10 English Words You're (probably) Mispronouncing! | Difficult Pronunciation | Common Mistakes
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- In this English pronunciation lesson, I'm going to show you how to pronounce some difficult words. These words are often pronounced incorrectly and are common mistakes that many English students make. This is because the combination of sounds is difficult, or because there are silent letters and syllables.
I've chosen these words because they are common words and they are words that are often pronounced incorrectly by English learners.
These words are:
- vegetable
- comfortable
- almond* (Australian pronunciation!)
- salmon
- et cetera (etc.)
- clothes
- jewellery
- architecture
- enthusiastic
- word, world & work
- photograph
Please note that the pronunciation of some of these words differs between English accents. I speak with an Australian English accent 🙂
Let's fix these pronunciation mistakes together so that you can speak English more clearly and confidently!
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Why this is important
01:12 Vegetable
01:53 Comfortable
02:25 Almond and Salmon
03:35 et cetera (etc.)
04:20 Clothes
06:20 Jewellery
07:21 Architecture
08:33 Enthusiastic
10:30 Word, World & Work
11:46 Photograph
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As a native English speaker, I never really realised how hellish our language is for others to pronounce! Sorry rest of world!!
Haha it really is one confusing language!! 😂😂
Bertie Ahern still better than french!
Bertie Ahern hahaha
English is arguably the trickiest language in the world!
try Polish bro
As a native English speaker I always have and always will pronounce the “l" in almond, even if it’s technically incorrect.
AGREED.
Why is that
Yup same
Please don’t! It’ll be such a damage to the language!
Isn't it called as accent? We will struggle to change our accent as we've been used to hearing it since we were younger
Some of these aren't so much mispronunciations, but rather colloquialisms. As in, over time the way people said certain words changed. Saying "com-FOR-table" or saying the L in almond are actually still technically correct speech, it's simply through colloquialization that the abbreviated pronunciations have been largely accepted as "correct."
Well said! Finally someone hits the key point.
Thank you. Just what I was going to say.
Photograph, Photography, Photographer, Photograhic etc, are multi syllable words with sounds unlike any other English words. Which means, no matter where the accent was placed, English speaker should understand it without any problem.
ie, even if none-native speaker mispronounced them, why would you not be able to understand such words?
short words are harder, because you don't have multiple syllable to compensate for error.
Agreed. I often hear and use "Com-FOR-table" and the L in almond.
They're still mispronunciations, and colloquialism refers more to informal, conversational speech and writing by use of interjections, idioms and expressions, than specifically to lazy pronunciations, regardless of whether they've become more "common" over time. Becoming common doesn't make them correct. And if you are mispronouncing something by making it longer or adding extra sounds or syllables, that's not abbreviation, that's the opposite of abbreviating, which is extra incorrect. abbreviating means making something shorter, but you're not doing that if you're adding syllables. Lastly, not once in my 36 years have I ever heard anyone pronounce it "comFORtable"....which is incorrect.
I love Arabic in the sense that you pronounce words exactly as you write them, no hidden nonsense, no random pronunciations and no irregular verbs.
Is Arabic your native language? If so, your English is flawless. Also, my stomach always sinks in shame when I'm reminded of how much of the world is multilingual and understands the importance of grasping more than one language. I understand a bit of Spanish, but like so many of my fellow Americans, I never experienced an immersion into a second (or third) language; I think our schools are trying to improve, but it's not nearly enough. Multilingualism enriches our minds, cultures, and job opportunities as well as being a sensible skill to have if you'd like to travel.
Yea i love arabic even tho chakl , ا ى, ؤ ئ أ ء are lowkey hard
Strange comment, when you know in Arabic, some vowels are said but not written down.
@@snilas we have vowel..?
@@LiraMel ...who's ''we'' ?
Some of these, like "comfortable" and "almond," are alternate pronunciations, mostly based on regional variations.
Notice Emma pronounces the letter "H" as "haych," but the US pronunciation is "aych." Neither is wrong, just different based on geographical origin.
THIS!!! Thanks!
Can not think of a different way to say 'comfortable' apart from come-for-ta-bull. Nor 'Ah-mund'. Canada West.
Thank you for make me feel less dumb haha greetings from Brazil
Personally, I would say that 'haych' is never correct; it is simply used so often that it has become acceptable to some people in some areas. There's no 'h' at the beginning of 'aitch'.
Alternate is not accepted as a synonym for alternative by English speakers of good education.
1:12 Vegetable
1:52 Comfortable
2:26 Almond
3:35 Etc.
4:21 Clothes
6:18 Jewellery
7:21 Architecture
8:33 Enthusiastic
10:31 Word World Work
11:46 Photograph
Thank you
thank’s!!!
Thank u 🙏🏾
Thank you
Veggie Table. 🥗 🥕🥦
Alllmonds
Acksetra
Jew Al ary
Namaste 🙏
As an Englishman, you are correct and also incorrect, it depends totally on where you live.
The difference between the upper north and the south is night and day.
Scone or Scon huh
Yes and No.
There is "Proper".
And then there is
"Common."
Two different things.
She's not an Englishman, she's a woman.
@@rulistening7777 No again. There is no such thing as "proper" English. Language is an emergent social construct. The correct thing is whatever makes you understood, and will vary by location and audience. There is no universally correct set of rules. Just look at spellings: color and colour, grey and gray, organize and organise, analyse and analyze, daemon and demon, analogue and analog. All of these are correct in different parts of the world. What you might call "proper" English is just the way it was done before, but not the way it was always done. Even reading documents from 200 years ago can be difficult to modern readers.
@@gowdsake7103 it's always scawn. As in, what's the fasted cake in the bakery? Scone
Embrace your accent ! The way you speak is beautiful and unique to you, your culture, and your background. Always feel free to work on your accent if it's something you're interested in, but never feel pressured to change the way you comfortably speak because you feel judged and outcasted. As someone who grew in socal and has a mom and grandma who speak English and Spanish, I know that the way I say things is completely different from a perspn from New York who grew up with Chinese speaking family member.
As a native English speaker, I can confirm that the English speakers are very good at practicing and understanding their native English language in general and are very knowledgeable about the language of their semester!
As someone with an accent, you can’t really tell the rest of the english speaking people that their pronunciations are wrong. It all depends on where you’re from. You still know what they’re saying regardless
You’re never met anyone from Boston have you?
@@amp788 *you’ve
right? like ya, ofc it sounds like ppl are saying it differently... you have an accent.
@@mavie20120 Thank you for correcting my obvious typo. Nobody would have ever figured out what I was trying to say unless you took care of that for me.
@@amp788 you’re very welcome that’s what I was trying to achieve. I sincerely hope you’ll learn from this and reflect !!
In the US almond is definitely pronounced with the L. Sounds like "all mend." I've never heard anyone in the US pronounce it without the L. Maybe it's pronounced differently in some countries. The L is also pronounced in palm, balm, napalm, qualm, calm but is not pronounced in salmon.
Must depend where one grows up. I never pronounce the "L" in these words.
Exactly
@@remaguire Where did you grow up? I'm from the Midwest area of the US and I've never heard anyone pronounce almond as "ah mond," etc.
She’s using RP
Another Midwesterner….
Never heard a native American speaker say almond without the “l.” Most of us grew up with an Almond Joy commercial/jingle that pronounced itself withe the “l.”
And though it is not that common, there certainly are Americans who pronounce the “l” in salmon.
Interesting video! As a native speaker of American English, I do pronounce the l in almond. I'll also admit to pronouncing clothes as close. It's easier, and the difference is subtle.
know what - you are so wrong, you are very wrong. There is no American English or English English. There is one language that is considered to be a medium of international communication. and if you start changing everything to the way you like, then people will stop understanding you, stop vandalising the language
Great job Emma! I love your videos. They're really helpful for my students. You explain things in a very informative, yet appealing way. Keep up the good work!
As a Texan, I have never heard anyone here not pronounce the "L" in walk and talk. Matter of fact, I believe the only ones I've heard do that are usually from Boston or parts of NYC. But then again those people don't pronounce the "R" in car either.
Bro when I heard her say that I'm like tf who tf doesn't say L in walk, I'm in Cali bro
You're wrong then
I guess I am according to r'tards
Why do Texans pronounce the word "old" as "ode" and the word "told" like "toad"? I hear people from Texas doing this a lot.
@@mcmlxii4419 Not sure who you've heard this or where in Texas, but I was born and raised in DFW and in 43 years I haven't heard this.
I like the way you speak. You are not fast and every words coming from your mouth is clear. I love that.
yes
Great
yes
that perfect
Inafe Bubole A wonderful tutorial! Thanks! As a non native English speaker, it is very difficult for me to adopt this. But, it has become a great help understand the native speakers!
I am a Korean, and I am really glad to have found the location of soft palate(한국어로 연구개) in mouth, which I had been trying to know for a few years and decided not to try to find for 40 years afterwards until I saw this mmmEnglish lesson lately. Thank the new dictionaries with kind images and mmmEnglish!!
You could do a video on regional pronunciation in Australia. To foreigners we may all sound alike, but I've noticed Victorians say "salary" and "celery" the same, and South Australians pronounce "girls" like "gills" and say "dance", "chance" etc. like the Brits do. I've noticed regional variations with indigenous names too, like Bingara pronounced "Bing-Gra" in NSW, yet a Queenslander would pronounce it "Bing-Gahra". I think they pronounce "Yatala Vale" in SA like "Ya-Tahla", yet we pronounce the Gold Coast suburb "Yat-Lah".
The "missing" syllable in "vegetable", "comfortable" and "jewellery" are not technically missing, snd many people actually do still correctly pronounce them. The shortened version has become more accepted over time basically due to "lazy speaking". It's just faster and easier to leave them out and it doesn't make the word unrecognisable, so people just let it go. It's like "Wednesday" or "Worcester".
it depends on what dialect you speak but of course she is speaking of proper english
@@jonahbreeding2034 I’ve heard some quite proper English English speakers pronounce those words that way. She’s referring to commonly accepted pronunciation, not exclusively correct, but most commonly used.
You are correct!
@@jonahbreeding2034 what she's teaching is improper english.
@@TimeofRagnarokwell i guess that depends end of the world
In the US we pronounce the “l” in almond, but there are several words that Americans and Brits say differently.
That’s because Americans pronounce many words wrong.
Just look at how they pronounce the letter "h"
Haytch ^^
This woman isn't a Brit. She's from down under. I'm from England and I pronounce the L in almond too. We also say vegetable and comfortable without any silent letters
I’m a native New Yorker and never pronounced the L in “almond” in my entire life! But, then, the NYC accent is different from most of the country and sounds more technically correct to many ears. Peace.
@@MuzikJunky from Missouri and I don't pronounce the L either.
Despite English being my first language (I'm Irish), you got me with two of the words here. Almond (I've always pronounced the "l") and jewellery (I've always pronounced the final "e"). It's going to take a lot of effort for me to break a lifetime of conditioning!
As a native Spanish speaker, this video makes sense, in Spanish we pronounce every syllable, we're taught to actually separate them to learn to pronounce correctly, like (Chair) Silla Si-lla, (Bird) Pájaro Pá-Ja-Ro, (Otorhinolaryngologist) Otorrinolaringólogo O-To-Rri-No-La-Rin-Gó-Lo-Go. Of course it helps that we pronounce as it's read, but when it comes to English, confusion happens because we see the word for example Vegetable (which is written the same way in Spanish) and automatically we read it as Ve-Ge-Ta-Ble. So yeah, English Pronunciation is a whole brain reset.
Ve-Ge-Ta-Ble is absolutely the correct pronunciation in English. There are four syllables in the word Vegetable.
The second syllable is often dropped when speaking quickly due to elision, whereby native speakers omit syllables because it makes the word easier to say, but pronouncing it is absolutely correct.
As a reading and English teacher, it’s very important not to pronounce a word incorrectly in a teaching situation. The word should only be pronounced correctly, so as to reinforce the proper pronunciation. Introducing several mispronunciations is only confusing and thus the material has to be unlearned and then the correct pronunciation learned. The explanation of the differences in the English language are great, but it’s best just pronounce the word correctly.
Ok thx teacher 😃😃😃😃😃 God bless you and keep you safe at all times Amen
Ok karen...
Disagree
As a reading and English teacher, your grammar is a bit rough!
My mother tongue is Sinhala (Main language in Sri Lanka). We can easily pronounce all these words very comfortably, all thanks to the wide variety of sounds in our mother tongue.
Thank you Emma, you are my go to for proper pronunciation! You technic is perfect, I like the way you demonstrate the right and incorrect sounding of the words.
I'm a native english speaker and i didn't know i was pronouncing most of these wrong, so if u are learning english don't worry about it!!! Congrats that you have gotten this far
edit: i commented this to be encouraging and kind to people learning english, not as a place for all of you to fight about which accents are valid or wrong and harass each other. please let's be encouraging and kind to each other! thanks
jackie justice I appreciate you for being honest.
jackie justice, you are most likely NOT mispronouncing these words wrong. In American terms, mmmEnglish is mispronouncing them. She does a great job if she is teaching ESL to foreigners who are just learning English. As mentioned in other comments, the pronunciations she gives could be counted against someone taking a standardized test. They certainly would be counted against candidates I tested in English during my government career. Most of what she has wrong is simply a matter of proper diction and enunciation. As Robert Kolakowski stated, your spoken English is fine if you speak as the majority of your community does. However, if you are ever in a position to speak to highly-educated English speakers, you want to be at the top of your game.
jackie justice thank you very much. can you understand me if i say half with L
Vinicio Mendez yes don't worry about it!!!!
I Lk 2 rt Lk ths !
8:16 Just wanted to point out since this is a video about pronunciation that the letter H "For most English speakers, the name for the letter is pronounced as /eɪtʃ/ and spelled "aitch" or occasionally "eitch". The pronunciation /heɪtʃ/ and the associated spelling "haitch" is often considered to be h-adding and is considered nonstandard in England."
Thanks for clarifing that.
Thank you! I was looking for this comment!
@@coerncapone5586 me too:-)
In Australia I have noticed that children who came through the Roman catholic school system are more likely to put the H in aitch.. Of course over the years it has migrated.
@@ianmontgomery7534 That is an urban myth and a throwback to a time in Australia when Catholics were regarded as second class citizens. It was never true anyway, it’s a snide put-down.
Thanks Emma. I pronounced some of the words incorrectly for more than 20 years. A very good lession
EMMA is my favorite teacher to whom we can learn better orthography, phonology, and phonetics. I LOVE mmmEnglish.
In the UK and the USA we pronounce the l in almond. Maybe it's just an Australian thing.
Barry Inglaterra I'm British and don't pronounce the l. It's said ah-mond
Gillian Spence No, it really isn't. If that's the way you happen to pronounce it, it must be a peculiarity of your particular regional dialect. I don't know which part of the UK you're from, but I'm from Newcastle and also lived for several years in Manchester, then four years in Warwickshire and I have never heard anyone pronounce almond without the 'l' until I saw this video. Not once.
I believe you may be right in that it's regional; if you Google "British people say almond" you'll see that the rest of the world is stunned when (many) British people don't pronounce the "L"
yeah i think the rp english not pronounce the sound l in almond
You're right! :) /ˈɑːmənd/
Hello Emma, I hope you're making the fundamental distinction between orthography, phonology and phonetics because when you say that "vegetable" only has three syllables that is incorrect, we pronounce it as if it only has three syllables but it is effectively a four syllable word.
Yeah.
She is also confusing pronunciation from different region.
All the words that she chose would have been pronounced in a different way in different areas.
I'm from the north of England and we pronounce them VERY different!
I don't actually know anyone that would pronounce "Almond" with an 'r' sound. >.<
She TOTALLY got "Jewellery" wrong.
I'm guessing that she should be making it better known that she is using Australian English rather than British, "Received pronunciation" English.
And the e in vegetable IS pronounced in vegetation.
@@ronaldscott5786 it's also pronounced in "Vegetable"!
I wonder how she pronounces "February"...
@@Kalamain You just know she says "Febuary"
@@ronaldscott5786 it supports the j sound of the g or it might sound like egg like "veggtable or ga like gas "
We need more of these lessons, especially here in Nigeria, and I must confess, we make all of these mispronunciations. Thank you so much dear.
I am a stickler for grammar and pronunciation. Have been my life entire (61 yrs), as we're my parents. You got me on almond and photograph. Thanks. I always appreciate corrections, as long as they are delivered in a courteous tone. 😁
Since you're a stickler for grammar and pronunciation I'm sure you realize that correct grammar would be "...as were my parents" not "as we're my parents". We're is a contraction of the words "we are".
@@FumariVI Yeah, "as we're my parents" sounds weird and I have to ask myself... what does that even mean? I'm a foreigner. Turned out he mistyped it.
Origins have a lot to do with how words are pronounced. Also, pronunciation of words and words in general evolve over time. When we realize a pronunciation we’ve been using doesn’t fit how the word is spelt then we evolve the pronunciation. Also, region has a lot to do with the pronunciation of words as accents play a huge part in the pronunciation. Diversity is a beautiful thing.
I eat chicken
Someone should change bologna 😒
@@lovvelyz Ah yes, one of the words English "borrowed" from Italian's pockets after walking down a dark alley and was too lazy to change the spelling.
I am an English and Spanish student and I can say that pronunciation is only learned by practicing with another native speaker.
Thank you so much!
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When my son was younger in school he challenged one of his teachers - why do you need some letters in words if those letters are silent. Oh, I was called into a parent/teacher meeting over that... . He was not being rude, he was just asking a question which made sense. But hey🤔🤔
Nice having this "English" person teaching this American how to speak English. Her accent is distinguishable. She is teaching the same pronunciations I learned in the 60s in elementary school.
Though I have been a teacher of English for more than thirty eight years , I confess I benefit much from these lessons. You are an excellent teacher indeed. Thank you. My name is Amir and I live in New York now as I am originally from Egypt.
How are you doing Amir ?
I wish I could be back in High School and had you as my English teacher. I fell in love with your way of speaking and teaching. Greetings from Italy
Dearest Emma. Thank you very much for this lesson. As non native speaker of English this type of lesson is why we keep coming back for more. God bless you today and always.
I'm thrilled to hear that the lessons are helpful for you! Keep up the great work. 🙂
Thank you so much, today I feel how correctly my mother taught me English not a single word pronounciation you explained was wrong just went through the video if I was going in the right direction my mother at 90 made her way to heaven had done her senior Cambridge. All glory to God INDIA
Anyone watching this during lock down??
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Yes me too
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I've been studying English over 5 years and sometimes i don't get much from some english teachers, but from u i felt like i was a begginer and i can say i felt eager to learn more from ur lessons.
Thanks, it's very useful this video. It's not just about speaking english, but do it well. With lessons like this I'm learning that. Thank you teacher Emma. 😊
Glad it was helpful! 😊
I started new its really great
I have been mispronouncing most of the words all this while!😨
Thank you so much!❤❤❤
I love this! I don’t think of my language as interesting until someone points it out. This is the kind of thing that interests me when learning new languages, so I hope someone finds this interesting for learning mine!
At least we don't speak ICELANDICK. Try pronouncing some of those Volcanoes !!!
"I love this!" I hate this. LOL
Two good things you did when making this video: 1. you got an enlargement when explaining the trick of pronunciation. 2. you add 'I didn't make up this list of words. they are from my teaching experience.' at the end, which is convincing to the learners about the usefulness of this video.
Good job! I'd recommend that the "r" in "comfortable" be also crossed out when showing the spelling --since you're already crossing out the "o"! Then the pronunciation becomes even more obvious, IMHO.
you are a great teacher that I have never seen before. The fact that you show us how to do(pronounce ) the same as you by means of the diagram where possible.
you aren't a normal person
you are the best teacher who I have seen
Thank you very much
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Thanks Aaref! 😝
Thanks a lot. I learned a great deal of correct pronunciations from this video.
You are welcome Raymond!
Thanks lovely Emma for a fantastic lecture which is loaded with different techniques to help us learn the easiest way possible! God bless!
mmmEnglish hey there just wanted to let you know that you mispronounce smörgåsbord and gravid.
I'm a native English speaker and pronounce the "L" in almond, walk and talk. It just sounds and feels weird for me to pronounce it without the L even though It's incorrect.
>>I'm a native English speaker
@@alexmuenster2102 This pronunciation isn't hick speak though. It's a well known stereotype that New Yorkers have a "dark" L that is very heavy. For example "I'm walking" is "I'm waLLking"
Can understand the L in almond but certainly not in walk and talk.
@@AngraMainiiu Nev Yorkers do not talk english, but american - so - perhaps you can look up the pronounciation example/programme for americans, please?
@@alistairreid1262 Oh, I see. So you pronounce walk and talk as "wak" and "tak" huh?
Explaining ‘voiced’ (versus ‘unvoiced’) consonants and how to connect them would be helpful.
Thank you. I think this will be quite helpful for some people.
I have a tip for you. The letter H is pronounced like aim, air, "A ch", rather than hay, hair, "Hay ch".
Best regards.
are these the type of videos we've been watching in quarantine. THIS IS MADNESS!!!!!!!
Terry Wrist we have to come out of quarantine more polished with our speaking. ❤️🤣
@@MilkyT0503 lol
you are jewellery emma.
That’s funny
In fairness, I don’t think the target audience are native speakers. But this is incorrect. Your eyes are playing tricks on you.
It's good that you speak slowly .Most of viewers are not native english speaker.It dosn't matter that you use 16min or several hours as long as you speak slowly and correct.Long vid we can save it and resume to watch later when we have time.
The most difficult words for me are the ones with "ths". I can't pronounce truths or clothes corretly yet. The content you have in your channel is very good, thanks!
So dedicated to your work! Thank you for giving us great content! I've been inspired by you a lot for my channel☺
Whilst a good basic grounding in English speech, there are some conflicts. There are a lot of areas (and people) in the UK who say the extra syllable such as in Comfortable, Vegetable and Jewellery. This video discounts a lot of proper spoken english and embraces slang or diluted english. Perfectly legitimate ways of pronunciation, but not very thorough.
Totally agree with you there. I'm a native of the UK and I pronounce all the syllables in comfortable, almond, vegetable and jewellery. Definitely depends on which part of the world you come from!
Would that be in RP English?
RP is fairly recent in the English language and I find it unfair to use the term "proper English" because there are much, much older English speaking accents which still use the long rolling vowels of the saxons and Vikings. 13th 14th century londoners would sound more like the North East accent than RP or cockney accent, so it begs the question. What is proper spoken English? And what is slang English?
@@kipp1231 old English spoken language actually sounded more similar to a generic American accent. It was a mix between the New Zealand and American accent. The different accents in the uk were developed later from a multitude of different reasons, probably a lot to do with slang and individual segregation. So technically speaking America, Canada and even New Zealand have a more accurate pronunciation of the original English language. Which makes sense because in most parts of America and Canada the language is pronounced very similar to how the language is written.
I couldn't agree more. These syllables are also pronounced fully in Hiberno-English, and certainly constitute proper spoken english. This video is misleading, in my opinion.
If you're comfortable with your vegetables and jewellery....
Oh God... The way she speaks is amazing👍 🤩
I love it.. She has no "crazy Brit accent " ...I can hear everything she is saying.
It gets harder when you start watching english teachers with US accent, UK accent, South Africa accent and Australia accent, all mixed.
Once again, I learn a lot from your show. English is not my native language, I come from Vietnam and my first language is Vietnamese. But thanks anyway. Keep up your good work, I needed it.
I love UK accent.. Im Indonesian and i dont have many friends who can and want to talk English. So when I need to practice my speaking skill, I'll watch Harry Potter movie then i repeat the words. XD thats the cheapest, easiest, and funniest way for me to learn how to speak in UK accent.. Hehehehe
she is speaking australian accent
Yolanda Nur Rohma yes but she is not English she is Australian it's a very different accent
Yolanda Nur Rohma
you might heard jw.org in your own lenguage Arabic or else or English pronounciation as well__so many topics magazines readings aloud and you might as well use earphones to perfect peech in the words.
You might practise with a friend of you same age talking to each other.
i'll just speak to my self lol
Yolanda Nur Rohma I'm from UK 🇬🇧, thx!
Mam, you have very detailed and thorough teaching method! Thank you so much, you are an excellent teacher!
I have been watching your videos since long.I am your silent students and Alhamdolleh learnt a lot from you even still I am learning from you. I am eagerly waiting for your news videos. One thing more I have downloaded more than 200 videos of you. Thanks Ma'am I am grateful to you
As an army brat I moved often in childhood; and mostly stationed with a families from southern states like Cajuns. 💓
Now in my adulthood and move to Washington State I’m constantly studying pronunciation as to avoid the public ridicule😃
Don't forget there's a lot of different accents in English that pronounce words different in every way. For example, me being from Nebraska, I pronounce the L in almond and every letter in comfortable. This video is great just take it with a grain of salt because everyone does the same thing slightly different than the last.
Agree! 😊👍
I’m from Nebraska also, have always pronounced the L in almond but I can’t concur with your pronunciation of comfortable. Cumf-ter-bull for me.
Becky Varney thanks for clarifying... I was right then... Mariano Vico guitarist and English teacher from Havana Cuba.
Nobody says clothes like that
Becky Varney thank you so much
Really good, English is my 2nd language (I'm Dutch and emigrated to Australia) and after MANY years I now discover that I pronounced some of these words wrong for years! I will keep practising, thank you!
Fabulous, I'm glad I could help! :)
Thanks for watching.
This is the first video I've seen from your channel and I really loved it. What I still don't fully understand about English language is why I should read the same letters differently depending on the case. Are there rules about that or the only option I have is to memorize how I should pronounce each word? Do you have any video that can guide me on that? Thanks!
If I were you I wouldn't rely on this channel for guidance.
Thank you for the explanation,
what's the difference between :
Do you have any question?
and
Do you have a question?
Many greetings
Hi Hans,
'Do you have a question?' is asking if you have a question so just one singular question whereas 'Do you have any questions?' is asking if you have one or more questions 🙂
@@mmmEnglish_Emma Many thanks for the answer.
I like this video. This is what people like me who is using english as a second language need. The explanation is very simple and very clear. It can be easily understood. I was inspired to create my own channel because of this video. Thank you very much.
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My third language is english😭
Thank you for sharing! 🙏
Many English words in the video resemble French words to me because the common root is latin etymology. 🇫🇷
Thanks Emma. Now you’re going to be my lifetime english language teacher. 😊
This video is:
✔ Life changing ✔ Informative
✔ Inspiring ✔ Heartwarming
✔ Useful ✔calming ✔Enjoyable
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Really? If that is the case I have to say it worries me a bit. Life changing? Really? Heartwarming? Oh, please.
Thanks, I take pride in my English, but my pronunciation has room for improvement.
II have to say that, as a native speaker, I *very slightly* pronounce the “L” in words like almond, talk, and walk. In other words, when I say “walk,” it doesn’t sound quite identical to the way I say “wok.” That said, I completely agree with the advice on pronunciation here, especially for English learners, and also agree that many native speakers do not differentiate between the pronunciations the way I do.
I'm guessing that you pronounce "marry", merry, and "Mary" differently too (as do I). But in the American South, they are all the same.
I say the l in walk and talk but only slightly not as heavy as almond tho
@@pheresy1367 Mary, Merry, and Marry are all pronounced the same in CT.
@@pheresy1367 In the American North East, it’s colloquial to say wahk, and tahk. Natives of Brooklyn and Queens and Staten Island (boroughs of NYC) and working-class Bostonians have regional accents and tend to say “wawh-k” and “tawh-k.”
@@robinrubendunst869 I am living in the South now, but grew up in Long Island.
We shared the confluence of rural New England speak with the New York City Boroughs accent (of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhatten and the Bronx). The "wawh-k" and tawh-k", and a cuppa caw-fee faw a quawddhuh is VERY NY (and also parts of New Jersey).
The wahk and tahk I've always associated with the Boston accent (from what I've been exposed to).
I had a teacher from Boston and that's when I heard "Pahk the cah in Hahvaad Yaahd" from the teacher herself... :-)
But, if you want to get into the more Jersey version, you can go ahead and recite this, with the RIGHT ATTITUDE...:
"I sawr toidy poiple boyds, sittin on a coib... choypin and boypin,
and eatin doytee woims."
;-)
Thanks a Lot! I am an english teacher un Chile. Now it is easier for me to teach these words and the correct pronunciación.
By the way, if we are discussing "mispronunciations," according to the Brits, American English has many standardized errors. I listen to a lot of British audiobooks, and the narrators consistently pronounce "clerk" as "clark" and pronounce other words differently from how Americans pronounce them. Modern English is pronounced quite differently from works in Shakespeare's Early Modern English.
Pronouncing words in Britain and America often differ and in the US, regional differences exist--some are colloquialisms and some are non-standard.
Schedule is another word pronounced differently in the US and Briton. Of course, in the US, the 26th letter of the alphabet is pronounced Zee, but my wife's family, who are Canadians, pronounce it Zed.
Living in Washington State, most people pronounce the word 'wash' with an 'r' in it. 'Warsh'. You'd think Washingtonians would pronounce it without the 'r'. Or should that be 'Warshingtonians?'
Most people in the states pronounce the 2nd month of the year, Febuary, although there's clearly an 'r' after the 'b'. Being born in February, it jas a special meaning to me, so I have always tried to put the 'r' in the pronunciation, and some people do, but a very few in my experience.
@@wesleyehowell it is annoying to me when videos such as this one make blanket statements about such issues.
My childhood friend from West Virginia also put an "r" in "wash." When I was in 8th grade, my teacher took me out of a poetry reading to be staged before the class because I pronounced "general" as "gineral." No one would have noticed. My graduate course in linguistics opened my eyes about such issues. Modern linguists say that one regional dialect is not "better" than another. Having said that, as a English teacher, my students WRITE in standard English--how they pronounce their words is of no importance.
Anyone would be proud to have a beautiful & intelligent english teacher like you. With your explanations I'm learning it fast. Congrats
I've been learning the English as a second language for years and years. But I'm not still able to pronounced correctly on these words are Bad,Bed and Bag, and Walk and Work. But I'm keep trying, I won't give up. Thanks for the post.
Yes, they are tough ones. And while I am a native Eng. speaker, I find the words for numbers ending in 'teen' are so difficult to differentiate that I usually asked to have them repeated by the speaker....."did you say "sixteen" or "sixty"? Was that "forteen" or "forty"? etc. The use of banking machines that speak make it much worse!
Ice vs eyes?
@@karenkaneshiro9861 totally agree. I consider myself an exceptional English speaker, and those words are hard for me to discern. Have a conversation with an east coast Canadian, and you might hear them say "Fort-Dean"!
I love the way she explained these words
Amazing English Teacher with super clear pronunciations.
One small advice: It would have been great if you list (and read) all 10 words at the very end of the video to let us practice once again :) But still, I love the video, thank you very much!
You want all over. Jajajaja..😃I Sorry.
What ?????
Stressed syllable... unstressed syllable.. I am now stressed, two years later!!!
I like your comment.
So much baby
😝😝😆😍
You made me smile
Lmao
In the US we say All-Mund and we say Cloze. Fodograff. We change a lot of T's into D's but it often sounds good to say them cleanly with a T.
Lord! You took me back time to why college life. I distinctly remember my Zen instructor. Second language learners don’t pay attention to such things. Anyway, keep up your good work.
I became really self conscious about how I talk after watching this
😊 that's really wonderful
I ate one extra apple while seeing this, understanding and trying ...etc.!! 😆
I became really self conscious about how I SPEAK after watching this video as well
Same here, but it is a good thing.
@@yesendatorres4469 you can come over
If you're Scottish, you would definitely pronounce the "r" in "comfortable", "word", "world" and "work" will be pronounced "wurd", "wurld" and "wurk". If a Latin student "etc." would be pronounced "et ketera" ("c" is always hard in Latin). As for the others, I don't know who mispronounces them as suggested, e.g. I've never heard anyone say "arCHitecture" (as in "chip"). There are other worse mispronunciations around, mostly wrongly emphasised syllables.
Emma is Australian and she speaks with a cultivated Australian accent...
@@rebeccasimantov5476 You see, there is a problem and difficulty when teaching ESL to a general audience, especially when teaching Pronunciation. You want students to respect your expertise so ESL teachers tend to want to make hard and fast rules, but to flatly say that you are going to teach them correct pronunciation when pronunciation is not Black and White, is simply not right, and you are doing your students a disservice. It's a continuum, with a lot of gray in between. At what point do you say that your pronunciation is in error?? That is a tough call. As a Canadian, I've heard Australians severely butcher English pronunciation, at least to my ears, but is it wrong?
A more beautiful teacher es impossible. Muchas gracias me ha gustado mucho.
Native English speaker here
Vegetable
Pronounce it with 3 and 4 syllables
Comfortable
Also either or
Almond
Definitely WITH the L
The letter H is pronounced with a silent H : aitch, not haitch
Jewelry - pronounced with almost the e between the l and ry
Photograph- second o is pronounced more than you do
Photographer - all syllables pronounced
Same with Photographic
Ah! I've been pronouncing 'em correctly without knowing about the syllables. Thanks for that, really informative video! Specially as a non-English speaker and non-native(I'm Indian) person, this feels so good😊
Good morning how re u can u tell me how much cast for leasen thank u
Maybe you just picked it up naturally
Yes 🙌 there are many more Indians who speak correctly.
What may be correct for London England may be a little different for other English speakers around the world.
I was almost twenty minutes trying to pronounce correctly "clothes", but at the end I did it.
Thank you very much Emma, very usefull videos.
Well done Alejandro!
Oh yeah, clothes, that hunted me for a while:D
I need all silent word?? mem
Alejandro... I'm American and "clothes" is a tricky word. We get sloppy or lazy with our words and we pronounce it as "close." Such as close the door. I will try to be more careful with my own words, haha
Rebecca LaVoy Hello
As an EMT, it should be required for every architect to spend 2 years in this feild so that they can design rooms with appropriate space for our equipment
Last month, someone taught me to pronounce comfortable like that: “komfortebo”, not “komfortebol”.
Today you’re teaching me “komftebo”…
Next year, we will learn to pronounce it like that “komf” 😂 just for laughs, guys! 😂
Thank you teacher Emma! You’re the best ✅
You're the nicest teacher i've ever seen !
and the most beautiful ;-)
Well, you have't seen me
yw1971 but your English is not as good as hers :-) !
Andrea rota yeah I agree .
I am a native English speaker never spoke any other language except for bits and pieces of Spanish I grew up in Connecticut in the US so English is my first language and to this day I still pronounce the L in Almond
This lady from England says you are wrong... Hmm, lol. Just messing.
Let's hear her say Aluminum
@yeahwhat 😂😂
The american pronunciation is Aal muhnd, but the British pronunciation is aa muhnd. so you are all goood
If you have time Pleas help me.
I'm not a English Native Speaker but I'm learning English just for better communication and that's it.😊
(All-Mund) Almond
This is how I've always pronounced it. Usually, I am very good at English pronunciation, but I never realized my mistake in "almond".
Probably still going to say "All-mund" though.
Great video, indeed! Architect, stomach, enthusiastic, photograph (and its derivatives), economic, analyse, politics (and many others) are actually Greek words. The [-ch-] for the first two words corresponds to the Greek letter (χ) that doesn't exist as a standalone letter in the English alphabet... i.e., αρχιτέκτονας (=architect), στομάχι (stomach). Regarding the 'enthusiastic' comes from the verb 'ενθουσιάζομαι' or the participle 'ενθουσιασμένος' and it's the letter (θ) that doesn't also exist as a standalone letter in English and is often written as 'th'; the same is true for the Greek letter (δ) which is also represented as 'th' (the difference is only in pronunciation). Analyse comes from αναλύω, economic / economical / economy / economics from οικονομία / οικονομικός, 'politics' from πολιτικός / πολιτική, etc. Many words in English also come from Latin and there are also other loans from other languages too. 'Taking and giving' words is very common among languages, and it is something really interesting to study when it comes to linguistics (this word comes from latin 'lingua,' although in many words we could go back to Prot-Indo-European roots) and history of languages. I apologise for any mistakes in English, I'm not an English native speaker (I love reading about languages, though... :-) )
I'm sorry? I don't recall ever hearing someone mispronounce enthusiastic. How do they say it wrong?
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this commend. I was about to write something similar. It's really surprising somebody teaches us how to pronounce greek words wrong that they sound english. The same with all botanical or zoological names. Their pronounciation is in almost every language latin or what we think is latin pronounciation. Only in english they are pronounced the english way, which makes it hard to understand them.
Έψαχνα τόση ώρα για αυτό το σχόλιο😂
The third word in this video, "Almond" has two distinct pronunciations that I learned on my grandfather's orchard. When the nut is still attached to the tree it is pronounced "All - mond" and when it is upon the ground it is an "Ah - mond." The reasoning is simple...when the nut falls and hits the ground it knocks the "L" out of it.
Zebulon Citanul
Carl Pennington
hahahahaha!!!! That's a good one. I like your grandpa and I like you too, thank you for sharing your lovely story.
Beviani--I am serious...that is exactly what he told me. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Zebulon Citanul , very funny.
thanks so much.. you are the best teacher of English language. 💛💛
i really appreciate your effort 😊.
Very helpful indeed.
I teach English and am benefitted here to a great extent.