#86 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation

▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• colleagues
• friends
• parents
• sometimes
• states
• themselves
• tourists
• words

❓What do these words have in common?

❗️ Uzbeks often insert a little [ɪ] before the final -s. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• colleagues – wrong: коллийгиз, correct: коллийгз
• friends – wrong: фрэндиз, correct: фрэндз
• parents – wrong: перентис, correct: перентс
• sometimes – wrong: самтаймиз, correct: самтаймз
• states – wrong: стейтис, correct: стейтс
• themselves – wrong: земселвиз, correct: земселвз
• tourists – wrong: туристис, correct: туристс
• words – wrong: вѳрдиз, correct: вѳрдз

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#90 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation

▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• ask
• bath
• castle
• class
• fast
• glass
• maths
• pass
• passport
• passed
• past
• task

❓What do these words have in common?

❗️ They have the long vowel [a:] in British English or [æ:] in American English. Some students want to sound more American but unfortunately pronounce a short [e] here. Whether you prefer British or American accent, the vowel MUST be long!

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#94 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation

▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• aubergine
• August
• aunt
• Australia
• Austria
• automatic

❓What do these words have in common?

❗️ Easy, they all start with “au”! But does that mean they are pronounced [aʊ]? Unfortunately not:
• Long o [ɔ:] – August, automatic
• Short o [ɒ] – Australia, Austria
• Long a [a:] – aunt
• Diphthong [əʊ] – aubergine

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