Hi there, so in today's video we're going to look at 15 words that I hear
mispronounced almost all the time. I can guarantee that there is at least one
word here that you mispronounce, so make sure you stay until the end just to
check, maybe you're okay, we'll see, but do stay until the end because these ones
are very very very commonly mispronounced.
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Friday. So the first word here is pronunciation pronunciation, now a lot of
people say "pronounce-iation", even natives so if you say pronounce-iation", you're not
alone, natives do it as well. Pronoun, pronoun, pronuncia,
so the stress is there, pronunciation, pronunciation. While we're here I also
want to mention about the verb "to pronounce", it is not "pronunce", "pronoun", "pronoun",
pronounce, pronounce. The next one is certificate, certificate, "cate", notice that
I'm not saying "certificATE", "certificATE", which is what a lot of students do,
certificate. So that ending is very weak, it's with a schwa, certificate. This one
is super important to get right, a lot of students move the stress and they
accidentally say "impotent" which means something completely different.
I will let you google that one, important, important, the stress is on the second
syllable. That's very important to know. Important, important. The next one is
"heart", in British English we don't pronounce the R, heart, "ahh", heart. A lot
of students say "hurt", "my hurt" but that's a different word, heart, heart. This one is
"iron", now in British English it is pronounced differently to in American
English, so that R is not pronounced in British English, do be aware of that. Iron,
iron. Not "i-Ron", iron, the R is completely removed, iron.
Recipe, recipe, recipe, not "reci-p", careful. Recipe. Now this one gets confused with
recipe, quite a lot and it's receipt, receipt, now the P is completely silent
in this one, don't ask me why it's there, it's just there. Receipt, receipt. Remove
that P, receipt. Colonel, Colonel. It's not a common word but it is one that people
come across from time to time especially if they watch a lot of TV series and
films it's not "colo-nel" so that first L is silent, "co-nel"
"ker", "er", so it's the same sound as in "girl", okay, "ker", colonel, remove that first L
it's completely silent. Forget it. Chaos, chaos, chaos, not "cao-s",
don't be influenced by the spelling here, "kei", "kei", chaos, chaos, be very careful with
that one. This is a common one, fruit, fruit. People, again, they get influenced
by the spelling and they say "froo-it", "froo-it", but forget that "i", it's just a
long "oo", fruit, fruit. Would you like some "choc-oh-leit" or "choc-oh-lat", no, chocolate, chocolate. There are just two syllables
in English there are not three. "Choc-let", and notice that second one is not "leit"
and it's not "lat" and it's definitely not "la-te", chocolate, "lat", "lat", "lat", it's with a schwa.
Okay? Chocolate, chocolate. Another one,
I hear this pronounced as "com-for-tei-ble" and "com-for-table quite a lot. Comfortable,
comfortable. How many syllables am I pronouncing? It's with three, comfortable,
comfortable. "comf-tuh-bul". You see I very quickly transition there
from that "m" to the "f" "comf",
comfortable, three syllables, comfortable. Colleague, colleague, this is not the same
as college, which a lot of people pronounce it like. College is a place
where you study, colleague is the person you work with. Colleague, colleague.
Psychology, psychology, a lot of students pronounce that "psy" as "si" and they say
"psi-chology" "psi-cotherapist", for example. "I'm a psi-chologist". But it's not "si", it
is "sai", the beginning "psy" is always "sai" in English. Psychology, psychotherapist,
psychotherapy, psychologist, they're all with "sai". And the last one, probably the
most commonly confused and mispronounced one, is entrepreneur, entrepreneur,
entrepreneur. So that ending "uh" "en-tre-pre-neur", entrepreneur. I hope this video has
helped you a lot with your pronunciation and any words that you maybe
mispronounced. Do let me know below, which words did you mispronounce from the video?
Were there any or did you get them all right? If you got them all right, perfect.
Let me know in the comments as well. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this video.
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