The Most Mispronounced Words in Tech [part 2]

Hey guys. It's Hadar, and today is part two of the top ten words for tech professionals.

Let's get started.

Data. it is not duh-ta duh-ta. The T here

is actually a flap T which sounds like a D and the first sound is 'ei' as in dei-. Dei-duh.

Dei-duh. You can also say daa-duh and then use the /aa/ as in father sound but still

make sure it's a flap T. Daa-duh. Big data. Database.

Silicon Valley, woo hoo!

It's not "seeleecon vallee". 'Si-li-kaan' - primary stress on the first syllable

si-li and then it's the /aa/ as in father.

Although there's an O here, it's actually an ah - kaan. Si-li-kaan

And then Valley. The first syllable is the /a/ as in cat, don't swallow it. Valli

Valli. Va-lee, Va-lee, Si-li-kaan Va-lee. It's all about the rhythm

ta-da'-da tata. Si-li-kaan Va-lee. I'm heading to Silicon Valley.

Engineer. Here the primary stress is on the last syllable. En-j'-NEER. It is not ENgineer.

en- juh-juh - schwa. So there is no A. It is not n-j. En-j'-NEER, as in here, so it's a high E

and then you relax it to an R or tense it. Engineer.

Product. The primary stress is on the first syllable PRAA. There is no O so it's not

PRO-duct but an open ah sound PRAA-d'-ct'. Think of it as The Devil Wears PRAA-da. The

Devil Wears PRAA-d'ct. PRAA-d'-ct and then the second syllable is reduced duct.

user experience UX. User. YUW-z'r you start with the word YUW and then you shift to the

ZZZ sound. It's not YUW-s'-r. YUW-'z bring the tongue up for the R. YUW-z'r experience.

i, i as in 'sit'. Ik-SPEE

high EE. That's the primary stress so go higher in pitch. Ik-SPEE-ree-y'ns.

y'ns, y'ns. It's not ik-SPEE-ree-ens. There is no E sound here. Ik-SPEE-ree-y'ns. User experience.

Say it as if it's one word and connect everything together YUW-z'r ik-SPEE-ree-y'ns.

Third-party. Third-party, it's not fe'rd PAR-dee it's not te'rd-party or te'rd-party.

Th'rd PAR-dee. Th'rd - bring the tongue up for the th and pull it in immediately

for the R. There is no vowel in the middle: th'r, th'rd. And then again it's

another set phrase - th'rd PAR-dee. PAR: pop the P put a little H after PAR the T

becomes a D. PAR-dee. Third party.

Application. It's not pluh-KEI-sh'n.

Application the primary stress here is the KEI syllable, ap-luh-KEI-sh'n but you want

to emphasize a little bit the first syllable which is the secondary stress

here it's the /a/ as in cat. So you gotta open your mouth, push your tongue forward

and pull your lips to the sides - /a/, /ap/. Then it's a schwa. Ap-luh-KEI: primary

stress and another schwa, a reduced vowel. Shin shin. Ap-luh-KEI-sh'n.

Application, App.

App developer - application.

Interface. The beginning is the word 'inter' like

'internet' or 'international'. Now, when the T appears after an N it is often dropped.

So you may say something like 'inner', 'inner', 'innerface'. And then it's just the

word 'face' as in "look in her face". Feis. IN-t'r-feis. Interface. It actually sounds

like "in her face".

Model versus module. It's not mod-ul and mod-al, okay?

Both words are close in meaning and pronunciation, but let's talk about the pronunciation here.

Model. The O is the /aa/ as in father /maa/ and then it's a D that shifts immediately to

the L. MAA-dl. Make it a light D. MAA-dl, and a dark L: MAA-dl. The word module starts

with 'maa' as well but then it's not a D it's a 'dj' sound, like in 'general'. MAA-juwl.

And then it's the u as a YUW. MAA-juwl and then a dark L, you can have a little W there

before. Module. Model - module, not the same.

Security. Security primary stress is on

the second syllable: s'k-YU-r'-dee. Now, you actually have two ways to say this word

I'm gonna teach you the easier way. And here you want to combine the Y and

the R - Y'R - to connect them. s'k-Y'R-ud-dee. And then you reduce it to a schwa

sound, a flap T so it sounds like a D, and an E sound at the end: R-uh-dee, R-uh-dee, R-uh-dee.

S'k-Y'R-uh-dee.

Secure, Y'R-uh, as in "your country". Security.

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