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"Do pronunciation drills for sounds you have trouble making to improve specific difficulties."
"Find words that are particularly interesting to you, and focus on pronouncing them correctly to possibly improve pronunciation in other parts of the language."
"The first tip for improving your pronunciation is to sing along to a favorite song."
"Start with pronunciation because if you have good pronunciation but poor grammar, people will still understand you."
"Listening to native speakers helps English learners imitate correct pronunciation and intonation patterns, leading to clearer communication."
"Read aloud to practice pronunciation, intonation, and fluency."
"The tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap at three on the teeth: Lo-li-ta."
"You should worry more about your pronunciation than your accent."
"I used to pronounce chaotic with a 'ch' sound like 'chalk'."
"Clarity, pronunciation, enunciation, and intonation are more important because, regardless of your accent, if you're not clear and you don't pronounce words, people won't understand you."
"Sometimes I read out loud to practice pronunciation."
"Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls confirms the pronunciation as Yahweh."
"This week in West Hollywood we're starting off because the fastest enunciation of your cheek shirts."
"Pronunciation actually affects the meaning and sometimes when you fix a couple of small things it becomes a lot easier to understand you."
"Try doing this using a number of different mediums and sources. That way, you'll be exposed to the diversity that the language offers and master the fundamentals of pronunciation."
"Latin is just Latin and you can use either classical or ecclesiastical pronunciation convention to access the language and its literature."
"Good pronunciation will make you understood."
"In communication, pronunciation is much more important than grammar."
"The number one thing that makes you sound like a native speaker is your pronunciation."
"The best way to improve your pronunciation to sound more American, or if you want to sound more British or Australian, is to shadow."
"Good pronunciation can actually raise the level of your English."
"Improving your pronunciation will help people to understand you."
"Practicing linking sounds is actually really simple once you know the rules."
"Pronunciation is important, and so is fluency. You need both of them."
"It's pronounced scare, it's the scary island of scare."
"You don't need a perfect native accent, but you just need a clear and understandable pronunciation."
"I'm pretty sure Levi's only way to pronounce this."
"In Chinese communities, the number 4 is considered worth being cautious of, likely because it is pronounced the same as the Chinese word for death."
"Your pronunciation doesn't interfere with communication when you're fluent."
"If you're mispronouncing the Quran and you're the leader of the Muslims and you're deliberately reading it wrong, he should move somebody else forward."
"Out of all my friends that pronounce things wrong, I'd say 99.9% of them pronounce all of these brands wrong incorrectly."
"Thalia's pronunciation was almost flawless throughout."
"I don't know how you say his name, sorry I'm a degenerate."
"I love you, also try pronouncing this name as you just said but thank you."
"Hopefully I pronounced her name right and rest in peace to her."
"Pronunciation is something that you can really focus on to improve quicker."
"It's entirely up to you but you don't have to go and do this large emphasis of the sound of A, you just use that slide element to get you to the next position."
"I might mispronounce things by the way, so you know, just forgive me."
"Did you know that the show is actually supposed to be pronounced emily in perry?" - Lilly Collins
"Record yourself speaking to perfect your pronunciation... You can instantly hear the difference between your speech and the authentic native pronunciation."
"Most of us care about pronunciation. We all want to sound good, more natural, more native."
"That's just it's just how we pronounce it and I was like damn."
"It's pronounced 'singer,' not 'cyngor.' It's singer, not singing." - "It's pronounced 'singer,' not 'cyngor.' It's singer, not singing."
"I hate mispronouncing things on YouTube, makes me feel dumb."
"Welcome to a new series that I am calling I know I'm gonna say this wrong Albirex ich lick mon shafts laga."
"If all you learned was the book pronunciation, you’d have a pretty hard time putting sentences together naturally."
"It's New Orleans, New Orleans. Think of it so it's like 'new' then 'or' like what you row a boat with, and then 'lens' like a camera lens."
"In America, you say herbs. In the UK, we say herbs because there's a [expletive] 'H' in it."
"Spanish pronunciation is much easier to learn as a second language because Spanish is a phonetic language, meaning if you can see it, you can say it."
"It's written D-U-V-A-L, but when you get here, you have to pronounce it the right way, and the right way is 'Doo-val'."
"You made that sound easy, nice. You're a pronunciation pro."
"I hope that's how you pronounce it in this way I nurture my soul and become a strong and steady representative of the light."
"Welcome back to English with Lucy today I have another pronunciation video for you I'm going to be going through all of the English place names that are really hard to pronounce."
"I almost said ules, I almost just read it that way."
"When you're saying the name of God I can promise you God is a whole lot more interested in are you living in his name than are you pronouncing it correctly"
"Jeopardy clawing back a correct answer because of pronunciation lost a lot of money because of two letters."
"Everyone deserves to have their name said correctly."
"You're saying PEE-KAHN and it's everybody knows it's PUH-KAHN or PEE-CAN."
"Pinot noir was a wine most Americans hadn't heard of, didn't buy, and couldn't pronounce, either."
"So, a lot of people wonder, 'Why do we have this complicated name and why is it so difficult to pronounce?'"
"London Dairy: the only word in the English language with six silent letters."
"And it's a Nordic term, and it's 'hygge', and some people call it 'hague', but it's actually pronounced 'hygge', I think, sitting here, I'm doubting myself, but I think."
"I hope I'm pronouncing that last name right, please call me out if I'm not."
"The fact that these same so-called stupid pricks can go and pronounce the Kardashians when we have the same amount of letters in our last name, if not theirs one is longer than mine, it's ridiculous and I clock it and I see right through the BS."
"It's so hard to pronounce sometimes, but it's not that hard. I think they need to try harder."
"Most of the time this is completely systematic. There are specific sound patterns and rules that determine exactly how, when, and why native speakers pronounce or don't pronounce particular sounds."
"In a sentence, you're looking at the strong form versus the weak form of a word."
"Every time they pronounce something wrong, I kind of shiver."
"I realized that we don't have to worry about mispronouncing Paradis anymore."
"If you're on a red carpet, you should be able to pronounce the name of the designer of clothes that you're wearing."
"The creator says it's pronounced 'jiff' like the peanut butter."
"Just click on the speaker icon next to each word to hear it at normal speed and click a second time to hear the word at half speed."
"You can also listen to the native pronunciation and your own pronunciation side by side."
"Mr. Who's it? Mr. Who's it like w-h-o-s-e Dash it."
"English isn't a strictly phonetic language. The way a word is written in English may not give you much indication at all as to how it's pronounced in English."
"Volkswagen or folks vagen? Let's drive with the right pronunciation!"
"My name is what I thought was Yecedrah, but it is pronounced with the Y silent, Essedra. A Sidra is what it's called."
"Simon has a kids charity called mm7 or as Vic pronounces it seven foreign."
"Pronunciation rarely gets in the way of communication... It's a marker of who you are, your club membership."
"Don't skip your drilling with beginners. They really need that pronunciation practice."
"Everybody has at least a handful of words that you have a really hard time pronouncing."
"Accents in Spanish essentially help to indicate which syllable of a word should be stressed out when spoken out loud."
"Yo, that should be happening sometimes. You'll be reading some stuff phonetically and you'll be like, 'You said how you think it's pronounced, right?'"
"...the name of Jesus sounded more like yeshu or yeshu."
"It's not for lack of trying, did you say Marius? Because I could see maybe thinking it was like Mario."
"It should be easy to pronounce. Look, Nike or Puma, it doesn't have to mean anything."
"It's why I'm here Sam I a question for you Sam is it liquor with like a CK or is it liquor with a Q um it was lior with C do you think but I was just wondering I guessed."
"It's pronounced lame, because it's French."
"We're going to call it a weed eater. That's how I grew up saying it. And I think that's how you should say it too."
"That's good. I can't say oil right, I know."
"Let's just start with Dolce. Is that how you say this? Dolce? Dolce?"
"Oh my God, I've been eyeing these shoes for the longest time, Adidas, I don't know how to say it, Whales Boner."
"I remember we had a hard time pronouncing Mr. Uxa. Are you proud of me for how easily I did it without even looking at anything? I just looked at you and said it. I mean, it's not written anywhere. There's a pronunciation down there. My shirts."
"Do I really pronounce it 'moldy meter'? I don't think so. It's 'multimeter.'"
"If you can't pronounce it, don't eat it."
"We're gonna make some scones which is how you say it in England it's totally fine to say scone they're actually named after the town in Scotland where ancient Kings received their coronation which is schoon."
"...English native speakers usually say Haribo. Haribo. And again the name originates in the name of the founder of the company which was Hans Riga and he was from the city of Bonn in Germany."
"Repeat after me: red leather, yellow leather, lavender leather."
"Mommy, don't forget, she pronounces 'but' country-style rather than 'butt' and her companion's name."
"Pranav knows, they really say Soletakin, it's 'Soul Taken'. That's wild."
"I know how to pronounce it, I know how to spell it, and I know it's tailored for me."
"All of this time I have been wearing dossier fragrances and I've been calling it 'dossier.' That's so embarrassing. Please, let's not even talk about it. That is just really sad."
"I think it means when you're ill, like you're 'learned.' I don't know how to pronounce it, but I'm fairly certain it's sick, right?"
"My last name is pronounced Urbanek...prior to that, I had developed a nickname called Maniac because everybody could not pronounce my name."
"Ah yes, the sauce that is absolutely impossible to pronounce if you're not born in the United Kingdom."
"Can I say Irish wish watch? I have to slow way down to say it if I'm just talking normal speed. I'm like, 'Can I say Irish wishh?' It's no, it sounds like wishh."
"Which wish watches are Swiss wit watches? I can't even do it when I'm [__] slow. Holy [__], which wish watches are Swiss wit watches? Wish wrist watches or just wish washes from now on. Jesus [__] Christ."
"Essentially, it's not even the fact that it has to be pronounced, it does not have to be articulated but every alphabet, every syllable brings its own vibration."
"The world's first penitentiary. I hope I'm saying that word right."
"He goes, 'You don't even spell my [ __ ] name right.' And I'm like, 'Say it.' He goes, 'Charlie.' I go, 'Isn't it spelled right? Sound it out, prick!'"
"I do deliberately say Porsche incorrectly... because I enjoy how much it winds up the sort of person you know who I'm talking about."
"I think over the past three or four years, I say 'Adidas' more than 'Adidas,' really, Matt? Don't be that."
"It's important that you develop your pronunciation for clear communication."
"Mispronouncing names is very disrespectful."
"If you were used to saying 'insurance' instead of 'insurance,' well, you might be quite sure of this American accent."
"Simply because they're from a different country and could never reasonably be expected to have predicted a local pronunciation."
"I just wanted to play the audio so you could hear him go dick tip, tip, shaft, tip."
"I don't know why but whenever I go to say romwe I go like Muay Boran I don't know why but yes it's wrongly so."
"CELTA interview evaluates your pronunciation."
"It's pronounced Aaron, you done messed up Aaron."
"I don't normally comment on comments from the haters but what I gotta say is, how do you pronounce ve GE ta r IA n?"
"I feel like the people who argue about that pronunciation also have fights about whether it's pronounced jif or gif."
"Thank you so much, sir. Best things first, you got my name pronunciation right. Oh, I want to thank you for that."
"If they can say charcuterie, they can say Salema."
"Pronunciation can change over time and pronunciation can change by geography."
"...the correct pronunciation of MikroTik. So MikroTik is a Latvian word and if you were actually Latvian you probably pronounce it 'me critique.'"
"The only reason this is called the Great Vowel Shift, the reason it's seen as so important in the history of English pronunciation, is that it happened at such a time in history that it now affects all modern dialects of English."
"Bor G... I hope I'm saying it correctly."
"...you can actually upload an animated GIF file or GIF depending on how you prefer to say it."
"Lavener Lava, the one compact - that's a hard name to say and I'm not getting any better saying it. It's taken me five takes to get that name."
"Hard K sounds are the most Easy Sounds to pronounce in most cultures. That's why it's Coca-Cola, that's why it's Kodak."
"To be a storyteller, you have to have certain attributes. In the first place, you have to know how to pronounce your words. If you can't pronounce properly, you can't be going on the stage."
"I actually wonder if any of my Dutch friends could help me pronounce it down in the comments."
"My name is actually pronounced Jason Sedakis."
"Author JK Rowling previously stated that the 't' in Voldemort is silent as it is in the French word for death."
"Parents are giving out some weird names, which is fine. I think that's great. Gave your kid a weird name, you just can't get mad at me if I can't pronounce or spell your weird name."
"To make a TH sound, I'm going to bring my tongue in between my teeth."
"It's like a foot, this guy, [creator's name], I don't know how to pronounce that."
"Babel's speech recognition technology helps you to improve your pronunciation and accent."
"In English every letter is silent sometimes except for one, the P."
"I dare you get in front of a camera talk for an hour to an hour and a half straight and try not to mispronounce any words I dare you."
"Have you noticed that the way they talk when you mispronounce a single word, it's because the French love the sound of their language to them a bad French accent is like an Out Of Tune violin, painful to the ears."
"I like how Janae the scammer, aka the Mona Scott of YouTube, has pronounced my name correctly."
"Sikhs are peaceful people, right? And I'm saying it right, Sikh."
"Think of all the pronunciation that you learned."
"The best way to solve this is by listening to native speakers at a fast pace and getting comfortable with our pronunciation changes and also the advanced expressions that we."
"Number five is bow or bow, depending on how you read it."
"Chunbin is more focusing on how this pronunciation sounds."
"Every songwriter and singer has this ability to shape the vowels and shape the sounds in their mouth."
"So, um like the correct way to say it would be CoCo Key just like Castaway Key."
"Grimes really said if they can pronounce Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can pronounce X Æ A-12."
"...it's not about memorizing words, it's about learning sounds and how to combine them together."
"That's not how you say it. It's pronounced 'FAMU,' oh 'FAMU,' why you getting mad at me?"
"I only get like, 'You pronounce this word wrong with your Boston accent'."
"This final one, I think I do know that you can tell I've that it's why I've been saying voxal this whole time instead of Volkswagen because that is a..."
"Pronunciation actually begins with listening to lots of other people."
"The most important ways to improve your English pronunciation are to actually communicate with people, have the desire to understand and be understood, and have the desire to be socially accepted."
"I need to improve my English pronunciation."
"...you pronounce it because those are traditional Thanksgiving pies"
"Thinking strategically helps you connect pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary."
"It took me 15 months to say 'Porsha Guadia'."
"I'm unsure how to pronounce that, but these are kind of those, they're kind of like the lip clays from Colidos."
"Changes take place over time in how people pronounce the words of their language. You are familiar with this just by listening to people speak different dialects of English."
"Congratulations on speaking real English with fast, natural, reduced pronunciation."
"The final thing that would make its place names truly unpronounceable was time. Over hundreds of years, locals who were too busy to pronounce all the syllables in 'sester' reduced it to 'stir' to save time."
"That's kind of how you pronounce it, key."
"Let's all have fun and this is why you've pronounced pickleball."
"When romanizing your fictional language, it should be written as close to how it's pronounced as possible to give people the best chance of getting things accurate."
"I think a lot of people are going to have to get used to saying Kamala's name."
"I'm not completely positive that's how you pronounce it but I'm just going to go with it. Chrysler Sebring. What an idiot!"
"We apologize for mispronouncing the name."
"Arcane sass seems to be a bit sensitive about their name because it's strictly prohibited to pronounce Arkansas incorrectly when you're in the state."
"Thank you for stopping by and watching the video. I hope you guys don't yell at me. I hope I didn't pronounce something wrong."
Now "Emma why are you saying close and you're not saying clothes?". Well in Rapid speech, what many native speakers do is instead of trying to pronounce that TH in clothes, we cut the TH and we say close, close.
"Can it not be a coconut pie or a banana pie? No, it must be a rasp-bear-berry which is unspeakable. It is not, you cannot pronounce this correctly without spitting on the lens."
"Excuse me, how do you pronounce the name of your brand, Jack you are? There's an A and an R on it, no there isn't."
"You got Kade. Yes, Kade. Yes. Oh my God, why you saying Kade like that though?"
"I know how to pronounce vitamin C."
"...this is the kind of activity that could not only fix bad pronunciation if that's what you think you have but it can also take your pronunciation to that Next Level..."
"Because we're reviewing and practicing pronunciation, they need to pronounce all of the words correctly and they need to give you a definition."
"It's Porsche or Porsche, never Porsche."
"Get Your Ya-Ya's Out as a blind boy fuller number dating from 1936. In fact, I think Ya-Ya's is actually pronounced more yes yes."
"Yes, that is how it is correctly pronounced in Sanskrit."
"I definitely thought it had an H."
"The IPA transcription of words can help clarify pronunciation, even for words with multiple dialectal pronunciations."
"The IPA transcription can provide a more accurate representation of pronunciation than phonetic spelling."
"Language is like a soup, you can't pronounce my last name."
"My name is pronounced like 'wrong', just like wrong."
"What if God came down to earth and said it's pronounced jawed and left?"
"I literally got in a fight my significant other the other day because they said Jeff Jeff instead of GIF."
"That is some of the Latin that can be heard in 'Passion of the Christ.' Which pronunciation of Latin do you prefer, and why? Let me know in the comments."
"Most people say Davon instead of David because of Dagenham."
"It's diabeetus and if you say it wrong, I'll cut you."
"Did you say pecans? I did say pecans. Do you not? I said pecans. Christopher, do you say pecans or pecans?"
"She's allowing that 'h' to happen but just delaying the onset of her vocal chords coming together."
"I just assumed people spoke English here. It's not so much the language, it's the pronunciation of words that throws me off. You guys have just put 22s on the English language."
"Jaguar, huh? Jaguar. Like it's as if it's spelled like 'jagwar'. We say 'jaguar'."
"So, what kind of shampoo is this? Pantene. Pantene. How much does shampoo cost in East London? 'Pan ten'."
"Don't say crawfish wrong. It's not crayfish, it's not crawdaddies, it's not cray anything. It's crawfish."
"But make sure when you pronounce it it's look lament gotta be like that."