Words which are commonly mispronounced

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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907075.html

 

I think one reason for this is that our reading vocabulary may be bigger than our oral vocabulary.We read Shakespeare  and the classic novels in school but we don’t use many of the words talking to our family.

I remember when I was about 4 years old the  stll present shame I felt when I heard some of my family talking about words with Viking origins so I offered HIYA as an example and they all teased  me  mercilessly.That’s one reason I try to be kind to people and see a positive possibility in  what they say.To have roomful of people laughing unkindly at you is bad at any age but at 4 it was hell to me and most children have these shaming experiences which puzzles me because why do othr older people not empathise or encourage?

 

 

 

 

 

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6 thoughts on “Words which are commonly mispronounced”

  1. Hi, Katherine. Thanks for visiting my blog (Sundae Sessions 013016). That blog post was intended to be tongue-in-cheek. Followers of my blog know that I have a rather active sense of humor. I would never presume that God would change the weather at my whim and fancy. It was meant to be funny.

  3. Well, that’s me out! I have lambasted people but never bAYsted them and I’ve never called a Primer a primmer, either. I’d always say NEWclear and not nooclear….. Now, I realise – that website is American 🙂

    We all know they can’t pronounce English properly 🙂

    1. I thought they seemed a bit odd but had not realised it was American English.They pronounce words the way they did when they sailed from here whenever that was…Puritans etc.I think lambaysted is quite funny!Really an error of me to publish that but I suppose people learning English will be ok with American style!That’s my excuse.I’m orrff

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