hello and welcome to English with Lucy
now if this is your first time visiting
my channel then let me just introduce
myself I am an English teacher from
England and I teach English as a foreign
language now I’ve already done a video
on ten words that non-native speakers
tend to pronounce incorrectly and today
I’m going to be talking about ten words
that native speakers pronounce
incorrectly so if you are a native
English speaker then keep watching the
video and see if there are any that you
didn’t know that you were pronouncing
incorrectly when I did the research for
this video I really surprised myself
because there was a word that I use
quite a lot that I up until today have
been pronouncing incorrectly non-native
speakers you are more than welcome as
well just you generally improve your
pronunciation and practice your
listening with me here disclaimer you
can pronounce the words however you want
I really do not mind I also know that
there are many differences between
British English and American English and
other English is and I’m not saying that
American English is wrong my channel is
about British English so that’s what I’m
talking about today I actually think
that American English can be more
logical at times so well done Webster
thank you before we get started I just
want to remind you all that if you
really want to take your English
learning to the next level then you
should check out the website called I
Torquay and this is an online platform
where you can connect with hundreds if
not thousands of native qualified
teachers any time any day it’s
completely flexible and it’s a very good
value for money so if you’re learning
English or any other language and you
want to improve your fluency you can
visit I talky using the link in the
description and your account will be
credited with 100 Oh
credits as soon as you make your first
purchase and that’s worth around $10 so
make sure you take advantage of that
offer okay back to the class now the
first word on my list there are 10 in
total is this one yes it’s not really a
word it’s a letter
but it has been pronounced incorrectly
Oh many times by so many native speakers
and I must say I was a culprit when I
was younger I used to say this
incorrectly it should be pronounced H H
but a lot of people pronounce it h h now
it does make more sense to pronounce the
letter that makes the earth sound with
the HUD sound at the beginning of it H
but alas that is not the official way
now no one’s going to get cross with you
if you pronounce it incorrectly but
originally in the 19th century words
like herb hotel and hospital were
pronounced a hotel and hospital and then
it was a battle of the classes and then
we started pronouncing the H
on everything now the breathy age is a
big part of the English and the British
English language now you might notice
that Americans do actually still
pronounce herb herb there are there are
two accepted pronunciations you can see
both herb and herb in America now the
next one is something that are you for
breakfast most mornings which is yeah I
know this for breakfast it gives me a
lot of energy
this is pronounced salmon but a lot of
native speakers say Salman but it should
be salmon not Salman so the L in salmon
is silent moving on to number three this
one much the same almond shouldn’t be
pronounced almond the L again is silent
then we have the word that I found out
that I had been pronouncing incorrectly
so the word is number four this one how
would you say it go on say it aloud no
one’s listening it should be pronounced
with three syllables mischievous but up
until today I have always pronounced it
mischievious with four syllables now I
found up one of my friends who
coincidentally speaks Spanish and I
asked her how would you pronounce a word
for naughty the begins with M and she
said mala
which I found quite funny but no I
talked to my friends and they all
pronounce it mischievous as well I did
some research on this and for the
majority of under 35s this is the way
that we pronounce mischievous so I
wonder whether the word will evolve and
mischievious will become accepted but
really it’s not in the spelling so I
wonder where that came from
now the next one is something that I
often hear pronounced incorrectly
such a tiny tiny mistake some people
pronounce this word etc etc with an X
like etc or etc etc but it should be etc
now the next one number six italians
this is for you all the coffee lovers
will know this it’s not expresso its
espresso SS Breslau there is no X in
there we’ve got them mixed up with the
word Express so make sure you remember
that one next time you order a coffee
now the next one is another case of
extra syllables being added in this one
is just two syllables but many people
pronounce it with three it should be a
sleet athlete but many natives will say
athlete athlete so remember two
syllables not three now the next one is
my personal favorite on this list it is
this one and for all the non-natives it
might seem quite obvious that it’s
pronounced specifically specifically but
some people do say pacifically so they
get the wrong spelling as well and the
wrong pronunciation so I get
specifically comes from the Pacific
Ocean I’m not sure but people have heard
it written it down wrong and a couple of
people not many
we’ll say pacifically instead of
specifically now the next one number
nine this one now this is a word that I
hear Americans pronounce incorrectly
more often than the British I don’t want
to cause any rivalry there we have our
faults I know we have our faults we add
in extra use and we have funny
Spelling’s now this should be for
British ask and for Americans ask but
there are a few people that will say ax
now it is a notoriously difficult
combination of phonemes
that’s together so they just forget the
first sound and say ax now then I’ll
strum the popular super food not Quin
o’er as I called it for quite a long
time it’s that super enough quinoa but
how would you know this by looking at it
I had no idea quinoa I feel a bit
ridiculous saying quinoa sounds too posh
but yes not kin era or Quinn over quinoa
alright guys so that was my list of 10
words that native speakers sometimes
quite often pronounced incorrectly so
you know the one that I pronounced
incorrectly mischievous not mischievious
and must remember that and maybe you
learned something too if you can think
of any more words that are pronounced
incorrectly by native speakers make sure
you comment below I’d love to hear them
and I’ll see you very soon for another
English class don’t forget to connect
with me on all of my social media I have
my Instagram account my facebook
obviously my youtube channel I have a
Weibo account and oh yes I have patreon
so connect with me on there I love
communicating with all of you bye
you
now if this is your first time visiting
my channel then let me just introduce
myself I am an English teacher from
England and I teach English as a foreign
language now I’ve already done a video
on ten words that non-native speakers
tend to pronounce incorrectly and today
I’m going to be talking about ten words
that native speakers pronounce
incorrectly so if you are a native
English speaker then keep watching the
video and see if there are any that you
didn’t know that you were pronouncing
incorrectly when I did the research for
this video I really surprised myself
because there was a word that I use
quite a lot that I up until today have
been pronouncing incorrectly non-native
speakers you are more than welcome as
well just you generally improve your
pronunciation and practice your
listening with me here disclaimer you
can pronounce the words however you want
I really do not mind I also know that
there are many differences between
British English and American English and
other English is and I’m not saying that
American English is wrong my channel is
about British English so that’s what I’m
talking about today I actually think
that American English can be more
logical at times so well done Webster
thank you before we get started I just
want to remind you all that if you
really want to take your English
learning to the next level then you
should check out the website called I
Torquay and this is an online platform
where you can connect with hundreds if
not thousands of native qualified
teachers any time any day it’s
completely flexible and it’s a very good
value for money so if you’re learning
English or any other language and you
want to improve your fluency you can
visit I talky using the link in the
description and your account will be
credited with 100 Oh
credits as soon as you make your first
purchase and that’s worth around $10 so
make sure you take advantage of that
offer okay back to the class now the
first word on my list there are 10 in
total is this one yes it’s not really a
word it’s a letter
but it has been pronounced incorrectly
Oh many times by so many native speakers
and I must say I was a culprit when I
was younger I used to say this
incorrectly it should be pronounced H H
but a lot of people pronounce it h h now
it does make more sense to pronounce the
letter that makes the earth sound with
the HUD sound at the beginning of it H
but alas that is not the official way
now no one’s going to get cross with you
if you pronounce it incorrectly but
originally in the 19th century words
like herb hotel and hospital were
pronounced a hotel and hospital and then
it was a battle of the classes and then
we started pronouncing the H
on everything now the breathy age is a
big part of the English and the British
English language now you might notice
that Americans do actually still
pronounce herb herb there are there are
two accepted pronunciations you can see
both herb and herb in America now the
next one is something that are you for
breakfast most mornings which is yeah I
know this for breakfast it gives me a
lot of energy
this is pronounced salmon but a lot of
native speakers say Salman but it should
be salmon not Salman so the L in salmon
is silent moving on to number three this
one much the same almond shouldn’t be
pronounced almond the L again is silent
then we have the word that I found out
that I had been pronouncing incorrectly
so the word is number four this one how
would you say it go on say it aloud no
one’s listening it should be pronounced
with three syllables mischievous but up
until today I have always pronounced it
mischievious with four syllables now I
found up one of my friends who
coincidentally speaks Spanish and I
asked her how would you pronounce a word
for naughty the begins with M and she
said mala
which I found quite funny but no I
talked to my friends and they all
pronounce it mischievous as well I did
some research on this and for the
majority of under 35s this is the way
that we pronounce mischievous so I
wonder whether the word will evolve and
mischievious will become accepted but
really it’s not in the spelling so I
wonder where that came from
now the next one is something that I
often hear pronounced incorrectly
such a tiny tiny mistake some people
pronounce this word etc etc with an X
like etc or etc etc but it should be etc
now the next one number six italians
this is for you all the coffee lovers
will know this it’s not expresso its
espresso SS Breslau there is no X in
there we’ve got them mixed up with the
word Express so make sure you remember
that one next time you order a coffee
now the next one is another case of
extra syllables being added in this one
is just two syllables but many people
pronounce it with three it should be a
sleet athlete but many natives will say
athlete athlete so remember two
syllables not three now the next one is
my personal favorite on this list it is
this one and for all the non-natives it
might seem quite obvious that it’s
pronounced specifically specifically but
some people do say pacifically so they
get the wrong spelling as well and the
wrong pronunciation so I get
specifically comes from the Pacific
Ocean I’m not sure but people have heard
it written it down wrong and a couple of
people not many
we’ll say pacifically instead of
specifically now the next one number
nine this one now this is a word that I
hear Americans pronounce incorrectly
more often than the British I don’t want
to cause any rivalry there we have our
faults I know we have our faults we add
in extra use and we have funny
Spelling’s now this should be for
British ask and for Americans ask but
there are a few people that will say ax
now it is a notoriously difficult
combination of phonemes
that’s together so they just forget the
first sound and say ax now then I’ll
strum the popular super food not Quin
o’er as I called it for quite a long
time it’s that super enough quinoa but
how would you know this by looking at it
I had no idea quinoa I feel a bit
ridiculous saying quinoa sounds too posh
but yes not kin era or Quinn over quinoa
alright guys so that was my list of 10
words that native speakers sometimes
quite often pronounced incorrectly so
you know the one that I pronounced
incorrectly mischievous not mischievious
and must remember that and maybe you
learned something too if you can think
of any more words that are pronounced
incorrectly by native speakers make sure
you comment below I’d love to hear them
and I’ll see you very soon for another
English class don’t forget to connect
with me on all of my social media I have
my Instagram account my facebook
obviously my youtube channel I have a
Weibo account and oh yes I have patreon
so connect with me on there I love
communicating with all of you bye
you
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