Recently a lesson was uploaded on “the most mispronounced words in English language”
and I read through the comments and I realized, that there was one of the most motivated learners
who said that, that we seem to have missed a lot of other words as well, so thank you
very much for that comment, because this is part two and this lesson is entirely devoted
to you. In this lesson we are going to be talking about some of those words that we
seem to have missed, the last time because of the shortage of time, let's get started.
The first one in the list is, J-A-P-A-N, which is a nation, which is a country in the northeastern
part of the world, and a lot of people mispronounce it as in Japan, they literally go with the
spelling of the word, but it is not Japan, it is Japan. For example like you have a pan,
that you cook the gravy in, that you basically cook your vegetables in, you say /Juh-Pan/,
one more time, /Juh-Pan/. Next word S-E-C-O-N-D, after first what comes? First, second but
it gets mispronounced as second, second. But it is not right it is /sek-ind/ it is, sek-ind.
One more time, sek-ind. Next word is, truth. What is the opposite of false? The opposite
of false is, truth or truth? The sound ‘oo’ here is a little stressed, when we speak the
word and it turns out to be /tr-oo-th/, please repeat after me truth, truth. It is not truth
it is truth. Next one opposite or opposite? If I am here then you are opposite me, so
how do we say the word? We actually stress on the first part of the word and that is
here, a lot of people pronounce it by stressing on the second part opposite. It is not opposite,
it is opposite. So we say /op-uh-zit/, one more time opposite not opposite. Next one
is the place that one stands, for example my position is towards the left hand side
of the board to you. So what is it position or position? Position a lot of people misunderstand
the ‘Z’ sound with ‘G’, which is wrong and we say /puh-zi-shan/, one more time /puh-zi-shan/,
position. We also do not say, position, Po we say ‘puh’, position. The next word
is, what you respond to a question, how do you respond and give the response to a question?
By giving the answer. But sometimes people pronounce, pronounce the ‘w’ sound in
an exaggerated manner, and they say answer, wer, wer, not right, it is, /aan-suh/, one
more time, it is answer, answer, not ans-wer. Next is, example, and it gets mispronounced
as example or example. It is not exam, example, it is example, so /ig-zam-pl/ please repeat
after me, ‘ig’, it starts with ‘ig’ not ‘eg’, example, example. Next word,
especially or especially? The first one is right. So something that is quite special
to you, for example what is quite special to me? These video lessons are quite special
to me and I especially make them for you guys. Especially or especially? It is, ‘is’
we start it with ‘is’ ‘shali’ ‘pe-shali’ /is-pe-shali/ especially, especially. Next
word in the list of the most pronounced, mispronounced words is, ‘cabin’ you have an office,
and a family member or a friend comes to your office, you say, that's my cabin or cabin?
The rule is really simple, you have a cab, cab means a taxi, that's how we pronounce
it, and we write /ke-bin/ cabin we write cabin, we say cabin, not cabin, it is cab. The next
one in the list is pressure, do we say pressure? Or do we say pressure? Or do we say pressure?
It is pressure, /pre-sha/, please repeat after me, pressure. Let's look at the next word,
you go to a movie hall and to watch the film you need to show a snippet of a paper, what
is that paper called? It's called a ticket, but it is commonly mispronounced as ‘tiket’,
it is not tiket, it is /tik-it/, please repeat after me ticket. The next word, if you feel
bore, board and you don't want to do anything, but there is another emotion that is the opposite
of being bored, what is that called? This is the word and how do we pronounce it? Excite
or excite? It is, please repeat after me, ‘site’, /ek-site/, not excite, it is excite.
The next word is, in the olden times the, the kings and the queens used to have a big
sort of a something which they used to use to fight, what was that thing called? It's
called a sword. But how do we pronounce it? Is it sward, because it has ‘W’ in it?
Let's check it out. Please repeat after me, ‘aw-d’ /s-aw-d/ it is not ‘swored’,
it is, sword. Let's look at the next one, enthusiasm and enthusiastic, enthusiastic
is a quality and adjective, enthusiasm is noun. So a person who is quite energetic,
who is always there to do things, that person is called an enthusiastic personality, but
how do we pronounce it? Let's break it down, /en-thu-zi-as-tik/ enthusiastic,
not ‘enthuciastick’, sometimes people say. The next word that is similar to this
one is, enthusiasm and how do we pronounce it? Please repeat after me, /en-thu-zi-e-zm/
enthusiasm, enthusiasm. The next word is, is it end or is it end? Something that goes
that goes, that comes to an end basically, how do we pronounce that, end or end? Let's
have a look at it, it starts with ‘eh’ not ‘aa’ the other word is ‘and’,
we're in who we use to describe two things in, in, in one common thing basically and
that is let's say, ‘the red and blue’, ‘and’ but not, ‘the red end blue’
but when something finishes we call it ‘end’, it has come to an end. Next one is, a savory
or a sweet thing that you eat during the breakfast, or during evening snacks, what do you call
it? Is it biscut or is it Biskit? The ‘cut’ here changes to ‘kit’ and it becomes /bis-kit/,
one more time, biscuit. Let's look at the last three words, a businessman is, a businessman,
especially a person who has started his own company and has managed to establish that
as well, who do we call that person, who is that person? That person is entrepreneur,
what is it? Entrepreneur or entrepreneur? It is entrepreneur. Let's do it together,
/on-tra-preh-na/, let's do it together, entrepreneur, one more time, entrepreneur. The next word
is excuse or excuse? Let's have a look at
it ‘ooz’, ‘kyooz’, /iks-kyooz/, it does not start with ‘eh’, it starts with
‘ik’, excuse me, excuse me please, not excuse me please. And finally we have a very
interesting word, you use it when you're not sure about something and how do you say that,
probably or probably? You put the stress on the first part of the word and you say, ‘pro’
you don't say ‘pro-ba’ it is
/pro-buhb-li/, ‘b-li’ ‘uhb-li’ pro-buhb-li, probably, not probably, it is probably. This
brings us to the end of the second series of the most commonly mispronounced words.
Have a great day, I hope you enjoyed this lesson and God bless.