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The more I've embraced audio books and podcasts, the more I'm aware that I've been mispronouncing words. Probably. It's been kinda crazy. So much so I've decid
by specialist 5y ago
The more I've embraced audio books and podcasts, the more I'm aware that I've been mispronouncing words. Probably. It's been kinda crazy.
So much so I've decided I should start journaling about it. New Year's Resolution style decided, aka aspirational.
Not just the usual dialect stuff, like British vs American variations for aluminum. But easy to miss stuff like which syllable gets emphasis, hard vs soft 'ch', and so forth.
I mention it here in hopes someone with more gumption and education (about pronunciation) starts a compilation.
- brabel 5y ago> But easy to miss stuff like which syllable gets emphasis... here's a fun one: juice VS jews. As a non-native speaker, I am not sure these are prounounced differently enough you can confidently say which one is being said when there's no context to guess it... I guess "jews" just gets a longer vowel?
- falcolas 5y agoIME, Juice gets more of a 's' sound: 'Joos'. Jews is more of a 'z' sound: 'Jooz'.
- mekal 5y ago"He got his just deserts when forced to desert his dessert in the desert."
- mekal 5y agoI don't know if this is an English-only thing or not, but the emphasis on a particular word in a sentence can convey some extra info. Ex: He's not lying. 1. He's not lying. (Someone else is lying) 2. He's not lying. (Same as original but more forceful) 3. He's not lying. (Depending on context, could mean "He's not technically lying, but perhaps I'll agree he's stretching the truth a little.", or it could mean "OMG c'mon this is Jim we're talking about, he's not LYING...are you crazy? He always tells the truth." I wonder how many court transcript readings have totally screwed someone over because of something like this. Add sarcasm to the mix to take it up a notch.