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Do You Actually Know How To Say These Commonly Mispronounced Words?

Most people don't.

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What are your thoughts on this subject?
583 Comments
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
mikeyparry
11 / 15. I disagree with some of the pronunciations. Also, question 11 refers to a frozen dessert. In the UK this is most definitely not sherbet. It is more likely to be sorbet. Sherbet is a dry powdery sweet product!
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Oct 12, 2023 6:19AM
Denny Quigley
12/15. As A Canadian I pronounce several differently. More then a few of these are American pronunciations. More specifically north eastern American pronunciations. Someone from Alabama or Texas would fail miserably.
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Sep 8, 2023 10:05AM
Scott
14/15 Missed Genre. Two choices, chose the wrong one.
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Sep 3, 2023 11:46PM
Gail Cusack
10/15 but this is American pronunciation and we Kiwis speak like the British!!! So disagree with being marked wrong!
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Jun 23, 2023 4:17AM
Elsy O. Stromberg
arinchaliha, i think you definitely do!
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Jun 12, 2023 1:46PM

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