Hi guys and welcome back to love English I'm Leila and today I've got a
pronunciation that lesson for you. I'm going to be looking at ten words that
are commonly mispronounced in English but these are 10 advanced words, they are
less commonly used. Well most of them so therefore they're often not focused on
in English classes however what I would like you to try and do is practice the
pronunciation with me I'll repeat the word once twice maybe even three times
if I think the pronunciation is quite difficult and hopefully you will
pronounce these words correctly it's not just non-native speakers that make
pronunciation mistakes so this lesson might also be useful for native speakers
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started 10 advanced English words that are often mispronounced
right guys number one often mispronounced as heinous heinous in fact
it is heinous heinous an adjective meaning very very bad often wicked
almost evil often describing crimes he committed a number of heinous crimes so
copy after me imitate my pronunciation heinous heinous it was a heinous crime
it is an incredibly strong adjective so be careful how and when you use it you
wouldn't really often describe it unless it really is something quite wicked and
terrible number two this is often a pronunciation mistake made by non-native
speakers because there is a CH in the word it's not hey Ritchie or hey Archie
absolutely not it's hierarchy hierarchy so for example
there's a very strict hierarchy in politics or our company put a lot of
emphasis on hierarchy within the business meaning everyone is in their
specific position or level of authority and power so correct pronunciation again
hierarchy hierarchy is that at the end knowledge hierarchy number three again
another really weird peculiar spelling so often mispronounced neesh neesh so
the MIS pronunciation of this word is often something along the lines of Nisha
Nisha or Nietzsche Nietzsche it's not it's one syllable niche niche only one
syllable there guys so essentially the vowel on the end isn't pronounced now
Nisha is referring to something that's very specialized often we refer to niche
markets so within industry certain markets we were
talk about a niche market where you're doing something creating a product
that's very specialized and particular only for some people or a certain group
of people okay number four and again these letters really are not pronounced
the way they look in English it is not parody gum parody gum parody gum it is
paradigm paradigm there we go so paradigm is a noun and it's referring
to a typical example or pattern in something the paradigm of the ideal
woman would be someone that is caring nurturing beautiful and can cook it's a
bit stereotypical as well word number five now I actually don't think this is
a particularly advanced word but it may be one that is less commonly used it is
not Salman Salman it is salmon salmon so there you can see quite simply that it
is a silent owl we don't pronounce the L in English we say summon in the same way
would actually say almond almond rather than almond although I believe in
American English they do pronounce it this way number six this is a great word
some of these words obviously do come from other languages most commonly
French and therefore we really just don't get the French pronunciation
correct so this word renders vu Ren des Baux Ren des voos really not if you
pronounce this wrong then you need to correct it now it's a great advanced
word to use the word is rendezvous rendezvous so basically this is a nice
advanced posh word meaning meet to meet someone to fix an appointment so what
time shall we rendezvous I have a rendezvous this evening using the French
word sounds a little bit more exciting it might be that it's the romantic
meeting a date that you've got so it could be a really fun way of saying
you're meeting someone for a romantic situation although it doesn't have to be
romantic rendezvous number seven another word that is often mispronounced
mischievious it is not mischievous it is mischievous mischievous I have included
this in other pronunciation lessons but it is such a common advanced word that
is mispronounced that I feel I have to include it again so mischievous an
adjective meaning to have a fondness a liking for causing trouble in a playful
way the children were very mischievous today not mischievous mischievous so the
syllable stress is on the first mischievous not mischievious on the
second their mischievous right number eight this is a really bizarre word for
people to pronounce wrong and yet they do a lot the verb is pronounced
pronounce the words but the noun is pronoun enunciation pronunciation so
there we go pronounce but pronunciation not
pronunciation pronunciation listen carefully to any native speakers check
if they are mispronouncing this word and correct their pronunciation okay number
nine now again this is a word that does look a little bit confusing and so it is
often mispronounced it is not jewelry jewelry jewelry but it is jewelry
jewelry jewelry jewelry two syllables not three it's not jewelry but it is
jewelry jewelry so the items of accessories earrings necklaces bracelets
a watch could even be perhaps considered part of your jewelry
number 10 a word that is really quite short and yet it is often mispronounced
cows cows it is not cows but it is chaos K so an a
sound like train chaos chaos a noun meaning disorder confusion it's total
chaos in the UK when it snows it's total chaos in the UK when it snows right guys
so there's worked 10 advanced words that are frequently and mispronounced and of
course as usual lets me know what words do you find difficult to pronounce in
English or indeed are there any words in your language that people can't
pronounce correctly I will be making another lesson very soon on the 100
words you find difficult to pronounce that will be coming up next month
so make sure you keep watching for that and of course comment below let me know
what other words you find really difficult to pronounce and I will
include it in the video thank you very much for watching take care and see you
on love English really soon