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Nice read. Something I find really funny is how I was thought oxford's English and the teachers made us pronounce "correctly" the words. I thought that's how e
by woile 6y ago
Nice read.
Something I find really funny is how I was thought oxford's English and the teachers made us pronounce "correctly" the words. I thought that's how everyone spoke. Oh boy, my surprise when I started traveling, everyone pronounces however they want, from the irish, americans, indians, to the australians, even in London no one spoke the way I knew!
This made me feel more comfortable with my English, if I miss pronounce a word, I think it's actually subjective, probably someone pronounces the same way I do haha
And when I really have doubts, I started making notes of these words and I check them in this app that someone built https://youglish.com/ https://youglish.com/ thanks random human!
- hinoki 6y agoEven native speakers run into this a lot. There are words that are quite rare in spoken English but more common when writing. And then you hear someone else pronounce it and it’s completely different than how you say it, and you’re both not sure who’s right. And sometimes you’re both wrong :) Here’s random article I found about it: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/01/31/words-readers-cant-say https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/01/31/words-readers-cant-say I got 3/7 on the quiz, but I didn’t know half the words...