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What's a bad pronounciation of a simple word?

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 5 Jan 20

What is a word, either in your native tongue or in English, that people pronounce wrong but is so simple to pronounce? I ask this because I say the word "current" like you pronounce "currant" So instead of "kur-ent" I say...

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I tripped over twice while pronouncing someone's name today

bluemoonpavilion @bluemoonpavilion (4658) • Singapore 15 Dec 16

Usually I have no issues with pronouncing people's names but today when I called someone, I tripped over twice with her name and I was pretty embarrassed! Does "Veronica" sound difficult? It doesn't, but maybe I seldon have to...

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An avoidable 'mizzunderstanding'.

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 8 Nov 15

When I was at junior school I was an avid reader and as a result of this I often encountered words that were new to me. One of these was a word that I pronounced 'mizzled'. It was a word I had never heard anyone else say. I...

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How Can We Improve Pronounciation Of English Words .......?

Ganesh44 @Ganesh44 (5547) • India 6 Feb 13

Dear Friends In todays fast life sometimes we only have time to think what we are going to say and no time to listen to ourselves and in such situation we do not pronounce the words correctly ....... I sometimes find...

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I am thinking to practice again my English speaking.

airasheila @airasheila (5454) • Philippines 3 Oct 12

Good day Fellow Mylotters, A while ago, me and my sister are chatting. And to my surprised she have started to talked to me in English, so I have responded her in English as well. Instead of talking in our own language, I...

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Are you happy with your name?

ladyhemingway @ladyhemingway (965) • Philippines 16 May 12

Ever since I was a kid I did have a hard time telling people how to properly pronounce my name. The spelling was quite hard to remember as well, so it has always been part of my daily existence to correct people. That got me...

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NOWHERE - no-where or now-here?

Romwel @Romwel (78) • Philippines 19 Aug 11

how NOWHERE should be spoken?

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What Does L-E-A-H Spell?

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 10 Aug 09

A cab pulled up to Second Cup, and asked for Lee. I told him I was Leah, and yes I called a cab. We started talking on the way home, and I started wondering about why people keep calling me Lee. My name is Leah, and that's...

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How do you pronounce "MOTHER" in your language ?

Abhi22m @Abhi22m (76) • India 8 Jan 09

Mother is the most valuable gift God could have given us.She is the one who has brought us to this world & made us to grow to what we are today.We do respect her & love her.So my dear friends how do you refer your mother ?What do...

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'E' or 'O'

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 2 Nov 08

Envelope is a word we have all used atleast once in our lives. I've been taught to pronounce the word starting with the 'o' sound first....but most people I know pronounce it with an 'e' sound (like the 'e' in egg). I was watching...

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how will you react if someone aggressively talk and has a wrong pronounciation.!

dorothy09 @dorothy09 (1520) • Philippines 13 Oct 08

when someone talks and is very confident but pronounce the word very bad. How will you react? will you laugh at him/her? will you correct him/her? or you will not mind it... In my country we do have that..we have different...

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Hullo!

sheenshaukat @sheenshaukat (2617) • Pakistan 14 Feb 08

some people say "hullo". some say "hallow" some "Hallow" and much more recite it differently. what does it mean. with which language it belongs. when it was started in English? who was the first user of this word?

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Different accents of different countries

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 11 Mar 07

Upon responding to my dear sweety Mummymo's discussion it has occurred to me that we all if in same room would not only use different word but pronounce them differently. How many different accents do you hear in one...

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Is teaching children to read letter-by-letter really a good system?

ArienKing @ArienKing (4647) • India 17 Feb 07

There is evidence that people don't actually read by sounding out each and every letter - that they in fact read the words' meanings first, and then translate the meanings into sounds. For example, how do you know how to pronounce...

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Talking Dictionary

indian_investor @indian_investor (365) • India 31 Jan 07

Can anybody Tell me about free downloadable Talking Dictionary for english (so that we can hear the pronunciation of words)

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English pronounciation: some regional defects

manong05 @manong05 (5027) • Philippines 6 Jan 07

Some Filipinos P as F like fefsi for pepsi, flywood for plywood. I was told that in some countries. G is changed to B, B to P. In Thailand L to N. In Japan L to R. A Japanese once said, You are very rocky (lucky), your husband...

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How do you pronounce Hermès?

lucy6ofdiamonds @lucy6ofdiamonds (70) • Malaysia 15 Dec 06

Hi guys, I'm sure you all have heard or come across the brand name Hermès before. I'm just wondering how it's correctly pronounced. Hermès is also an Olympian god, son of Zeus in the greek mythology. So is it pronounced Er-Meez?...

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