21 Feb 23
English is a little difficult for me. I also hope to have a mask. I speak Chinese, and then the mask sends out English at the same time. And the other person speaks English, and can convert it into Chinese and input it into my ear at the same time.
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@zhangxueying (2945)
• China
21 Feb 23
@vandana7 I hope this idea will be realized in the future
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@GardenGerty (157645)
• United States
21 Feb 23
That would be a good invention. We are glad you are here. I have heard it said we should never make fun of someone who pronounces a word wrong because that means they have learned that word by reading.
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@vandana7 (98900)
• India
22 Feb 23
That is such a sweet thought...but it doesn't always happen. Does it? Only a mature person would think that way. But it is also not merely about being made fun of. That is tolerable...it is taking up others time...wanting them to re-explain things...not understanding ..or understanding it only partially. Making people lose patience...all of it comes with that. Initially, everybody tries to be accommodate but later ... it is hard on them.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
21 Feb 23
Even English people pronounce things differently, depending on where they live. It isn't a logical language but it has included lots of foreign words over the decades which has added to the problems.
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@DianneN (247103)
• United States
22 Feb 23
The English language in written form is easy to understand without accents. They say it's the hardest to understand. I find British and Australian accents easy to understand, but French has so many idioms that I find difficult.
Oh, that Putin
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@MarieCoyle (28881)
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21 Feb 23
You honestly write English like you speak it on a regular basis, you truly do. I know that I have heard from more than one person that English is the hardest language to learn. I am sure I couldn't do your pronunciations, either.
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@vandana7 (98900)
• India
22 Feb 23
For a moment, I believed it, then realized, it is not true. LOL. I don't talk in English on a regular basis. My brain translates what I want to say and I try to present it in an articulate way. Do you travel to other countries? How do you manage...when you do..
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@MarieCoyle (28881)
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22 Feb 23
@vandana7
I have been to some other countries, but not for awhile. A lot of the islands in the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada more times than I can count.
I used to be fairly fluent in Spanish. I can still pick my way through it, but there is much truth to the old saying ''if you don't use it, you lose it''...and I think I have forgotten a lot of it.
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@RebeccasFarm (86830)
• United States
22 Feb 23
I am always in absolute awe of everyone's abilities to have another language at all.
@RasmaSandra (73642)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb 23
I used to instruct people in private English classes at my home in Latvia. I always emphasized the difference between American and British English. I took my material from sites online and there are many to help with pronunciation
Best websites that will help you improve your pronunciation and reduce your native accent. Use them to improve both British and American Pronunciation!
@aninditasen (15746)
• Raurkela, India
21 Feb 23
We learned in our convent that speak English as the English speak. I had pure English natives in my kindergarten and picked up their accent.
@nela13 (55734)
• Portugal
21 Feb 23
I understand you, I have the same problem 
Where do I sign to join those who want to hit Putin's head?
Where do I sign to join those who want to hit Putin's head?
@LindaOHio (156804)
• United States
21 Feb 23
I think you have a wonderful grasp of the English language. Have a good day.
