How to pronounce XENOPHOBIA | American English
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Hey guys, it's Hadar, and this is the
Accent's Way - your way to finding
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clarity, confidence,
and freedom in English.
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I recently received a question from my
most loyal fan, Donny Jay, who's asking,
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how to pronounce the word "xenophobia".
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According to Merriam-Webster dictionary,
xenophobia is fear and hatred of strangers
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or foreigners, or of anything
that is strange or foreign.
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So let's get started.
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We begin with a Z sound, 'z' as an "zoo".
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And then the a...
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Oh my God, it's not an X, it's a Z.
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Why couldn't they just put a Z there?
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God, this word was probably
brought by a bunch of foreigners.
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"Excuse me, but this is my frame..."
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"...and all these 'how to
pronounce' videos, anyway.
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I mean, can you just speak English?"
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All right.
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Xenophobia, whatever.
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Where were we?
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"Xenophobia".
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We begin with a Z sound than
the 'e' in "red" - 'ze-', 'ze-'.
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Then it's the N sound and a schwa,
a reduced vowel - 'nuh', 'nuh'.
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So, the jaw drops just a bit, the lips are
relaxed, the tongue is relaxed, everything
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is relaxed.
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'nuh', very small.
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'ze-nuh-', and then it's the word
"phobia", and that's actually how you
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pronounce the word, phobia.
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It's an F sound, and then
the O as in "go" - 'fow'.
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It's a diphthong, so go
through the entire vowel.
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Make sure to round your
lips at the end - 'fow'.
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So it's not 'phoh-bia' - 'foh',
but 'fow', relax your jaw.
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Then it's B as in "be yourself",
a Y sound as in "yes" and a schwa.
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'yuh' 'yuh', 'bee-yuh'.
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'fow-bee-yuh', "phobia", "xenophobia".
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The "pho" is the primary stress of the
word, so it's a little longer and higher
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in pitch than the rest of the syllables.
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"Xenophobia".
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He's a xenophobe.
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He suffers from xenophobia.
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All right, that's it.
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I hope you never have to use this word,
but we're reaching 2017, and unfortunately
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you might have to use this word.
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So now you know how to say it.
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Have a wonderful week.
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