Usually Mispronounced Words

last SG · 2007-05-21T22:44:35+00:00

i know francois shld be like fran-sua...

starblue SG

or-per-chunity

of-tern

starblue SG

how to pronouce "envelope"???

on-ver-lop?

en-ver-lop?

rainee SG

hmm wat does this word mean ah? Embarassed

rainee SG

i always pronounce as enver-lop Laughing

rainee SG

jan-ter-man Mr. Green

for the genting, i usually refer to it as gern-ting Laughing

rainee SG

Laughing

I used to pronounce it wrongly also

Kuali Baba SG

Edited to indicate the syllables that should be stressed.

ON-ver-lohp.

That reminds me of the name Penelope (per-NELL-luh-pee).

rainee SG

actually both en-ver-lop and on-ver-lop are accepted Wink

NeverSayGoodBye SG

.....originated from Greek, some people use it as their western name like Atlatea Tan or Atlatea Ong..........

.....Hmm should be "tea" or "t..e..a"

rainee SG

hmm...i searched in the dictionary and cudnt find it... Confused

hisoka SG

its not wrong pronounciations, its just different versions of pronouncing. Laughing

rainee SG

haha yea, dats why it is confusing...have to explain to my students which one is british, and wich one is american... Laughing

hisoka SG

lets not forget the local variations Laughing

rainee SG

local variation even worse la... Laughing

TehJarVu SG

rainee teaching english now meh? thought you study science de…

Kuali Baba SG

Why don't you check the baby name websites? Wink

Chin Eng SG

WAS THAT YOU!!???

I am sorry.... Laughing

hey engrish teacher.... why plural of mouse is mice, but plural of house is not hice??? hah????

798 SG

it's all depend on different countries due to their culture n mindset. if we r laughing at how they r mispronunciation, we will be a laughing stock ourselves as we only believe in our own culture.

so there is no right or wrong sometime.

rainee SG

the place where i m teaching dun have computer science subs ma... Confused

rainee SG

Originally posted by Chin Eng:

[b]WAS THAT YOU!!???

I am sorry.... Laughing

hey engrish teacher.... why plural of mouse is mice, but plural of house is not hice??? hah????[/b]

lolz....different words have different ways to show that they are plural ma, just like doesn't mean the past tense for talk is talked then the past tense for run is runed Laughing

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