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MaRy
Member Since: 8/13/2012
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English pronunciation traps?
Some words in english have a very tricky/weird pronunciation, for example:
debt -> det
Walk -> wak
talk -> tak
hour -> our
any others?
ralani
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Post #2
phil -> fill
MaRy
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Quote:
Originally posted by
keepitundercover
phil -> fill
ph = f is common in many languages tho
what about plumber? is it plumer or plumber?
DrownedWorld
Member Since: 11/12/2011
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Post #4
Everyone I know pronounces the l in walk and talk
MaRy
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Quote:
Originally posted by
DrownedWorld
Everyone I know pronounces the l in walk and talk
whet?
i spent years learning how not to pronounce the l
http://myovient.com/blog/silent-letters-in-english
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Here is a list of silent letters and the words you will find them hiding inside:
Silent “b” : debt / plumber / doubt
Silent “c” : muscle / scene / scissors / Connecticut (The middle “c” is silent.)
Silent “ch” : yacht
Silent “d” : Wednesday / handkerchief
Silent “g” : sign / foreign
Silent “h” : herb / hour
Silent “k” : knowledge / know / knack / knock / knife
Silent “l” : talk / walk / half / folk / could / should / would
Silent “n” : column / condemn
Silent “p” : receipt / psychology / cupboard / Campbell
Silent “s” : isle / island
Silent “t” : listen / mortgage / fasten / Christmas
Silent “z” : rendezvous
princedonte
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Post #6
Four -fo
car - caugh
school - skool
hundered hunred
iiku
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Post #7
Colonel = Kernel
wtf?
ks_dollar
Member Since: 5/29/2012
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Post #8
I pronounce the "L" in walk and talk.
also pronounce the "B" in debt.
Quote:
Originally posted by
iiku
Colonel = Kernel
wtf?
So it's not pronounced "Col-oh-ne-al"?
Caesar
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Post #9
Quote:
Originally posted by
DrownedWorld
Everyone I know pronounces the l in walk and talk
this dddd
Cantaloupe.
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Post #10
Quote:
Originally posted by
MaRy
Walk -> wak
talk -> tak
what?
Haunter
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Post #11
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Originally posted by
iiku
Colonel = Kernel
wtf?
Yeah that is pretty weird.
Marvin
Member Since: 1/20/2012
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Post #12
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Originally posted by
MaRy
Walk -> wak
talk -> tak
What?
MaRy
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Quote:
Originally posted by
Marvin
What?
girls see the link, i think even if you're born english you need lessons
this demonstrate it's impossible to learn
-brian
Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Post #14
why are people quoting walk and talk? i've never heard people pronounce those words with the l's..
how do you guys say it? "she was wall-king and tall-king"?
Monk
Member Since: 12/16/2011
Posts: 11,007
Post #15
Comfortable.
cumf-ter-ble
Wait people really pronounce the "l" in "walk" and "talk?"
I say
wah-ck
and
tah-ck
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MaRy
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Quote:
Originally posted by
ks_dollar
I pronounce the "L" in walk and talk.
also pronounce the "B" in debt.
So it's not pronounced "Col-oh-ne-al"?
the b in debt? you can't be real here in Canada people would not even understand me if I did
Upton
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 658
Post #17
horse and worse don't rhyme
DaMusicHunter08
Member Since: 3/1/2014
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Post #18
Hor de vour (I think that's how you write that). When I see that I cringe because I want to say it so weirdly and southern.
Toya
Member Since: 4/10/2012
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Post #19
Wednesday > Winsday
Whose dumb idea was it to add that first D?!
Luis
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Post #20
Quote:
Originally posted by
Monk
Comfortable.
cumf-ter-ble
That's the classic one.
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