Improving the language landscape one day at a time
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Hold the Fort #2 (commonly mispronounced words)
Here are more words that are frequently mispronounced:
sherbet- second syllable pronounced "bet," not "bert"
sloth- rhymes with "both," not "cloth"
clique- rhymes with "geek," not "sick"
cerebral- first syllable stressed, not second-CERebral
zoology- first syllable rhymes with "so," not "boo"
genealogy- third syllable "al," not "ol"
processes- last syllable sounds like "iz," not "eez"
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment