Today I'm going to introduce some

often mispronounced English words

In English

pronunciation is very important

If you mispronounce something

it might mean something different

causing misunderstandings

In our daily lives

we often mispronounce words

because of their spelling

Did you know?

Ray has actually previously done a

funny video on mispronunciations

But that video seemed to be

just for fun

So today, we're doing some actual teaching

on easily mispronounced English words

Before we talk about their correct pronunciations

I will try to copy

how they're usually mispronounced

Please keep in mind that

I'll be using an American accent

So please make sure to learn the correct pronunciation that comes after

Don't be misled by the earlier mispronunciations!

First

First

How would you pronounce this?

I used to mispronounce this all the time

Because its spelling is

a-l-m-o-n-d

There's an "L" in the middle

So when we read it

We often pronounce the "L"

And pronounce it as "aLmond"

However! This is incorrect!

The correct pronunciation is

Almond

Yup, the "L" is silent

Isn't it weird?

Almond

Second

How would you pronounce this?

Ray used to pronounce this incorrectly

He pronounces it as "peessa"

Yup!

And then someone commented

"Hey, you seem to have mispronounced pizza!"

The correct pronunciation is

Yup, it's like

Miss Ko

Pizza from New York

She ate a really bad pizza somewhere

(Oh you're saying it in Chinese)

Pizza! Yes!

I was saying it in Chinese~

(Oh, okay)

Pizza

And the third

Everyone must be thinking

What? This word?

Isn't this on an elementary level?

Do we need to teach this?

But this word actually has a hidden trap~

Everyone must think p-o-l-i-c-e

is pronounced as p-o

"Poh-lice"

But this is incorrect!

The correct pronunciation is

(Is there a difference?!)

Police

Four!

(You can't think of any more sound effects, right?)

This word is actually often mispronounced

Because its verb

is pronounce

So when it becomes a verb

You might want to carry the "o" into it

Making it "pronOunciation"

But you actually can't pronounce the "o"

The correct pronunciation is

Yup!

So its spelling gives you a hint

So don't pronounce the "o!"

Pronunciation

Fifth!

Imagine your own sound effects...

(What? Lame...)

(Fine, I'll edit it later)

Please edit it later, I've run out of ideas~

When mispronounced, you would pronounce it with three syllables

Turning it into "Wed-nes-day"

But! The correct pronunciation is

There are only two syllables!

Wednesday!

Sixth!

How would you pronounce this?

Those who love reading books

Especially English novels

Must be familiar with this

Because this word means a type of novel

If mispronounced, you might pronounce it as

"jen-ry"

But the correct pronunciation

is actually "genre"

Why doesn't it sound like English?

Because it's not an English word

It's French!

So the correct pronunciation is

Genre

Seventh!

How would you pronounce this?

When I collaborated with WaWaKu on our horoscopes video

I mispronounced this word

(I know which word it is!)

Yup, I pronounced it as "mischeevious"

Really, I've always pronounced it as

"mischeevious"

Because it just looks like it should be pronounced as "mischeevious," right?

But actually its correct pronunciation

Should have three syllables

Mischievous

Eighth!

How would you pronounce this?

I'm sure this word must have

frustrated many people for a long time

Because this word looks very special

q-u-e-u-e

Is it supposed to be "que-wei"

or "qui-wi?"

Actually its pronunciation is very simple!

Just one syllable

It is

So

It's pronounced like the letter "Q"

Queue

Ninth!

How would you pronounce this?

The way this word is often mispronounced

is separating it into two parts

Making them two independent words

Which are "break" and "fast"

So you might pronounce it as

"break-fAst"

But this is incorrect!

The correct pronunciation is

Breakfast

Tenth!

How would you pronounce this?

Those who love coffee, don't mispronounce this word!

Actually I think I mispronounced this before

The incorrect version is "eXpresso"

There's an "X" sound

But let's look at the spelling

It's spelled "es" so the correct pronunciation is

You might be reminded of my video on Starbucks vocabulary

Here it is! Go watch it!

Has this episode been helpful?

Is it too easy?

Or do you think

Um... even if it's easy it's okay

because my pronunciation sounds great

Please let me know in the comment section

my pronunciation

is really, really great!

Fine, so our video ends here!

I hope everyone liked it

It's been a while since I filmed

Ray has also filmed a

Funny... Huh?

Was it about pronun..? (You don't know! You don't watch my videos!)

Hey, it was a long time ago so I forget...

(Okay, fine)

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