5 Commonly Mispronounced Words In English With Correct Pronunciation

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chatter and talk about the thing that you all came here for which is the five

words you're probably pronouncing wrong.

Five words. Let's get started.

Choir. Choir. If I were to read it phonetically I would probably say

something like "shaw-yer" but English is not a phonetic language, thank God, which

means that the CH stands for a 'k' sound. Untraditional spelling pattern, but it

happens, 'k'. And then the "O-I" actually represents 'Y'. Why? I don't know that's

just how it is: 'kwai' 'kwai'. As in "quiet" - 'kwai'.

The ending is a 'ye' sound as in "yes", a schwa "uh", and an 'R' - 'yur' 'yur'. Choir.

The next word is 'croissant'. Oh, no. Wait. Sorry, that was French. Hadar, I told you not

French! English! Okay. The next word is "croissant". "Croissant". So yes,

I know that for you French speaker is this word may sound like we just

butchered it! And yes, that's what happens when you take a word from French and you

turn it into English. You have to turn the French sounds into American sounds.

So the French 'R' turns into 'er' and then the 'T' that is not existent in French

will be pronounced in American English. So, you start with a 'k' sound, and 'r' - 'kr'. Round

your lips a little bit. And then a schwa: 'kruh' 'kruh' 'kruh'. The second

syllable is an 'S' sound, the 'ah' as in "father" - 'saw' 'saw'. As in "I saw you last

night." 'Saw'. And then you end it with an 'N' and a 'T' - 'sahnt' 'sahnt'. "Croissant" Croissant - the

first syllable is really short and the second syllable is long. Croissant.

Some people may pronounce the first syllable with a 'W' instead of an 'R' and

another 'ah' sound 'qua'. Croissant. Croissant. I think it sounds more like French.

Croissant. So you have 'kruh-sahnt' or 'kwa-sant'. Both

are okay. You can use both. Now go get yourself a piece of croissant.

Squirrel. Squirrel. One of the most difficult words in English and that's

because you have three consonants together - an 'R' and an 'L'. It's like almost

impossible. And everything within the same syllable. Squirrel. But if you break

it down it might get easier. So let's begin with the middle of the word - 'wer'

'wer'. Now practice just that. It's just like the word "were" as in "we were", or the

beginning of the word "work". "W" - 'wuh'. The tongue is down. The lips are

rounded. And then you bring the tongue up immediately with no break in the middle,

'wer', for the 'R' - 'wer' 'wer'. Now practice that for a little bit: 'wer' 'wer' 'wer' 'wer'

'wer' 'wer' 'wer'. Okay. So let's put this on the shelf and then start with the beginning

which is three consonants in a row. An 'S' which is produced in the front part

of the mouth and then a 'k' sound in the back, 'sk', and then a 'W' sound. 'Skwuh'. Which is

the beginning of 'wer'. 'Skwuh'. 'Skwuh'. Now practice just that, 'skwuh'. So now I'm

adding the word that we just practiced a second ago, 'skwer'. That's the beginning

of the word - 'skwer' 'skwer'. The second part is an 'R' sound and a dark 'L' - 'rul'

'rul'. So you round your lips for the 'R' and we

can connect it to the previous 'R' - 'skwer-rul'. For the 'L' you bring the tongue up,

but you're also engaging the muscles of the back of the tongue here,

to create that dark deep sound of the dark L - 'rul'. Imagine like you have

an 'aw' sound between the 'R' and the 'L' - 'rul' 'rul'. And then put it all together: squirrel.

Squirrel.

Iron. Iron. Although the 'R' here is before the vowel

that is not "eye-ron" but "eye-urn" as if "I earned it". 'I' as in "my". And then you have a little

'ye' sound and then 'er' 'er', as an "urn", "earth" and "early". 'Eye-yurn' - Iron. Iron.

Now, it's the same pronunciation for "iron", "Iron man", "Iron Maiden" and "iron throne",

but also for "I ironed my clothes yesterday." Now that's a lie because I never ironed

my clothes. Iron. The final word for today is "Lincoln" as in "Abraham Lincoln" or

"Lincoln Center". It is not 'lin-koln' or 'lin-koh-len'.

Alright there is no 'L' and not because it's the dark 'L' you barely hear it.

Just because there is no 'L'. No 'L' whatsoever at the end

"Lincoln". You start with an 'L' - 'lin' - with a relaxed 'ih' sound and then it's a 'k'

sound, a schwa and an 'N' - 'ken'. Lincoln. That's it this was the five words you're

probably pronouncing wrong. Was I right? Let me know in the comments below.

Were you pronouncing them wrong? Now if you like this one, you may like the "50

most commonly mispronounced words" practice sheet I have on my website. So

you can just click on the link below and get it. It's really cute. It's interactive.

You click on the word and then you hear my voice. Technology. Amazing technology.

So go to my website and get it and please share it with your friends if you

liked it and you feel that you want them to pronounce these words correctly. Thank

you for watching. Have a great great week and I will see you next week in the next

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