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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? Continue reading “Words which are commonly mispronounced” →