Do You Actually Know How To Say These Commonly Mispronounced Words?
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Most people don't.
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Christine Venables
For some of these answers it depends where you live. The ones that were said to be incorrect for me were how they are pronounced in the uk, apart from sherbert, where the English pronunciation wasn’t there- or the spelling!
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Dec 3, 2024 5:42PM
Tina Garrick
Definitely American pronunciations!
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Nov 30, 2024 5:50PM
Pat Askew
Some of these pronunciations are based on where you live. Clearly they are American.
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Sep 2, 2024 5:02PM
Leapy Lee
Gary Ellis, so you say Al- mond? I don’t
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Aug 22, 2024 7:35AM
Christopher Skinner
In received British it is Newcleeare. For some reason in US English the "U" in Nuclear is pronounced "oo"? It's a bit like Traits, which is French, so it's Trays as the end "t" is silent as in Ballet and Lait (Milk).
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Jun 26, 2024 7:21PM
George Oliver Prince
11/15, but there's gonna be some disagreements
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Apr 9, 2024 1:41AM
Gary Ellis
I do disagree with the answer to the "almond" question.
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Mar 29, 2024 9:01PM
lmoores
The pronunciation of these words depends on where you come from.
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Mar 19, 2024 9:52PM
Christine Venables
Some of these depend on where you come from- I guess this was written by an American. A couple of questions didn’t even have an option of the pronunciation usually used in the uk!
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Mar 9, 2024 6:16AM
Marilyn Anderson
Dengue is gay on the second syllable where I come from, (Canada) and victuals is victuals! And the L in almond is NOT silent.
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Mar 8, 2024 7:50PM
Pauline Derham
All depends on where you are from. UK or USA
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Jan 5, 2024 2:44AM
Alan Conyard
Interesting topic. Not sure I agree with all the recommended pronunciations. 😄
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Nov 22, 2023 3:05PM
Christopher Skinner
Nuclear is pronounced new clear, not noo clear, however, in the US "U" is pronounced as oo. This is not the case in received British. Trait is another one consistently mispronounced in the States, it is a French word and the end "T" is silent, so it is pronounced Tray, that is the correct pronunciation (as in Ballet).
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Nov 18, 2023 1:48PM
Rob Orr
Mostly ok (at least there were answers). But as others have noted USA centric. Frankly I pronounce 'sherbet' the way it's spelled, so had to guess which option was closest to what they might want and picked the wrong one.
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Oct 22, 2023 3:56AM
David Green
Typically American pronunciation. The frozen dessert is sorbet not sherbert! I got by their reckoning 10/15 I got 15/15 English pronunciations correct.
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Oct 15, 2023 12:03PM