Oft-mispronounced words
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Originally posted by TehJarVu:me belly goot at tt 2
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erh erh.Originally posted by laurence82:I tot Longman for American English?
that's Webster. -
My office cleaning lady always want to clear my 'lust bin'
instead of 'dustbin'. -
well let her clear ur lust?Originally posted by I_am_PeTe_Parker:My office cleaning lady always want to clear my 'lust bin' instead of 'dustbin'. 
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I don't know about you but I rather not have the dear old cleaning lady clear my lust. She may not withstand the exertion.Originally posted by RaTtY81:well let her clear ur lust? -
Nope... c'est en francais... pronounced 'Lay Mee-zay-habl' but the 'bl' is very subtle. So subtle you don't really hear it.Originally posted by JLennon:I belive Les Miz is pronounced as 'Leh Mee-zay-Haab'
i cannot stand the way Americans pronounce Iraq as 'Ai-Rack'.
Same as 'la table' is pronounced 'lah tah-bl' in French. The 'bl' is there... but not emphasised so it's easy to miss it.
I really miss those French lessons... sooo tempted to return to Alliance Francais, especially since recently, I had to attempt to speak to a French patient's mother in my very rusty and bad French.
Pretty funny!
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Check the dictionary for phonetics. I like the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary... it shows the phonetics for BOTH the British and the American pronunciation.Originally posted by laurence82:So how do we noe who is right who is wrong? -
That's right - just checked with my colleague who'd lived in France for a long time!Originally posted by Rhonda:Nope... c'est en francais... pronounced 'Lay Mee-zay-habl' but the 'bl' is very subtle. So subtle you don't really hear it.
Same as 'la table' is pronounced 'lah tah-bl' in French. The 'bl' is there... but not emphasised so it's easy to miss it.
I really miss those French lessons... sooo tempted to return to Alliance Francais, especially since recently, I had to attempt to speak to a French patient's mother in my very rusty and bad French. Pretty funny!
Can double-check with Neuros when she's back. -
Oh, how about this two words that I am always unsure abt the pronunciation:
1) Colonel (pronounced as ker-ner?)
2) colony (pronounced as ker-ler-nie?)
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Colonel should be pronounced as 'kernel', right?Originally posted by SeAvOyAgEr:Oh, how about this two words that I am always unsure abt the pronunciation:
1) Colonel (pronounced as ker-ner?)
2) colony (pronounced as ker-ler-nie?)
Why the difference?
But colony would be 'co-leh-knee'.
It's kinda like photograph ('pho-toe-graph') but photographer ('fer-tor-gre-fer') and economy ('ee-co-ne-mee') but economic ('air-ke-noh-mic'). -
I remember that when I auditioned for a play in JC, I came across this word, 'h'or d'oeuvres' and didn't know how in the world you were supposed to pronounce it but I had to say my lines, so I went 'hor dee-vow-wers'.
Soooo
cuz those in the know were guffawing away. I learnt then, and have never forgotten since, it's supposed to be pronounced 'or the-ff'. 
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Originally posted by Rhonda:I remember that when I auditioned for a play in JC, I came across this word, 'h'or d'oeuvres' and didn't know how in the world you were supposed to pronounce it but I had to say my lines, so I went 'hor dee-vow-wers'.
Soooo cuz those in the know were guffawing away. I learnt then, and have never forgotten since, it's supposed to be pronounced 'or the-ff'. 
i still dun get it.. how to pronounce it again?
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deposit is deh-per-seet or dee-por-seet?
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'or the-ff'Originally posted by Gackt247:
i still dun get it.. how to pronounce it again? -
Japanees or Jap-Penese?
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how about shop names??
Carrefour shd be pronounced as "Car-fool" right?
i heard people going round pronouncing it as "Carry-four" -
ni-hon-jin
jaa-pen-ese..Originally posted by Camellias4me:Japanees or Jap-Penese? -
not sure about that one.. usually, i pronounce it as "huge whacking hypermart in suntec"Originally posted by Estee:how about shop names??
Carrefour shd be pronounced as "Car-fool" right?
i heard people going round pronouncing it as "Carry-four" -
I thought it was "Car-For"Originally posted by Estee:how about shop names??
Carrefour shd be pronounced as "Car-fool" right?
i heard people going round pronouncing it as "Carry-four" -
hmmmm.... so is it "Car-Fool" or "Car-For"..... ahaaha.....Originally posted by I_am_PeTe_Parker:I thought it was "Car-For" -
It's a French word again.Originally posted by Estee:how about shop names??
Carrefour shd be pronounced as "Car-fool" right?
i heard people going round pronouncing it as "Carry-four" 'Our' is supposed to be pronounced as 'oo-er'. So, Carrefour should be 'Car-foo-er'.
If you're the only one pronouncing it right though, everyone else would think you're wrong and laugh at you. -
most chinese couldn't pronounce S, R and L properly
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not pronunciation... but what drives me up the wall is spelling sometimes...
z is NOT a substitute for s
sorry dude..Originally posted by chillz88:most chinese couldn't pronounce S, R and L properly -
give me a minute...
give me everything in minute details -
Delifrance has this helpful list of french word pronounciations printed on their paper lining for trays.
Croissant = cwah zon
I read the list while I eat
Then again how do you properly pronounce Delifrance?
Deli - france
or the french way, which I'm guessing is different?