#106 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• childhood
• happy
• have
• hobby
• homework
• house
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They contain the soft [h]. Do not pronounce the hard [x] as it is not found in any variety of English. On the other hand, Russian only has the hard [x] but not the soft [h] sound. In Uzbek there are actually both sounds but due to Russian influence the two have become largely indistinguishable. Make sure that every ‘h’ is soft when you speak English!
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• childhood
• happy
• have
• hobby
• homework
• house
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They contain the soft [h]. Do not pronounce the hard [x] as it is not found in any variety of English. On the other hand, Russian only has the hard [x] but not the soft [h] sound. In Uzbek there are actually both sounds but due to Russian influence the two have become largely indistinguishable. Make sure that every ‘h’ is soft when you speak English!
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#110 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• alcohol
• Alzheimer’s
• hamburger
• Hamlet
• Harry Potter
• Harvard
• Hawaii
• Hong Kong
• Hitler
• hyena
• hygiene
• Ohio
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The [h] in these international words and names was changed to [g] in Russian - here's why. Make sure you do not pronounce [g] in English!
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• alcohol
• Alzheimer’s
• hamburger
• Hamlet
• Harry Potter
• Harvard
• Hawaii
• Hong Kong
• Hitler
• hyena
• hygiene
• Ohio
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The [h] in these international words and names was changed to [g] in Russian - here's why. Make sure you do not pronounce [g] in English!
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#114 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• bull
• bullet
• bully
• bush
• butcher
• cushion
• pudding
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The ‘u’ in these words is pronounced [ʊ], as in “book”, not [ʌ] as in “bus”. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• bull – ❌ балл, ✅ булл
• bullet – ❌ баллет, ✅ буллит
• bully – ❌ балли, ✅ булли
• bush – ❌ баш, ✅ буш
• butcher – ❌ бачер, ✅ бучер
• cushion – ❌ кашин, ✅ кушин
• pudding – ❌ паддинг, ✅ пуддинг
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• bull
• bullet
• bully
• bush
• butcher
• cushion
• pudding
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The ‘u’ in these words is pronounced [ʊ], as in “book”, not [ʌ] as in “bus”. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• bull – ❌ балл, ✅ булл
• bullet – ❌ баллет, ✅ буллит
• bully – ❌ балли, ✅ булли
• bush – ❌ баш, ✅ буш
• butcher – ❌ бачер, ✅ бучер
• cushion – ❌ кашин, ✅ кушин
• pudding – ❌ паддинг, ✅ пуддинг
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#118 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• above
• every
• move
• oven
• over
• video
• visa
• vowel
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They all have a strong [v] sound, like the ‘в’ in Russian and unlike ‘v’ in Uzbek. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• above – ❌ эбоу, ✅ эбав
• every – ❌ эури, ✅ эври
• move – ❌ муу, ✅ мув
• oven – ❌ оуэн, ✅ авен
• over – ❌ оууер, ✅ оувер
• video – ❌ уидео, ✅ видиоу
• visa – ❌ уиза, ✅ виза
• vowel – ❌ уауэл, ✅ вауэл
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• above
• every
• move
• oven
• over
• video
• visa
• vowel
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They all have a strong [v] sound, like the ‘в’ in Russian and unlike ‘v’ in Uzbek. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• above – ❌ эбоу, ✅ эбав
• every – ❌ эури, ✅ эври
• move – ❌ муу, ✅ мув
• oven – ❌ оуэн, ✅ авен
• over – ❌ оууер, ✅ оувер
• video – ❌ уидео, ✅ видиоу
• visa – ❌ уиза, ✅ виза
• vowel – ❌ уауэл, ✅ вауэл
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#123 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• determine
• examine
• examiner
• interpreter
• New Zealand
• photographer
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They are all stressed in the middle:
❌DE-ter-mine
✅de-TER-mine
❌E-xa-mine
✅e-XA-mine
❌e-xa-MI-ner
✅e-XA-mi-ner
❌in-ter-PRE-ter
✅in-TER-pre-ter
❌NEW-zea-LAND
✅new-ZEA-land
❌pho-to-GRA-pher
✅pho-TO-gra-pher
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• determine
• examine
• examiner
• interpreter
• New Zealand
• photographer
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They are all stressed in the middle:
❌DE-ter-mine
✅de-TER-mine
❌E-xa-mine
✅e-XA-mine
❌e-xa-MI-ner
✅e-XA-mi-ner
❌in-ter-PRE-ter
✅in-TER-pre-ter
❌NEW-zea-LAND
✅new-ZEA-land
❌pho-to-GRA-pher
✅pho-TO-gra-pher
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#127 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• church
• Turkey
• word
• work
• world
• worm
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They all contain the [ɜ:] vowel, as in “girl”. Be especially careful with “work”, it should sound different from “walk”.
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• church
• Turkey
• word
• work
• world
• worm
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They all contain the [ɜ:] vowel, as in “girl”. Be especially careful with “work”, it should sound different from “walk”.
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#131 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• ache
• character
• chemistry
• choir
• mechanic
• stomach
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The ‘ch’ in them is pronounced as [k]. Check out the full list.
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• ache
• character
• chemistry
• choir
• mechanic
• stomach
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The ‘ch’ in them is pronounced as [k]. Check out the full list.
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#141 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• hello
• like
• look
• online
• only
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They all contain /L/ sounds that Russian-educated Uzbeks often pronounce with a Russian very dark /L/. This is probably for their similarity to Russian words:
• hello sounds like алло
• like sounds like лайк
• look sounds like лук
• online sounds like онлайн
• only sounds close enough to online
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• like
• look
• online
• only
❗️ They all contain /L/ sounds that Russian-educated Uzbeks often pronounce with a Russian very dark /L/. This is probably for their similarity to Russian words:
• like sounds like лайк
• look sounds like лук
• online sounds like онлайн
• only sounds close enough to online
#1 Odd Man Out
🆕 Here’s your chance to check whether you’ve learned your lessons from our favourite #mistakes – find the odd man out, that is the one item that doesn’t fit in.
▶️ Pay attention to your pronunciation when reading the following sentence:
She looked into the mirror, changed her dress again, called her fiancé and waited for him impatiently.
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🆕 Here’s your chance to check whether you’ve learned your lessons from our favourite #mistakes – find the odd man out, that is the one item that doesn’t fit in.
▶️ Pay attention to your pronunciation when reading the following sentence:
Our favourite mistakes #147: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• confidence
• distance
• development
• government
• helpless
• speechless
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ Words ending in -ence/-ance, -ment and -less are pronounced with schwa (ə), just like the last letter in борми.
• kɒnfɪdəns
• dɪstəns
• dɪveləpmənt
• gʌvənmənt
• helpləs
• spi:ʧləs
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• distance
• development
• government
• helpless
• speechless
❗️ Words ending in -ence/-ance, -ment and -less are pronounced with schwa (ə), just like the last letter in борми.
• kɒnfɪdəns
• dɪstəns
• dɪveləpmənt
• gʌvənmənt
• helpləs
• spi:ʧləs
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
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#vocabulary
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#writing
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Odd Man Out #2
▶️ Check your pronunciation and look for the vowel they all have in common, except one!
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▶️ Check your pronunciation and look for the vowel they all have in common, except one!
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Odd Man Out #4
▶️ Pay attention to your pronunciation today, more specifically to the number of syllables you pronounce.
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▶️ Pay attention to your pronunciation today, more specifically to the number of syllables you pronounce.
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Odd Man Out #6
▶️ Pay attention to the vowel sound [aɪ].
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▶️ Pay attention to the vowel sound [aɪ].
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Our favourite mistakes #155: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• church
• Turkey
• word
• work
• worm
• world
• worse
• worst
❓What do these words have in common? They have the long vowel [ɜ:] as in “girl” or “bird”.
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▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• church
• Turkey
• word
• work
• worm
• world
• worse
• worst
❓What do these words have in common? They have the long vowel [ɜ:] as in “girl” or “bird”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
Odd Man Out #8
▶️ Pay attention to the [th] sound.
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▶️ Pay attention to the [th] sound.
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