10 English words that you pronounce INCORRECTLY | British English Pronunciation + (Free PDF & Quiz!)

Hello and welcome back to English with Lucy

Hello 歡迎回到"English with Lucy"

I've got a pronunciation video for you today

今天我有一個關於英語發音的影片給你們

and it's all about 10 words that you might be pronouncing incorrectly

這裡有十個單字你也許會念錯

So, let's get started

所以，我們開始吧

Ok so the first word is this one!

好了，第一個單字就是這個！

How would you say it?

你會怎麼念？

it's not fru-it

它不是fru-it

There are not two syllables there

這裡沒有兩個音節

We actually pronounce this word 'fruit'

其實我們的發音是”fruit“

fruit

fruit

So many students make the mistake of saying 'fru-it'

超級多學生把它錯念成"fru-it"

or fruiiiit, fruiiit

或fruiiiit，fruiiit

But no, it's just fruit

但不對，它就是 fruit

And fruit is my favourite food

然後水果也是我最愛的水果

The next word we have is this one

接下來是這個單字

So many students actually pronounce this how they would pronounce it in their own language

很多學生用自己的語言來發音這個單字

Probably the Italians and the Spanish more than anything

也許意大利人和西班牙人比什麼都重要

But we pronounce this not cha-os

但是我們不念 cha-os 啊

not cha-os

不是 cha-os

But chaos

是 chaos（混亂，混沌）

We almost add a 'y' sound 'chaos'

我們像是增加了一個“Y”音 念作“chaos”

It was an absolute chaos

這絕對是一團糟啊

The same with the adjective form.. it was 'chaotic'.

與形容詞形式相同...也就是“chaotic”（混亂的，無秩序的）

Ok, number three, we have...

好吧，第三個啦，是...

Now I remember learning to spell this word when I was at school

現在，我記得我是在學校時學習拼寫這個單詞啊

and thinking 'wow, that's a crazy spelling'

然後我就想 "哇嗚 這真的是個一瘋狂的拼寫組合"

because it's so different to the pronunciation

因為它的發音那麼不同

Now I've heard all different pronunciations for this word

現在我聽說了這個單字所有的不同的發音

I've heard kuwew, I've head kyooyoo

我聽過"kuwew"，我也聽過"kyooyoo"

But really we just say 'queue', 'queue'

不過說真的，我們只是念"queue" "queue"（隊列）

one syllable, and everyone knows that British people

就是一個音節，每個人都知道的，那個我們英國人民...

love queueing, queue, to queue, there is a queue

愛排隊啊 排隊 排隊 這裡有一個隊列

The verb and the noun as well

這個字也有動詞和名詞

Now on to number four and this one always makes me laugh when people say this

現在 第四個 每次有人說這個單字的時候我都會想笑

cause it is really difficult to say. it is...

只是因為這個真的很難說。就是...

this one

這個

Now I hear people say 'crips'

現在 我聽過有人念"crips"（瘸子幫） （註：瘸子幫是在1962年，美國的一個黑幫組織）

I used to work in a cafe with a lot of foreign workers

我曾經在一個有許多外國工人的咖啡館工作

and they would always say 'Where are the crips?'

他們經常說"哪裡有瘸子幫？"

and I'd be like 'crips? are you talking about crepes?'

我會像這樣（疑問的神情） "瘸子幫？還是你說的是薄餅？"

We say 'crisps'

我們念"洋芋片"

This 'sps' sound is very difficult for some people to say so you need to practice this in the mirror before you brush your teeth every night...crisps

這個“sps”的音對於很多人來說很難，想要念好 你可以每晚在刷牙前對著鏡子練習...crisps

Ok number five is this one

OK 第五個 就是這個

If you like cooking then you should have seen this word before

如果你喜歡烹飪，那麼你應該已經見到過這個字

And most people say resips or reseeps

和大多數人念resips或reseeps

But it should be recipe

但它應該是 recipe（食譜）

So it's very irregular this word

所以這是個非常不規則的單字

normally when an e is on the end we don't pronounce it

通常當e是在最後，我們都不念它

but in this case we do

但在這種情況下，我們得要念

recipe, three syllables

recipe，三個音節

OK, number 6, this one..

好了，第六個，這一個...

OK, so many people pronounce this incorrectly.

是啦，很多人都沒有正確發音這個

they want to say every syllable

他們想念出每一個音節

so they say com-for-ta-ble

所以他們會說com-for-ta-ble

but really it's comfortable

但是，真的，這是 comfortable（舒適的）

comfortable, so it's not com-for-ta-ble, it's just comf-t-ble

comfortable，所以它不是所以它不是com-for-ta-ble， 就只是 comf-t-ble

OK, so we actually lose a syllable there.

對，所以我們實際上少了一個音節啦這裡

the same goes for number seven which is

這同樣適用於第七個 那就

not veg-e-ta-ble

不是veg-e-ta-ble

vegetable

vegetable（蔬菜）

not ve-ge-ta-ble

不是veg-e-ta-ble

vegetable

vegetable

vegetable

vegetable

similarly we have number 8

相似的的還有第八個

very important word, if you don't know this word then you're crazy

很重要的單字，如果你不知道的話，你大概是瘋了

cause it's a big part of my life

因為這是我生命中很重要的一部分

I hear many people say 'cho-co-late'

我聽到很多人念"cho-co-late"

or cho-co-late...choco...choco

或者 cho-co-late...choco...choco

but we say chok-lit

但我們念 chok-lit

chocolate

chocolate（巧克力）

So it's just 2 syllables and I understand it's quite hard for many people to pronouce

所以這裡就兩個音節啦 然後我也明白很多人會覺得這樣發音很難

but, you wanna speak English well you got to practice

但是，你想把英語講得好，你就得練

so chocolate...chocolate

所以 chocolate...chocolate

OK and my last two are days of the week

好吧最後兩個是 一周中的兩天

so number nine...this one...

所以第九個... 這個...

not one of my favourite days of the week but it's very important to pronounce it correctly

不是我每週最喜歡的一天 但是把它念對還是很重要的

I always hear Tu-es-day

我總是聽見 Tu-es-day

tu-es-day

tu-es-day

When in reality it's Tuesday

然而現實是 Tuesday（星期二）

choose, like I want to choose what I'm having for breakfast this morning

choose（選擇），像我想選擇今天早上早餐吃什麼

Tuesday, not tu-es-day, Tuesday

Tuesday, 不是 tu-es-day, Tuesday（星期二）

and then the last one....

然後最後一個

Another day of the week

一周中的另一天

not wed-nes-day....Wednesday

不是 Wed-nes-day Wednesday（星期三）

not wed-nes-day...Wednesday

不是 Wed-nes-day Wednesday（星期三）

So that's it for this pronunciation lesson

所以這就是這一整節的發音課

I really hope it helped you

我真的希望它能幫助到你

and hopefully you can now pronounce these words more confidently

希望你現在可以更自信地讀出這些單字

You will need to repeat and practice again and again and again

你將會需要一次又一次地重複練習

but that's part of learning a language so get started now!

但這就是學習語言的一部分，所以現在就開始吧！

make sure that you connect with me on all of my social media

請確認你有聯繫上我所有的社群媒體

it's all here

都在這裡

and I look forward to seeing you in class very very soon! mwah!

然後我期待在課堂上見到你 很快很快的！mwah！ （綿木蜜雪兒 字幕製作）