Pronunciation Challenge100 People Tell Us Their Most Painful Experience | Keep it 100 | Cut

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” - Oprah Winfrey

What’s up everyone, it’s Hubert again with Pronunciation Challenge, and as promised, 100 people telling us their most painful experiences! It’s really interesting how everyone interpreted (which means to explain or tell the meaning of something) the word “painful” differently. Some people took it literally and said things like broken bones or even a gunshot wound! Others listed emotional pains which, in my opinion, are the worst types of pain. There’s no medicine you can apply on these types of wounds, and often, the only cure to this pain is time and self-reflection. However, I feel these emotional pains are the ones that allow you to grow into a better person, if you actually learn from your past mistakes. Otherwise, it woul’d just be—and here’s a new saying for everyone—the same play but different actors. This means that you’ll be repeating the same mistakes, just with different people. Alright, I’ve talked long enough, let’s get to the featured sentence! Once you’re done with that, I want to talk about a painful memory that stuck with me after this video.

Today’s featured sentence:
Sweating, vomiting, diarrhea. 100%, he was like, "You have malaria."

I’ll say that again.

Sweating, vomiting, diarrhea. 100%, he was like, "You have malaria."

Ok, now time for the Pronunciation Tips.


For the first word, we have
Vomiting
Three syllables.
“VO” has the short “O” sound and “MI” has the short “I” sound and “TING” is your typical “ING” ending sound. Vomiting

Next word.
100 %
Four syllables for “hundred percent” and five syllables for “one hundred percent”
Here’s something that you guys might not know. You can either say “ONE HUNDRED PERCENT” or “A HUNDRED PERCENT”. “HUN” like what you call your lover and “DRED” which has your typical “DR” sound in front which is then linked into the color “RED”. “HUNDRED”. Both “ONE HUNDRED” and “A HUNDRED” are fine and have the same meaning but if you’re dealing with an accountant, mathematician, or a scientist, then I’ll go with “ONE HUNDRED” instead.
And our last one would be,
Diarrhea
Four syllables.
Ok, let’s be mature with this one, guys. The spelling of this word can throw you off, so I wanted to focus on the pronunciation for this one.
“DIE”, the same sound as “DIE”, like when someone passes away. “A” has a short “A” sound and “RIA”. If I were to spell it, it would look like “R E E - A”




Moving onto Vocabulary!

The first word is:
1. Vomit
Definition
to empty the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Used in a sentence you could say,
“The vet put something down the cat’s throat to make it vomit.”

Next word,
2. Diarrhea
Definition
an illness in which the body's solid waste is more liquid than usual and comes out of the body more often
Used in a sentence you could say,
“You risk diarrhea if you eat something that hasn’t been properly cooked.”

And lastly,
3. Malaria
Definition:
a disease that you can get from the bite of a particular type of mosquito (= a small flying insect). Malaria causes periods of fever and makes you shiver and feel very cold. It is common in many hotter parts of the world.
Used in a sentence you can say:
“I had to get my malaria vaccine today because my flight is tomorrow.”


Hemorrhoids! Someone listed hemorrhoids! That was quite funny. The one that stuck out for me was when a person talked about losing a parent or friend. Like the person said, you don’t really get over something like that, which is true. I’ve lost friends over the years and I still think about them to this day. One of them was a good friend who used to tutor me in math back in high school. Rest in peace, JP. Miss you, buddy. Cherish the people around while you still have them. That is one thing this pandemic has taught me. It’s the value of family and friends. They were the ones I leaned on and continue to lean on to this day. I make sure I tell my family and friends how I feel about them because no one ever knows what will happen tomorrow.
Alright guys, in the next episode, I’ll be talking about the Earth’s oceans in 1,000 years! Want to know how they’ll turn out? Will humans be extinct? Join me in the next episode to find out! See you next time! Bye!

Day 21 ^o^

Sweating, vomiting, diarrhea. 100%, he was like, "You have malaria."