[Music]
hello I’m Emma from oome English and in
this lesson I’m gonna share ten advanced
English words that you’re probably
mispronouncing now before I go on this
video is created for my audience people
who are learning English as a second
language many of the words that I’ll be
sharing with you today will be
pronounced slightly differently
depending on the English accent used so
you’ll hear them in my Australian accent
but just be aware that there can be
slightly different ways of pronouncing
the same word the words that I’m sharing
today are appropriate for advanced level
English learners and of course any
ambitious intermediate level learners as
well but the words that I’ll be sharing
are often mispronounced by native
English speakers too so if you’re a
native English speaker don’t go anywhere
you might find this lesson useful and
interesting as well so ready to get
started okay the first word
pronunciation is hilarious to think that
this word is so commonly mispronounced
and very often by native English
speakers
pronounced pronunciation so there’s the
verb pronounced which means to say words
and sounds did I pronounce that
correctly and then there’s the noun
pronunciation which means the way that a
word is pronounced or said my
pronunciation is improving not my
pronunciation is improving it’s often
mispronounced because there’s a
different vowel sound used in the
stressed syllable in each of these words
listen to the difference pronounced
pronounced ow ow pronounced
pronunciation pronunciation
pronunciation next chaos it’s actually a
hell of a lot easier to pronounce than
it looks
chaos chaos K like the letter K and us
chaos and not chase or cows it’s much
easier than you think
chaos and this is a noun it’s used when
a situation is really confusing or messy
there’s no order there’s no control at
all the accident on the freeway this
morning created chaos for commuters but
this word can extend into the adjective
chaotic you can describe a situation as
chaotic and the same pronunciation rules
apply it’s much easier to pronounce than
you think
k or tic chaotic it became very chaotic
outside the station so we can extend
this even more into the adverb
chaotically so that’s describing how
something happened it happened
chaotically K R T CLE chaotically
specifically not specifically
specifically
specifically there are four syllables
not five this pattern is one that occurs
often in English often when an adjective
that ends in C like specific becomes an
adverb by adding the suffix a ll Y or
just ly so there’s lots of examples of
this
realistically strategically politically
logically democratically artistically
economically and chaotically which we
mentioned earlier which is a really good
example of this same rule that applies
chaotically prestigious so the preferred
pronunciation is prestigious not
prestigious a the shorter vowel sound
prestigious is an adjective that’s used
to say that something or someone is of a
high status they’re very honored very
respected and admired Brighton grammar
is a prestigious boys school she won the
prestigious Archibald Prize again the
problem here comes from the root word
prestige where the stressed vowel sound
is actually different prestige and
prestigious we have the longer e vowel
sound in prestige and the shorter it
vowel sound in prestigious mischievous
mischievous
not mischievious there is only one I
hear its mischievous and it’s often
spelt incorrectly two pronounced and
spelt incorrectly so this is an
adjective that describes a person
usually a child who is having fun by
causing trouble they’re cheeky it’s kind
of silly behavior it’s not really a
negative thing jack is quite a
mischievous child
note that the noun mischief is also
mispronounced sometimes as mischief
mischief mischief
now mischief is a behavior that causes
trouble or disruption but not serious
harm to other people just a bit of fun
he’s always getting up to mischief now
for any of you athletic types who like
to run and swim and cycle triathlon is
often mispronounced and miss spelt as
triathlon now this is probably because
of the pronunciation of marathon after
he ran the marathon he started training
for the triathlon triathlon triathlon
I’m guessing that if you’re the athletic
type and you care about your health and
you’re probably eating healthily most of
the time but natural foods Whole Foods
can also be quite difficult to pronounce
think about the word quinoa quinoa
I’ll have the pumpkin and quinoa salad
please or acai II for a long time I
actually pronounce this word as acai
but I’ve recently found out that I’ve
been pronouncing it completely wrong its
SAE
the stress is on and it’s emphasizing
the third syllable or the last syllable
both of these words since they’re not
originally English words are completely
butchered by native English speakers
by butchered I mean completely
mispronounced and ruined it seems that
English speakers everywhere are confused
about how to pronounce some of these
super food names so don’t be surprised
if you hear it being pronounced
incorrectly by native English speakers
it’s very common genre genre is quite a
sophisticated word genre it’s used to
group a particular style or category of
film or literature or art what’s your
favorite genre that genre of music was
really popular in the 70s now in French
where this word originates where it
comes from the spelling is identical but
the pronunciation is completely
different
Zhang Zhang now that’s a pretty pathetic
French accent but my point is that if
you’re a French speaker this is a false
friend the English pronunciation is
different even though it looks exactly
the same genre genre the first sound is
the sound that you hear in the middle of
words like vision or measure and it’s a
tricky sound to make it’s a voiced sound
now for all of the coffee fans out there
it’s espresso not expresso
and I know that I don’t need to tell my
Italian students that but this seems to
be a really common mistake for native
English speakers and English learners
alike the letters s pronounced as X this
is a really mysterious one for me
why native speakers hi it’s espresso not
expresso I skip breakfast most mornings
and just get by on an espresso Oh
perhaps the confusion comes from the
word Express these two words have kind
of come together I can’t express how
important my morning espresso is I’m
going to escape to the country not
xscape to the country this one is
especially tricky not especially tricky
well how did you go with that list of
advanced English vocabulary perhaps
you’ve been mispronouncing one or two of
them or perhaps as a native speaker
you’ve just realized that you’ve been
mispronouncing one of them like me with
acai now there is no better way to
practice and improve your pronunciation
then with a native English speaker and
you can do that with cambly the teachers
at kam Li are native English speakers
from the US from the UK Australia Canada
and they can give you specific and
personal feedback helping you to fix
those pronunciation problems and
communicate clearly in English so use
the link in the description below to get
a free 15 minute lesson with a native
speaker you could even practice the list
of words and examples from this lesson
awesome to have someone listening to
you and telling you what you need to do
to improve if you enjoyed this lesson
then please subscribe comment say hi I
love hearing from you
in fact what other English words are
difficult for you to pronounce I’m sure
you have a list of them somewhere make
sure you try out this video right here
to learn how to pronounce 10 English
words that I think you’re mispronouncing
and watch this playlist down here to
practice your pronunciation and English
expression thanks for watching and I’ll
see you next week bye for now
hello I’m Emma from oome English and in
this lesson I’m gonna share ten advanced
English words that you’re probably
mispronouncing now before I go on this
video is created for my audience people
who are learning English as a second
language many of the words that I’ll be
sharing with you today will be
pronounced slightly differently
depending on the English accent used so
you’ll hear them in my Australian accent
but just be aware that there can be
slightly different ways of pronouncing
the same word the words that I’m sharing
today are appropriate for advanced level
English learners and of course any
ambitious intermediate level learners as
well but the words that I’ll be sharing
are often mispronounced by native
English speakers too so if you’re a
native English speaker don’t go anywhere
you might find this lesson useful and
interesting as well so ready to get
started okay the first word
pronunciation is hilarious to think that
this word is so commonly mispronounced
and very often by native English
speakers
pronounced pronunciation so there’s the
verb pronounced which means to say words
and sounds did I pronounce that
correctly and then there’s the noun
pronunciation which means the way that a
word is pronounced or said my
pronunciation is improving not my
pronunciation is improving it’s often
mispronounced because there’s a
different vowel sound used in the
stressed syllable in each of these words
listen to the difference pronounced
pronounced ow ow pronounced
pronunciation pronunciation
pronunciation next chaos it’s actually a
hell of a lot easier to pronounce than
it looks
chaos chaos K like the letter K and us
chaos and not chase or cows it’s much
easier than you think
chaos and this is a noun it’s used when
a situation is really confusing or messy
there’s no order there’s no control at
all the accident on the freeway this
morning created chaos for commuters but
this word can extend into the adjective
chaotic you can describe a situation as
chaotic and the same pronunciation rules
apply it’s much easier to pronounce than
you think
k or tic chaotic it became very chaotic
outside the station so we can extend
this even more into the adverb
chaotically so that’s describing how
something happened it happened
chaotically K R T CLE chaotically
specifically not specifically
specifically
specifically there are four syllables
not five this pattern is one that occurs
often in English often when an adjective
that ends in C like specific becomes an
adverb by adding the suffix a ll Y or
just ly so there’s lots of examples of
this
realistically strategically politically
logically democratically artistically
economically and chaotically which we
mentioned earlier which is a really good
example of this same rule that applies
chaotically prestigious so the preferred
pronunciation is prestigious not
prestigious a the shorter vowel sound
prestigious is an adjective that’s used
to say that something or someone is of a
high status they’re very honored very
respected and admired Brighton grammar
is a prestigious boys school she won the
prestigious Archibald Prize again the
problem here comes from the root word
prestige where the stressed vowel sound
is actually different prestige and
prestigious we have the longer e vowel
sound in prestige and the shorter it
vowel sound in prestigious mischievous
mischievous
not mischievious there is only one I
hear its mischievous and it’s often
spelt incorrectly two pronounced and
spelt incorrectly so this is an
adjective that describes a person
usually a child who is having fun by
causing trouble they’re cheeky it’s kind
of silly behavior it’s not really a
negative thing jack is quite a
mischievous child
note that the noun mischief is also
mispronounced sometimes as mischief
mischief mischief
now mischief is a behavior that causes
trouble or disruption but not serious
harm to other people just a bit of fun
he’s always getting up to mischief now
for any of you athletic types who like
to run and swim and cycle triathlon is
often mispronounced and miss spelt as
triathlon now this is probably because
of the pronunciation of marathon after
he ran the marathon he started training
for the triathlon triathlon triathlon
I’m guessing that if you’re the athletic
type and you care about your health and
you’re probably eating healthily most of
the time but natural foods Whole Foods
can also be quite difficult to pronounce
think about the word quinoa quinoa
I’ll have the pumpkin and quinoa salad
please or acai II for a long time I
actually pronounce this word as acai
but I’ve recently found out that I’ve
been pronouncing it completely wrong its
SAE
the stress is on and it’s emphasizing
the third syllable or the last syllable
both of these words since they’re not
originally English words are completely
butchered by native English speakers
by butchered I mean completely
mispronounced and ruined it seems that
English speakers everywhere are confused
about how to pronounce some of these
super food names so don’t be surprised
if you hear it being pronounced
incorrectly by native English speakers
it’s very common genre genre is quite a
sophisticated word genre it’s used to
group a particular style or category of
film or literature or art what’s your
favorite genre that genre of music was
really popular in the 70s now in French
where this word originates where it
comes from the spelling is identical but
the pronunciation is completely
different
Zhang Zhang now that’s a pretty pathetic
French accent but my point is that if
you’re a French speaker this is a false
friend the English pronunciation is
different even though it looks exactly
the same genre genre the first sound is
the sound that you hear in the middle of
words like vision or measure and it’s a
tricky sound to make it’s a voiced sound
now for all of the coffee fans out there
it’s espresso not expresso
and I know that I don’t need to tell my
Italian students that but this seems to
be a really common mistake for native
English speakers and English learners
alike the letters s pronounced as X this
is a really mysterious one for me
why native speakers hi it’s espresso not
expresso I skip breakfast most mornings
and just get by on an espresso Oh
perhaps the confusion comes from the
word Express these two words have kind
of come together I can’t express how
important my morning espresso is I’m
going to escape to the country not
xscape to the country this one is
especially tricky not especially tricky
well how did you go with that list of
advanced English vocabulary perhaps
you’ve been mispronouncing one or two of
them or perhaps as a native speaker
you’ve just realized that you’ve been
mispronouncing one of them like me with
acai now there is no better way to
practice and improve your pronunciation
then with a native English speaker and
you can do that with cambly the teachers
at kam Li are native English speakers
from the US from the UK Australia Canada
and they can give you specific and
personal feedback helping you to fix
those pronunciation problems and
communicate clearly in English so use
the link in the description below to get
a free 15 minute lesson with a native
speaker you could even practice the list
of words and examples from this lesson
awesome to have someone listening to
you and telling you what you need to do
to improve if you enjoyed this lesson
then please subscribe comment say hi I
love hearing from you
in fact what other English words are
difficult for you to pronounce I’m sure
you have a list of them somewhere make
sure you try out this video right here
to learn how to pronounce 10 English
words that I think you’re mispronouncing
and watch this playlist down here to
practice your pronunciation and English
expression thanks for watching and I’ll
see you next week bye for now
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