Hi there, so in today’s video we’re going
to look at 15 words that I hear mispronounced almost all the time. I can
guarantee that there is at least one word here that you mispronounce, so make sure you stay until the end just to check, maybe you’re okay, we’ll see, but do stay until the end because these ones are very very very commonly
mispronounced. So before we get started, welcome back if
you are a returning subscriber, if you are brand new to my channel, then hello
my name is Emma and if you’re interested in improving your pronunciation or your
accent, particularly with British English, then consider subscribing to my channel
where I post new videos every single Friday. So the first word here is
pronunciation pronunciation, now a lot of people say “pronounce-iation”, even natives so if you say pronounce-iation”, you’re not alone, natives do it as well.
Pronoun, pronoun, pronuncia, so the stress is there, pronunciation,
pronunciation. While we’re here I also want to mention about the verb “to
pronounce”, it is not “pronunce”, “pronoun”, “pronoun”, pronounce, pronounce. The next one is
certificate, certificate, “cate”, notice that I’m not saying “certificATE”, “certificATE”,
which is what a lot of students do, certificate. So that ending is very weak,
it’s with a schwa, certificate. This one is super important to get right, a lot of
students move the stress and they accidentally say “impotent” which means
something completely different. I will let you google that one, important,
important, the stress is on the second syllable. That’s very important to know.
Important, important. The next one is “heart”, in British English we don’t
pronounce the R, heart, “ahh”, heart. A lot of students say “hurt”, “my hurt” but that’s
a different word, heart, heart. This one is “iron”, now in British English it is
pronounced differently to in American English, so that R is not pronounced in
British English, do be aware of that. Iron, iron. Not “i-Ron”, iron, the R is completely
removed, iron. Recipe, recipe, recipe, not “reci-p”, careful. Recipe. Now this one gets confused with recipe, quite a lot and it’s receipt,
receipt, now the P is completely silent in this one, don’t ask me why it’s there,
it’s just there. Receipt, receipt. Remove that P, receipt. Colonel, Colonel. It’s not
a common word but it is one that people come across from time to time especially
if they watch a lot of TV series and films it’s not “colo-nel” so that first L is
silent, “co-nel” “ker”, “er”, so it’s the same sound as in “girl”, okay, “ker”, colonel, remove that first L it’s completely silent. Forget it. Chaos, chaos, chaos, not “cao-s”, don’t be influenced by the spelling here,
“kei”, “kei”, chaos, chaos, be very careful with that one. This is a common one, fruit,
fruit. People, again, they get influenced by the spelling and they say “froo-it”, “froo-it”, but forget that “i”, it’s just a long “oo”, fruit, fruit. Would you like some “choc-oh-leit” or “choc-oh-lat”, no, chocolate, chocolate. There are just two syllables in English there are not three. “Choc-let”,
and notice that second one is not “leit” and it’s not “lat” and it’s definitely
not “la-te”, chocolate, “lat”, “lat”, “lat”, it’s with a schwa. Okay? Chocolate, chocolate. Another one, I hear this pronounced as “com-for-tei-ble” and
“com-for-table quite a lot. Comfortable, comfortable. How many syllables am I
pronouncing? It’s with three, comfortable, comfortable. “comf-tuh-bul”. You see I very quickly transition there from that “m” to the “f” “comf”, comfortable, three syllables, comfortable.
Colleague, colleague, this is not the same as college, which a lot of people
pronounce it like. College is a place where you study, colleague is the person
you work with. Colleague, colleague. Psychology, psychology, a lot of students
pronounce that “psy” as “si” and they say “psi-chology” “psi-cotherapist”, for example. “I’m a psi-chologist”. But it’s not “si”, it is “sai”, the beginning “psy” is always “sai”
in English. Psychology, psychotherapist, psychotherapy, psychologist, they’re all
with “sai”. And the last one, probably the most commonly confused and mispronounced one, is entrepreneur, entrepreneur, entrepreneur. So that ending “uh”
“en-tre-pre-neur”, entrepreneur. I hope this video has helped you a lot with your pronunciation
and any words that you maybe mispronounced. Do let me know below, which words did you mispronounce from the video? Were there any or did you get them all right? If you got them all right, perfect. Let me know in the comments as well. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this video. If you haven’t already then do subscribe to
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Great work on pronunciation
Please Emma make some also story long time vlog
Hello, Emma! Hope you're doing well. ^^ I wanted to ask you about your upcoming course. Is there any news? I'm really excited about it. 💜
Hi Emma☺ I don't get to pronounce "clothe" "clothes" "through " "throughout" and all the words that contain "th" ☺😉
Hello Emma my fivere teacher i'm frome Algéria i like your vidéo well thank you ❤
Thanks for the lesson..
It's so awesome….and l love watching every videos of yours every friday…
Many thanks teacher Emma for your great help to correct our mispronounce of some English words.
Good video as usual. Got me at certificate and iron. I think you should try and visit the northeast of Scotland for some challenging experience in English pronunciation.
The most difficult word for me to pronounce NEWS in british accent
Amazing Emma, greetings from Spain 🌷
Emma!!! Creo que te amooo.. 🤔🤔🤔 ah, y creo que que pronuncio bien todas estas palabras del video.
Saludos. 👋👋👋
Can you demonstrate 'regime' and 'genre'?
Also, for the word 'fifth', do you pronounce 'f' and 'th' together?
Thanks a lot!
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The half of the words I mispronounced. 😬 But now I have tools to improve, thank you Emma.
Thanks. I think these words are easy to pronounce. As for me, the most difficult words to pronounce and read are: quay, aisle, queue.
I admire you teacher
Hello Emma excellent video, see you next friday happy weekend.
Thank you, Emma❣️
I mispronounced the words: recipe, certificate, and receipt.🙃
Entrepreneur is a quite difficult word to pronounce, Emma. In Portuguese it says empreendedor.
Hi Emma 🙋🏼♀️
For me it’s piece of cake 👍🏻
♥️
I mispronounce every word you said in this lesson!
😭😭😭
Colonel is the most difficult . Chocolate is the most surprising
Thank you Emma
I am not a native speaker and pronounce these words correctly. Lol:)) yeah, being a native speaker does not guarantee that your pronunciation is 100% correct.
Keep it up.
Thanks ever so much, Emma. They are really common mis-pronounced words.
Pronunciation
Certificate
Important
Heart
Iron
Recipe
Receipt
Colonel
Chaos
Fruit
Chocolate
Comfortable
Colleague
Psychology
Entrepreneur
Hola Emma , Thank U for your video, some words are similar to Spanish for that reason is a bit confusing for me but it’s okay I just need to practice following your pronunciation.
U are great and gorgeous.
Have a nice weekend 😉
Muchas Gracias 😊
The last one confused me a bit (and I added it to my watch later list), but the others were just fine to me
I have to share this one with my students although I must add another word to the list "pencil". They keep mispronouncing this one.
Nicely Done Thanks a lot Miss
Great video, my words are ;Heart Iron (this is very difficult) and Chaos
Great teacher!
thank you for the lesson Emma!! Does this "e" (n3:) have a name? 5:55
Thanks Emma. I just know I made mistake to pronunció "Iron".
Thanks
''I will let you google that one'' 1:44 😂😂
Thanks Emma
Hi Emma Great Work
But I would request you kindly make a video on wh questions and use of that.
I am also teaching English to the students at my Academy kindly keep on updating me if anything is new there in Language teaching activities.
Thanks
Oh my days!! I was pronouncing wrong the name of my favorite band my whole life! How many times did I say IRON Maiden wrong!!!! I used to pronounce the "r", and I thought my pronunciation was spot on…. silly me! After watching your video (to convince myself) I looked for interviews made to the band by British speaking people and… OF COURSE they said the word the way you did. What was I expecting? Now I will start to say it right, since they are British I will skip the "r" altogether, and it will sound so weird… 'cause everybody here (Spanish spoken country) says "ayron", they will roll their eyes at me… Emma, this kind of videos are so simple but so so so useful!!! Keep up the great job!
Hi Emma, I've been wondering for a while if when we say the word "almost" the letter L is silent or not? Thanks for your answer and have a wonderful weekend!!!
Thanks
How do you pronounce anxiety,anxious
Eres muy bonita
I love British English I love your class and I think you pretty woman
FANTASTIC , AMAZING, DIFFICULT
I HAVE TO LISTEN SEVERAL TIMES
Thank you, emma 😊
Excellent class Emma
Entrepreneur is hard to pronounce and write.😅
Thank you madam. Very useful lesson.
Thank you, Emma !
How to pronounce these "taught, touch "words correctly ?
Love you emma
Hi Emma. I enjoyed the video 😀 thank you❤️
That is great having this video.
I learned a lot from you.
very helpful video thanks mam
I am from India, I really enjoyed your videos and keeps waiting your next Friday. This video corrects my Misprounounciation.
thank you so much Emma for this very useful video, 'chocolate for you 🍫 (I was mispronouncing 'chocolate' and 'certificate' till time, i knew the rest )
Thank you Emma. A great lesson. A would like to listen to your voice every day! I'm so lucky that my surname is not Colonel nor my military rank. 🙃
Great lesson Emma 👏 really helpful eventhough I pronounce these 15 words perfect like you did 👍
My lovely teacher
Good
Really…..?
We don't pronounce those wrong….
Nice…… I look up to you for your talent…… You are really amazing girl you know…. Your every video is nice……. 💙💙💙💙….From London
After 17 hours! ⏰ 😴
Thank you ☺️
Hi Emma ☺ I get the feeling that the British accent sounds like or is close to the Australian accent. Isn't it? As well for the English British and Australian are quite very close, similar ? I am right or wrong ?
Thanks for your time☺
Best wishes ☺
Love your videos.
I have learnt alot though Hornbil festival gonna start tomorrow here in Kohima but I won't never miss your video!!! Thank's Emma🤝
I had never heard 'colonel' before 🤭 Now, it's clear 😉 By the way, I have some words you may find useful to add to your list of mispronounced words for future videos:
– FAVOURITE/FAVORITE
– INTERESTING
– HISTORY
– MOUNTAIN
– FOUNTAIN
It was a surprise to know 'chocolate' has 2 syllables 😄
It's amazing vedio thx emma u're❤ wonderful the word that I couldn't pronounce it is the last one it is terrible 😭
It's very useful lesson. Beautiful madam good evening
I used to mispronounce the word "certificate". Thanks a lot for this video.
The psychology word, the song is very difficult for me. Congratulation for you make this creative vídeo.
Out of curiosity I wish I know how would you pronounce :
1- fur : a fur coat .
2-fair : All we are asking for is a fair response or wage .
All the best .
🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
Colonel😭😭😭😭😭😭 always pronounced wrong thanks Tr
very very good job wow 🙂
I'm impotent man… Oh, I mean important man ;D
So colonel is pronounced like kernel? That's why I made confusion when they said they needed to kill the colonel then I started to think: Before they kill the kernel they need to kill Linus Torvalds first ;D
I love your serious face in the thumbnail on this video, it's something like this…: '🤨' okay, ya. 😂 Bueno , I haven't any problem with these words, however… I mispronounced bad "iron" all of this time. My great secret to pronounce well these words, is visiting Cambridge and Oxford's online dictionaries. When I see a new word I play the buttom sound once, twice… a hundred times. IDK what is the idiom/phrasal verb in English for the next sentence, but it's my: Pan de cada día visiting these websites every day.
Thanks, Emma (sorry for being late) take care. ❤️️
Hey Emma,do you think it sounds weird when we pronounce words both in AE and BE , i like BE accent but sometimes it's hard to change things , such as 'r' sound in 'iron' 🙂
Oh, thank you Emma, it’s indeed very useful
Thanks سوپاس 😁
Thanks
Very nice video.Thanks for important words pronunciation.
It helps alot
I find it difficult to pronounce the words because we are learning an American accent in Turkey. But I admire the British accent. Thx for the video Emma! 🙂
Hi Emma, nice video as always, I got them all right !
I think that the oddest pronunciation in British English is Lieutenant, leftenant, although no f appears in the spelling!
Everytime I fly Alitalia they say that " the Kree'oo welcomes you on board" haha! So crew is another mispronounced word, at least here in Italy
Hi Emma ,
l'm sagar from India.
I just want to tell you that some of the words from this lesson I used to mispronounce now It won't happen ahead.
I really enjoy your teaching , it's great pleasure to learn English by you.
English does not have defined pronunciation rules, unlike my native language
Thanks a lot EMMA
What does it mean receipt , I just researched it and I saw that there a lot of meaning of this word. You use that generally for what ?
I was pronouncing wrongly to just comfortable and the absurd thing is that , I thought that that's true for a very long time without any doubt 😀
Thank you
Hope you don’t correct your boyfriend and mates. That would be tiresome
Thanks to your video I realised that I was mispronouncing PRONUNCIATION,
but my students mispronunce all of them!
you have beautiful eyes, cute lady =)
Emma, is there any difference in pronunciation of certificate as a noun and certificate as a verb?
Lovely❣️Thank you, Emma😊✨
Have a beautiful day💓
Hello Emma, hopefully you're doing great!
you know how much your accent grabs my attention, I do love listening to you!! It's a fascinating accent sounds to me like a poetry. I passed the IELTS test last year and I've been listening to many native speakers, but you become one of my favorite teachers and you have also great way to convey the message. So please take advantages of your outstanding qualities and please plan to make videos with more valuable topics. Anyway if you need any topic suggestions, I'd be grateful to give ones and this is my number 2126 13 48 22 68 if you want to contact me for more information. Have a nice day 😀
All the words I mis pronunce except psychology.
Hi Emma ☺
Foreign learners have some difficulties to pronounce the word "experience ,and plural, experiences"
Thanks for your time ☺