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5 MORE Commonly Mispronounced English Words! (video)

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Melanie

5 MORE Commonly Mispronounced English Words! (video)

June 8, 2010 by Melanie 12 Comments

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Often, the pronunciation of an English word does not match the spelling of the word, and this is true of many of the words in this video. Watch the video to learn some tips on how to pronounce these words and practice the correct pronunciation.

 

 

This is the 2nd video in the ‘Commonly Mispronounced English Words’ series:
7 Commonly Mispronounced English Words
5 MORE Commonly Mispronounced English Words [this video]

 

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  1. Marisa says

    June 8, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    Hello Melanie,

    Thanks for sharing this pronunciation video. You’ve included complicated issues for most students. It’s really helpful.
    regards,
    Marisa

    Reply
  2. Mohamed says

    May 1, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    Well done work ^_^

    Reply
  3. Sonia Viani says

    May 2, 2012 at 12:52 am

    I really enjoyed your pronunciation video. It is very helpful.

    Reply
  4. Rossy says

    August 3, 2012 at 2:55 am

    For around 14 years, my pronunciation in “advantage, language, garbage” were really wrong . My teachers weren’t able to correct me!!!!
    Then, from the video, I know how to pronounce “advantage, language, encourage, garbage, and package” correctly.

    Thank you, very much, TeacherMelanie!!!
    I always wish by improving my pronunciation, well at least my English’s getting better although the accent is still Indonesian and Asian accent!!!

    Reply
  5. Rossy says

    August 3, 2012 at 3:36 am

    I just know that “age” in “advantage” was not pronounced like “age” but “idg”. Well, my English lecturers and teachers didn’t pronounce it correctly!
    Thank you, very much for this video. I hope by improving my pronunciation, I could speak English better!! Although my accent is still Indonesian accent!!!

    Muchas gracias, Melanie!!!

    Reply
  6. MoHaMMeD says

    November 15, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    Hello,
    I m really enjoy watching this video. However, I have a question about S pronunciation. when can we know it is pronounce as a g .
    Thank you

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    • Melanie says

      November 20, 2012 at 2:06 pm

      I’m sorry, Mohammed, I don’t understand your question. The letter ‘s’ is never pronounced as /g/.

      Was that a typo?

      Reply

  7. Pooja says

    January 6, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    Hey Melanie.

    How are you doing? Thanks for uploading pronunciation videos..
    Is helps like magic. It is amazing learning..

    I have problem pronouncing words starting with ‘s’ like sports, support etc.
    Can you please share video for that also.

    Regards
    Pooja

    Reply
  8. Alena says

    March 4, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    Hi Melanie,
    I love your videos about the English pronunciation.
    I am married to a American but I shill have a strong accent.
    I have really hard time to pronounce words with “l” and “r” sounds together as “walrus” or “chivalry”.
    Could you give me some useful tips how to pronounce these difficult words.
    Thank you a lot for all your help.
    Alena

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    • Melanie says

      March 27, 2013 at 2:08 pm

      Hi, Alena!

      Without knowing what the problem is, it’s hard to help! What is your native language? By looking at your email address, I guess that your mother tongue is Russian or other Slavic language? There are two things that you probably have trouble with:
      1. Do you put an extra vowel sound between the /l/ and /r/?
      2. Do you still try to ‘roll’ the /r/ sound (by tapping your tongue to the top of your mouth)?

      I have a video that explains how to make the /l/ and /r/ sounds:
      /pronunciation-how-to-pronounce-l-and-r-video/

      To make the /r/ sound after the /l/, don’t drop your tongue all the way or flatten your tongue. Make sure your tongue is still slightly curled when you start the /r/ sound.

      I hope that helps!
      = )

      Reply

  9. Anizete says

    May 23, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    Teacher Melanie
    I’m a Brazilian English teacher and I wish to thank you for all your help. I always listen to your podcasts and read your explanations. I’ve been improving my pronunciation day by day.
    I’ve already been in Canada (Toronto) and I loved it.
    Thank you

    Reply
  10. demeku says

    January 23, 2014 at 5:57 am

    HI teacher
    I am a student in Ethiopia. I always listen to your podcast.
    Thank you

    Reply

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