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bigsis144

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:21 am

amother [ Linen ] wrote:

I'm a good speller, because I read a lot. But this thread just showed me that I don't know how to pronounce many words..
I don't watch English movies or listen to English radios, so I don't 'hear' the words..
I see it, learn the meaning of the word, but I pronounce it the way they're spelled Can't Believe It

That is a very common “problem” among the intelligent and well-read!
Nothing to be ashamed of!

We’ve had threads before about words people mispronounced before they learned the “real” pronunciation.

Mine was “awry” - I said it like “AWE-ree” instead of “uh-RYE”. embarrassed

bigsis144

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:24 am

PinkFridge wrote:

Now I'm wondering what's up with isthmus.

“Isthmus” always makes me think of vintage Little Rascals:

“Isthmus be my lucky day!”

English3

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:28 am

I wonder if accents come to play here as well. Sometimes Google pronounces thing different than what usually the standard way of saying words.

amother

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:29 am

Can everyone post hard words?

ora_43

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:30 am

4/6. I think? Could be less... My speech is definitely not on par with my reading, in any language. I write like a professor and talk like a valley girl LOL

Rubber Ducky

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:31 am

Of course I can pronounce them — I'm a BT!

English3

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:32 am

Gnnochi

synthy

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:35 am

Whew, I just found out I've been pronouncing isthmus wrong Can't Believe It

Blaming it on my geography teacher Tongue Out

amother

Linen

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:39 am

bigsis144 wrote:

I really appreciate your post!

I also mispronounced awry TMI

amother

Linen

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:40 am

bigsis144 wrote:

“Isthmus” always makes me think of vintage Little Rascals:

“Isthmus be my lucky day!”

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amother

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:42 am

English3 wrote:

Gnnochi

Nee-yo-key

bigsis144

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:45 am

Words that most English speakers come across pretty early and just memorize as “irregular exceptions”, but make me sooo happy that I don’t have to learn this crazy language as an adult:

Epitome
Anemone
Hyperbole
Choir
Colonel
Segue
Respite (doesn’t rhyme with “despite”)

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bigsis144

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:46 am

How do you pronounce synecdoche?

scruffy

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:49 am

bigsis144 wrote:

I had a teacher in school read us a story about a colonel and she mispronounced it every time LOL

On a similar note, my sister's teacher taught her class a states song with Arkansas and Illinois

bigsis144

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:54 am

Quay
Sigil

(Those last two are an intentional Critical Role reference, if that means anything to anyone on this board... 😄)

Chana Miriam S

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:56 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Paragon
Wrath
Isthmus
Wocestershire
Onomatopoeia
Mnemonic

Without googling it.

Yes. Here’re some more:
Chasm
Schism
Leominister
Ophthalmologist
Queue
Segue
Non-sequitur

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mommy3b2c

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:57 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Paragon
Wrath
Isthmus
Wocestershire
Onomatopoeia
Mnemonic

Without googling it.

All except Worcestershire. I’ve never heard it said out loud so I don’t know how to say. Isthmus I’ve never heard , but I’m pretty sure I know how to pronounce it. Is the th silent?

Imax5

Thu, May 13 2021, 11:03 am

How would we know if our pronunciation is correct?

I mean, don’t we generally thing our pronunciation is correct? If I didn’t already know, for example, that colonel is pronounced kernel, and you asked if I could pronounce it, I would say yes even if I was reading it caw-law-nel.

amother

Red

Thu, May 13 2021, 11:08 am

amother [ Linen ] wrote:

I think about this often. I was raised listening to the radio, so I generally know how to pronounce things. But my kids never listen to the radio or anything like that. They are big readers and know lots of words, but not necessarily how to pronounce them. I try to use and pronounce hard words in their hearing, and correct their mispronunciations, but there will probably always be things they mispronounce. I guess it's a tradeoff.

chanchy123

Thu, May 13 2021, 11:14 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Paragon
Wrath
Isthmus
Wocestershire
Onomatopoeia
Mnemonic

Without googling it.

All but one - what’s isthmus (or do I just not know how it’s pronounced)?

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