Commonly Mispronounced Internet, IT & Tech Words | Intermediate Pronunciation | Go Natural English

let's be honest when you say this word  do you feel like you're saying it with  

confidence clearly like a native english speaker  how about these words how about these did you know  

that these are extremely commonly mispronounced  words in english so if you want to sound more  

like a native english speaker and speak with more  confidence and fluency then you need this lesson  

by the end of the next 10 minutes you are going  to be speaking with more fluency and confidence  

especially when using these super common tech  and internet vocabulary words and what's more  

as part of this lesson i'm going to show you  how to use an amazing app that really helps  

you with your pronunciation it's called elsa  speak elsa speak uses artificial intelligence  

it is the first app of its kind and it is  truly revolutionary it's not just like some  

other english apps out there that are pretty  boring and basic i'm going to show you how it  

works and how you can try it out for seven days  free check out the link in the description you can  

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and what's more is elsa speak really helps you  with your speaking and your listening so it's  

great for intermediate english learners like you  who want to perfect their speaking skills so it's  

a great way for you to practice from anywhere  privately from the comfort of your own home  

without feeling embarrassed in a class without  feeling embarrassed in front of other people  

the app currently has a lot of real life practical  lessons and topics to choose from nice to meet you

nice to meet you

hi my name is elsa hi elsa nice to meet you

nice to meet you too where are you from  i'm from the united states of america

for english as a second language learners i  highly recommend the elsa speak app it's an  

amazing way for you to practice your speaking your  pronunciation and your listening our go natural  

english linguist luke is going to step in to teach  linguistically what is happening in these common  

words that makes them so difficult and how can  we apply what we learn from today's vocabulary  

to other words that you will find in english  that could also be challenging probably one  

of the most commonly used tech related  words and that is this word right here  

a lot of students will come to me and  ask me i say internet the way that it's  

spelled but i'm not sure if i'm saying it  right let's start with the first t this t  

is often deleted when it's followed  by an n sound so words like interview  

are not interview but interview same thing with  documentary not documentary but documentary so you  

will sound more natural if you say internet than  if you say internet you'll notice that the second  

t as well sounds a bit different right i didn't  say internet internet but i said internet internet  

do you hear the difference there that's because  we call this last consonant an unreleased stop  

internet text there's something very interesting  to note when it comes to the letter x even though  

it's one letter it's actually pronounced as  two sounds a k or a k sound and an s sound

this is why some people have  a hard time saying words like  

text because that's actually  three consonants in a row

youtube but we want to say youtube when  speaking english instagram instagram  

with this first syllable it's an e that  short sound so we don't say instagram but  

instagram the second syllable is uh so it's  that reduced schwa sound that we use in a lot  

of words and then finally that last syllable is  ah so in words like cat and man instagram that  

a sound that i mentioned in gram of instagram  is also important in this word snapchat not e

chat try that with me snapchat snapchat snapchat  for our last company name we have tick tock with  

the first syllable being pronounced with that  short sound like in instagram and twitter so tick  

not teak but tick tick tick and then the second  one being talk talk you may notice that this is  

more of an ah sound like in father and it sounds  exactly the same as the word talk like i will talk  

to you later you can find go natural english on  facebook instagram twitter and tick tock but not  

snapchat i've heard some students come to me and  pronounce it as something like mem but this is not  

how we say it in english instead we use a long e  sound and we say meme meme mean this is pronounced  

at this is the same at that we use with at like  at the store i'll see you at the store when you  

see a period used with web addresses or with email  addresses we often pronounce it as dot go natural  

english dot com make some o's into oz so not dot  dot on the phone for this symbol you might hear it  

referred to as pound or hash but when you're  using it in social media like on instagram  

or facebook we would call it a hashtag so on the  phone you might hear an operator or recording say  

please press the pound key or please press the  hash key but on social media you would only  

hear it referred to as hashtag now that you have  some of these everyday tech words under your belt  

i encourage you to go forth and share with  the world your awesome english pronunciation  

i know you can do this well thank you so much to  luke our linguist for sharing these examples and  

detailed explanations i really hope that these  were helpful for you and that you got some good  

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