10 English Words You're (probably) Mispronouncing! | Difficult Pronunciation | Common Mistakes

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In this English pronunciation lesson, I'm going to show you how to pronounce some difficult words. These words are often pronounced incorrectly and are common mistakes that many English students make. This is because the combination of sounds is difficult, or because there are silent letters and syllables.
I've chosen these words because they are common words and they are words that are often pronounced incorrectly by English learners.
These words are:
- vegetable
- comfortable
- almond* (Australian pronunciation!)
- salmon
- et cetera (etc.)
- clothes
- jewellery
- architecture
- enthusiastic
- word, world & work
- photograph
Please note that the pronunciation of some of these words differs between English accents. I speak with an Australian English accent 🙂
Let's fix these pronunciation mistakes together so that you can speak English more clearly and confidently!
--------- TIMESTAMPS ---------
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Why this is important
01:12 Vegetable
01:53 Comfortable
02:25 Almond and Salmon
03:35 et cetera (etc.)
04:20 Clothes
06:20 Jewellery
07:21 Architecture
08:33 Enthusiastic
10:30 Word, World & Work
11:46 Photograph
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Комментарии : 21 тыс.

@Bertie_Ahern 7 лет назад

As a native English speaker, I never really realised how hellish our language is for others to pronounce! Sorry rest of world!!

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 лет назад

Haha it really is one confusing language!! 😂😂

@arlitagariana5772 7 лет назад

Bertie Ahern still better than french!

@personincognito3989 7 лет назад

Bertie Ahern hahaha

@LeeChoonHoe1 7 лет назад

English is arguably the trickiest language in the world!

@toadster1 7 лет назад

try Polish bro

@TheRandomperson1016 2 года назад

As a native English speaker I always have and always will pronounce the “l" in almond, even if it’s technically incorrect.

@oldedwardian1778 2 года назад

AGREED.

@WessauR 2 года назад

Why is that

@journey4350 2 года назад

Yup same

@fmahavishnu9807 2 года назад

Please don’t! It’ll be such a damage to the language!

@vancho8048 2 года назад

Isn't it called as accent? We will struggle to change our accent as we've been used to hearing it since we were younger

@NopeNaw 2 года назад

Some of these aren't so much mispronunciations, but rather colloquialisms. As in, over time the way people said certain words changed. Saying "com-FOR-table" or saying the L in almond are actually still technically correct speech, it's simply through colloquialization that the abbreviated pronunciations have been largely accepted as "correct."

@eduardomariscal49 2 года назад

Well said! Finally someone hits the key point.

@marthaanderson2346 2 года назад

Thank you. Just what I was going to say.

@davidjacobs8558 2 года назад

Photograph, Photography, Photographer, Photograhic etc, are multi syllable words with sounds unlike any other English words. Which means, no matter where the accent was placed, English speaker should understand it without any problem. ie, even if none-native speaker mispronounced them, why would you not be able to understand such words? short words are harder, because you don't have multiple syllable to compensate for error.

@AmyJoBell 2 года назад

Agreed. I often hear and use "Com-FOR-table" and the L in almond.

@mg725 2 года назад

They're still mispronunciations, and colloquialism refers more to informal, conversational speech and writing by use of interjections, idioms and expressions, than specifically to lazy pronunciations, regardless of whether they've become more "common" over time. Becoming common doesn't make them correct. And if you are mispronouncing something by making it longer or adding extra sounds or syllables, that's not abbreviation, that's the opposite of abbreviating, which is extra incorrect. abbreviating means making something shorter, but you're not doing that if you're adding syllables. Lastly, not once in my 36 years have I ever heard anyone pronounce it "comFORtable"....which is incorrect.

@user-uu6jx7ju6b Год назад

I love Arabic in the sense that you pronounce words exactly as you write them, no hidden nonsense, no random pronunciations and no irregular verbs.

@crowdedcrow3098 Год назад

Is Arabic your native language? If so, your English is flawless. Also, my stomach always sinks in shame when I'm reminded of how much of the world is multilingual and understands the importance of grasping more than one language. I understand a bit of Spanish, but like so many of my fellow Americans, I never experienced an immersion into a second (or third) language; I think our schools are trying to improve, but it's not nearly enough. Multilingualism enriches our minds, cultures, and job opportunities as well as being a sensible skill to have if you'd like to travel.

@LiraMel Год назад

Yea i love arabic even tho chakl , ا ى, ؤ ئ أ ء are lowkey hard

@snilas Год назад

Strange comment, when you know in Arabic, some vowels are said but not written down.

@LiraMel Год назад

@@snilas we have vowel..?

@snilas Год назад

@@LiraMel ...who's ''we'' ?

@mwohaeyo 2 года назад

Embrace your accent ! The way you speak is beautiful and unique to you, your culture, and your background. Always feel free to work on your accent if it's something you're interested in, but never feel pressured to change the way you comfortably speak because you feel judged and outcasted. As someone who grew in socal and has a mom and grandma who speak English and Spanish, I know that the way I say things is completely different from a perspn from New York who grew up with Chinese speaking family member.

@angorali06 2 года назад

1:12 Vegetable 1:52 Comfortable 2:26 Almond 3:35 Etc. 4:21 Clothes 6:18 Jewellery 7:21 Architecture 8:33 Enthusiastic 10:31 Word World Work 11:46 Photograph

@paulineanand8559 2 года назад

Thank you

@tsuki4867 2 года назад

thank’s!!!

@zeenamoayadtaha1838 2 года назад

Thank u 🙏🏾

@raktimaghosh9589 2 года назад

Thank you

@RainnMakerr 2 года назад

Veggie Table. 🥗 🥕🥦 Alllmonds Acksetra Jew Al ary Namaste 🙏

@pep20002425 2 года назад

As an Englishman, you are correct and also incorrect, it depends totally on where you live. The difference between the upper north and the south is night and day.

@gowdsake7103 2 года назад

Scone or Scon huh

@rulistening7777 2 года назад

Yes and No. There is "Proper". And then there is "Common." Two different things.

@mcmlxii4419 2 года назад

She's not an Englishman, she's a woman.

@varmituofm 2 года назад

@@rulistening7777 No again. There is no such thing as "proper" English. Language is an emergent social construct. The correct thing is whatever makes you understood, and will vary by location and audience. There is no universally correct set of rules. Just look at spellings: color and colour, grey and gray, organize and organise, analyse and analyze, daemon and demon, analogue and analog. All of these are correct in different parts of the world. What you might call "proper" English is just the way it was done before, but not the way it was always done. Even reading documents from 200 years ago can be difficult to modern readers.

@oberon06 2 года назад

@@gowdsake7103 it's always scawn. As in, what's the fasted cake in the bakery? Scone

@nicholasrooksby3327 8 месяцев назад

As a native English speaker, I can confirm that the English speakers are very good at practicing and understanding their native English language in general and are very knowledgeable about the language of their semester!

@bauya12 2 месяца назад

I am a Korean, and I am really glad to have found the location of soft palate(한국어로 연구개) in mouth, which I had been trying to know for a few years and decided not to try to find for 40 years afterwards until I saw this mmmEnglish lesson lately. Thank the new dictionaries with kind images and mmmEnglish!!

@miketaylor6617 2 года назад

As a Texan, I have never heard anyone here not pronounce the "L" in walk and talk. Matter of fact, I believe the only ones I've heard do that are usually from Boston or parts of NYC. But then again those people don't pronounce the "R" in car either.

@frankiejones7858 2 года назад

Bro when I heard her say that I'm like tf who tf doesn't say L in walk, I'm in Cali bro

@Pond721 2 года назад

You're wrong then

@miketaylor6617 2 года назад

I guess I am according to r'tards

@mcmlxii4419 2 года назад

Why do Texans pronounce the word "old" as "ode" and the word "told" like "toad"? I hear people from Texas doing this a lot.

@miketaylor6617 2 года назад

@@mcmlxii4419 Not sure who you've heard this or where in Texas, but I was born and raised in DFW and in 43 years I haven't heard this.

@jewelmckie 2 года назад

As someone with an accent, you can’t really tell the rest of the english speaking people that their pronunciations are wrong. It all depends on where you’re from. You still know what they’re saying regardless

@amp788 2 года назад

You’re never met anyone from Boston have you?

@mavie20120 2 года назад

@@amp788 *you’ve

@itzzy1859 2 года назад

right? like ya, ofc it sounds like ppl are saying it differently... you have an accent.

@amp788 2 года назад

@@mavie20120 Thank you for correcting my obvious typo. Nobody would have ever figured out what I was trying to say unless you took care of that for me.

@mavie20120 2 года назад

@@amp788 you’re very welcome that’s what I was trying to achieve. I sincerely hope you’ll learn from this and reflect !!

@emilgralec3195 6 месяцев назад

Great job Emma! I love your videos. They're really helpful for my students. You explain things in a very informative, yet appealing way. Keep up the good work!

@Engineer_Who 2 года назад

Some of these, like "comfortable" and "almond," are alternate pronunciations, mostly based on regional variations. Notice Emma pronounces the letter "H" as "haych," but the US pronunciation is "aych." Neither is wrong, just different based on geographical origin.

@donnagilder227 2 года назад

THIS!!! Thanks!

@Haerton 2 года назад

Can not think of a different way to say 'comfortable' apart from come-for-ta-bull. Nor 'Ah-mund'. Canada West.

@dannareal 2 года назад

Thank you for make me feel less dumb haha greetings from Brazil

@triciamason9542 Год назад

Personally, I would say that 'haych' is never correct; it is simply used so often that it has become acceptable to some people in some areas. There's no 'h' at the beginning of 'aitch'.

@davidramsey-kerr10 Год назад

Alternate is not accepted as a synonym for alternative by English speakers of good education.

@jamesaroeuett1567 2 года назад

In the US almond is definitely pronounced with the L. Sounds like "all mend." I've never heard anyone in the US pronounce it without the L. Maybe it's pronounced differently in some countries. The L is also pronounced in palm, balm, napalm, qualm, calm but is not pronounced in salmon.

@remaguire 2 года назад

Must depend where one grows up. I never pronounce the "L" in these words.

@CH-gn7rf 2 года назад

Exactly

@jamesaroeuett1567 2 года назад

@@remaguire Where did you grow up? I'm from the Midwest area of the US and I've never heard anyone pronounce almond as "ah mond," etc.

@pretzelcoatl_1121 2 года назад

She’s using RP

@randallcurwen8041 2 года назад

Another Midwesterner…. Never heard a native American speaker say almond without the “l.” Most of us grew up with an Almond Joy commercial/jingle that pronounced itself withe the “l.” And though it is not that common, there certainly are Americans who pronounce the “l” in salmon.

@inafebubole2276 4 года назад

I like the way you speak. You are not fast and every words coming from your mouth is clear. I love that.

@happinesstv64 4 года назад

yes

@aishahhamisu2658 4 года назад

Great

@user-dv2td9yu4p 4 года назад

yes

@user-dv2td9yu4p 4 года назад

that perfect

@shahedchowdhury7646 4 года назад

Inafe Bubole A wonderful tutorial! Thanks! As a non native English speaker, it is very difficult for me to adopt this. But, it has become a great help understand the native speakers!

@coover65 2 года назад

You could do a video on regional pronunciation in Australia. To foreigners we may all sound alike, but I've noticed Victorians say "salary" and "celery" the same, and South Australians pronounce "girls" like "gills" and say "dance", "chance" etc. like the Brits do. I've noticed regional variations with indigenous names too, like Bingara pronounced "Bing-Gra" in NSW, yet a Queenslander would pronounce it "Bing-Gahra". I think they pronounce "Yatala Vale" in SA like "Ya-Tahla", yet we pronounce the Gold Coast suburb "Yat-Lah".

@madhurawickramage4549 Год назад

My mother tongue is Sinhala (Main language in Sri Lanka). We can easily pronounce all these words very comfortably, all thanks to the wide variety of sounds in our mother tongue.

@bahice 2 года назад

The "missing" syllable in "vegetable", "comfortable" and "jewellery" are not technically missing, snd many people actually do still correctly pronounce them. The shortened version has become more accepted over time basically due to "lazy speaking". It's just faster and easier to leave them out and it doesn't make the word unrecognisable, so people just let it go. It's like "Wednesday" or "Worcester".

@jonahbreeding2034 2 года назад

it depends on what dialect you speak but of course she is speaking of proper english

@bahice 2 года назад

@@jonahbreeding2034 I’ve heard some quite proper English English speakers pronounce those words that way. She’s referring to commonly accepted pronunciation, not exclusively correct, but most commonly used.

@pattip2788 2 года назад

You are correct!

@TimeofRagnarok 2 года назад

@@jonahbreeding2034 what she's teaching is improper english.

@jonahbreeding2034 2 года назад

@@TimeofRagnarokwell i guess that depends end of the world

@shahiprodhan7011 2 года назад

EMMA is my favorite teacher to whom we can learn better orthography, phonology, and phonetics. I LOVE mmmEnglish.

@MR_HAYS1 2 года назад

After taking only a year of Spanish class in high school I learned how ridiculous the English language is at times as it breaks it's own rules.

@Caliiforniicatiion 2 года назад

I am an English and Spanish student and I can say that pronunciation is only learned by practicing with another native speaker. Thank you so much! 👋 😷 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇪🇸

@julietteyork6293 2 года назад

In the US we pronounce the “l” in almond, but there are several words that Americans and Brits say differently.

@punkoid76 2 года назад

That’s because Americans pronounce many words wrong.

@Kev.in1997 2 года назад

Just look at how they pronounce the letter "h" Haytch ^^

@getrappel 2 года назад

This woman isn't a Brit. She's from down under. I'm from England and I pronounce the L in almond too. We also say vegetable and comfortable without any silent letters

@MuzikJunky 2 года назад

I’m a native New Yorker and never pronounced the L in “almond” in my entire life! But, then, the NYC accent is different from most of the country and sounds more technically correct to many ears. Peace.

@theJohnGaltLine 2 года назад

@@MuzikJunky from Missouri and I don't pronounce the L either.

@rebfh Год назад

Interesting video! As a native speaker of American English, I do pronounce the l in almond. I'll also admit to pronouncing clothes as close. It's easier, and the difference is subtle.

@fmahavishnu9807 8 месяцев назад

know what - you are so wrong, you are very wrong. There is no American English or English English. There is one language that is considered to be a medium of international communication. and if you start changing everything to the way you like, then people will stop understanding you, stop vandalising the language

@Standard371 Год назад

I have been watching your videos since long.I am your silent students and Alhamdolleh learnt a lot from you even still I am learning from you. I am eagerly waiting for your news videos. One thing more I have downloaded more than 200 videos of you. Thanks Ma'am I am grateful to you

@amirhalim5939 4 года назад

Though I have been a teacher of English for more than thirty eight years , I confess I benefit much from these lessons. You are an excellent teacher indeed. Thank you. My name is Amir and I live in New York now as I am originally from Egypt.

@tonydalat6790 2 года назад

How are you doing Amir ?

@karenpeters8487 2 года назад

As a reading and English teacher, it’s very important not to pronounce a word incorrectly in a teaching situation. The word should only be pronounced correctly, so as to reinforce the proper pronunciation. Introducing several mispronunciations is only confusing and thus the material has to be unlearned and then the correct pronunciation learned. The explanation of the differences in the English language are great, but it’s best just pronounce the word correctly.

@andrewilliams7548 2 года назад

Ok thx teacher 😃😃😃😃😃 God bless you and keep you safe at all times Amen

@Ikcj127 2 года назад

Ok karen...

@olenastefanyshyn1581 2 года назад

Disagree

@mcmlxii4419 2 года назад

As a reading and English teacher, your grammar is a bit rough!

@valobrien9596 2 года назад

Despite English being my first language (I'm Irish), you got me with two of the words here. Almond (I've always pronounced the "l") and jewellery (I've always pronounced the final "e"). It's going to take a lot of effort for me to break a lifetime of conditioning!

@bruce4356 Год назад

Thank you Emma, you are my go to for proper pronunciation! You technic is perfect, I like the way you demonstrate the right and incorrect sounding of the words.

@edwararaujo9116 2 года назад

I've been studying English over 5 years and sometimes i don't get much from some english teachers, but from u i felt like i was a begginer and i can say i felt eager to learn more from ur lessons.

@tingzhu1600 4 года назад

Two good things you did when making this video: 1. you got an enlargement when explaining the trick of pronunciation. 2. you add 'I didn't make up this list of words. they are from my teaching experience.' at the end, which is convincing to the learners about the usefulness of this video.

@kennygalubeze1692 2 года назад

We need more of these lessons, especially here in Nigeria, and I must confess, we make all of these mispronunciations. Thank you so much dear.

@PauloLima-ed4sr 2 года назад

I'm so gratefull for your explanations!!

@alexandercummins 3 года назад

8:16 Just wanted to point out since this is a video about pronunciation that the letter H "For most English speakers, the name for the letter is pronounced as /eɪtʃ/ and spelled "aitch" or occasionally "eitch". The pronunciation /heɪtʃ/ and the associated spelling "haitch" is often considered to be h-adding and is considered nonstandard in England."

@sophiakaztruita1454 3 года назад

Thanks for clarifing that.

@coerncapone5586 2 года назад

Thank you! I was looking for this comment!

@knwong4458 2 года назад

@@coerncapone5586 me too:-)

@ianmontgomery7534 2 года назад

In Australia I have noticed that children who came through the Roman catholic school system are more likely to put the H in aitch.. Of course over the years it has migrated.

@joniloinsigh1624 2 года назад

@@ianmontgomery7534 That is an urban myth and a throwback to a time in Australia when Catholics were regarded as second class citizens. It was never true anyway, it’s a snide put-down.

@mike1967sam 2 года назад

Hello Emma, I hope you're making the fundamental distinction between orthography, phonology and phonetics because when you say that "vegetable" only has three syllables that is incorrect, we pronounce it as if it only has three syllables but it is effectively a four syllable word.

@Kalamain 2 года назад

Yeah. She is also confusing pronunciation from different region. All the words that she chose would have been pronounced in a different way in different areas. I'm from the north of England and we pronounce them VERY different! I don't actually know anyone that would pronounce "Almond" with an 'r' sound. >.< She TOTALLY got "Jewellery" wrong. I'm guessing that she should be making it better known that she is using Australian English rather than British, "Received pronunciation" English.

@ronaldscott5786 2 года назад

And the e in vegetable IS pronounced in vegetation.

@Kalamain 2 года назад

@@ronaldscott5786 it's also pronounced in "Vegetable"! I wonder how she pronounces "February"...

@nathanfrancis1942 2 года назад

@@Kalamain You just know she says "Febuary"

@outnleftfield 2 года назад

@@ronaldscott5786 it supports the j sound of the g or it might sound like egg like "veggtable or ga like gas "

@francescopaoloarena7995 Год назад

Veramente professionale.Grazie

@_ci.lan_ Год назад

So dedicated to your work! Thank you for giving us great content! I've been inspired by you a lot for my channel☺

@jackiejustice8142 7 лет назад

I'm a native english speaker and i didn't know i was pronouncing most of these wrong, so if u are learning english don't worry about it!!! Congrats that you have gotten this far edit: i commented this to be encouraging and kind to people learning english, not as a place for all of you to fight about which accents are valid or wrong and harass each other. please let's be encouraging and kind to each other! thanks

@sabilurrahmanrifat 6 лет назад

jackie justice I appreciate you for being honest.

@cindeiacovacci9847 6 лет назад

jackie justice, you are most likely NOT mispronouncing these words wrong. In American terms, mmmEnglish is mispronouncing them. She does a great job if she is teaching ESL to foreigners who are just learning English. As mentioned in other comments, the pronunciations she gives could be counted against someone taking a standardized test. They certainly would be counted against candidates I tested in English during my government career. Most of what she has wrong is simply a matter of proper diction and enunciation. As Robert Kolakowski stated, your spoken English is fine if you speak as the majority of your community does. However, if you are ever in a position to speak to highly-educated English speakers, you want to be at the top of your game.

@viniciomendez8765 6 лет назад

jackie justice thank you very much. can you understand me if i say half with L

@jackiejustice8142 6 лет назад

Vinicio Mendez yes don't worry about it!!!!

@patrickfoley4990 6 лет назад

I Lk 2 rt Lk ths !

@nigazzagin4771 4 года назад

I wish I could be back in High School and had you as my English teacher. I fell in love with your way of speaking and teaching. Greetings from Italy

@phuongmiracle4853 Год назад

Thanks Emma. I pronounced some of the words incorrectly for more than 20 years. A very good lession

@iRicardoTM 2 года назад

As a native Spanish speaker, this video makes sense, in Spanish we pronounce every syllable, we're taught to actually separate them to learn to pronounce correctly, like (Chair) Silla Si-lla, (Bird) Pájaro Pá-Ja-Ro, (Otorhinolaryngologist) Otorrinolaringólogo O-To-Rri-No-La-Rin-Gó-Lo-Go. Of course it helps that we pronounce as it's read, but when it comes to English, confusion happens because we see the word for example Vegetable (which is written the same way in Spanish) and automatically we read it as Ve-Ge-Ta-Ble. So yeah, English Pronunciation is a whole brain reset.

@barryinglaterra Год назад

Ve-Ge-Ta-Ble is absolutely the correct pronunciation in English. There are four syllables in the word Vegetable. The second syllable is often dropped when speaking quickly due to elision, whereby native speakers omit syllables because it makes the word easier to say, but pronouncing it is absolutely correct.

@donothinggarden 5 лет назад

It's good that you speak slowly .Most of viewers are not native english speaker.It dosn't matter that you use 16min or several hours as long as you speak slowly and correct.Long vid we can save it and resume to watch later when we have time.

@cadence4527 2 года назад

Origins have a lot to do with how words are pronounced. Also, pronunciation of words and words in general evolve over time. When we realize a pronunciation we’ve been using doesn’t fit how the word is spelt then we evolve the pronunciation. Also, region has a lot to do with the pronunciation of words as accents play a huge part in the pronunciation. Diversity is a beautiful thing.

@littlethingsthatmatterxx1163 2 года назад

I eat chicken

@lovvelyz 2 года назад

Someone should change bologna 😒

@zecuse 2 года назад

@@lovvelyz Ah yes, one of the words English "borrowed" from Italian's pockets after walking down a dark alley and was too lazy to change the spelling.

@ADanZLife 3 дня назад

I love how when she explains "etc." she actually admits to "mispronouncing" the word, which shows this video is complete nonsense. It's a great marketing strategy to get clients, but the information is incorrect. They are not mispronunciations, but different ways to pronounce the same word. I've told my students before that it depends on who you want to sound like because New Yorkers speak a certain way that is different from people in Yorkshire, that is different than people in Melbourne, yet they are all native English speakers

@MyHeart1955 Год назад

Nice having this "English" person teaching this American how to speak English. Her accent is distinguishable. She is teaching the same pronunciations I learned in the 60s in elementary school.

@manuelflores-kr2pw 7 месяцев назад

Muchas gracias heres una exelente maestra....

@sahil-06-11 4 года назад

Oh God... The way she speaks is amazing👍 🤩

@carolinekanini6342 3 года назад

I love it.. She has no "crazy Brit accent " ...I can hear everything she is saying.

@liquidrob83 2 года назад

I'm a native English speaker and pronounce the "L" in almond, walk and talk. It just sounds and feels weird for me to pronounce it without the L even though It's incorrect.

@alexmuenster2102 2 года назад

>>I'm a native English speaker

@AngraMainiiu 2 года назад

@@alexmuenster2102 This pronunciation isn't hick speak though. It's a well known stereotype that New Yorkers have a "dark" L that is very heavy. For example "I'm walking" is "I'm waLLking"

@alistairreid1262 2 года назад

Can understand the L in almond but certainly not in walk and talk.

@toveschatvet-riisager4215 2 года назад

@@AngraMainiiu Nev Yorkers do not talk english, but american - so - perhaps you can look up the pronounciation example/programme for americans, please?

@FumariVI 2 года назад

@@alistairreid1262 Oh, I see. So you pronounce walk and talk as "wak" and "tak" huh?

@omerrauf7255 2 года назад

Amazing English Teacher with super clear pronunciations.

@JuanLopez-fd5qb Год назад

Very good teacher buena lección thank yuo.

@BabyFrostGiant 7 лет назад

I love UK accent.. Im Indonesian and i dont have many friends who can and want to talk English. So when I need to practice my speaking skill, I'll watch Harry Potter movie then i repeat the words. XD thats the cheapest, easiest, and funniest way for me to learn how to speak in UK accent.. Hehehehe

@dehechenka 7 лет назад

she is speaking australian accent

@caitlinkelly8609 7 лет назад

Yolanda Nur Rohma yes but she is not English she is Australian it's a very different accent

@elzeviergarcia6194 7 лет назад

Yolanda Nur Rohma you might heard jw.org in your own lenguage Arabic or else or English pronounciation as well__so many topics magazines readings aloud and you might as well use earphones to perfect peech in the words. You might practise with a friend of you same age talking to each other.

@annisafakhiraramadhani7568 7 лет назад

i'll just speak to my self lol

@samah2903 7 лет назад

Yolanda Nur Rohma I'm from UK 🇬🇧, thx!

@longodyuo9162 4 года назад

Anyone watching this during lock down??

@levifabay64 4 года назад

yes me

@ayajuu4312 4 года назад

Yes me too

@levifabay64 4 года назад

Hi.

@levifabay64 4 года назад

@@ayajuu4312 yes!

@garylee22 4 года назад

@joseramonmoncasicebollero5468 Год назад

Great clase. Thank you. Emma

@ElaraCadieux 25 дней назад

As a South Asian speaker, I very much speak the English accent fluently probably because I've been speaking it for four years now, experiencing the types of things that ask for consistency in changing, genetically we have the accent of our native language or we get it based on the place we have grew up in childhood, mostly the accents of people get permanent at the age of 12 and I'm 12 so that's why I've been looking forward to improving even more in an English accent. Plus your videos are really a help.

@Amy-hm9cp 2 года назад

I love this! I don’t think of my language as interesting until someone points it out. This is the kind of thing that interests me when learning new languages, so I hope someone finds this interesting for learning mine!

@aldito7586 2 года назад

At least we don't speak ICELANDICK. Try pronouncing some of those Volcanoes !!!

@ljkoch99 2 года назад

"I love this!" I hate this. LOL

@miltongonzalez9949 3 года назад

Anyone would be proud to have a beautiful & intelligent english teacher like you. With your explanations I'm learning it fast. Congrats

@abisaindamanomhata 2 года назад

you are a great teacher that I have never seen before. The fact that you show us how to do(pronounce ) the same as you by means of the diagram where possible.

@gabrielsanchez8369 Год назад

A more beautiful teacher es impossible. Muchas gracias me ha gustado mucho.

@dilemmix 7 лет назад

Really good, English is my 2nd language (I'm Dutch and emigrated to Australia) and after MANY years I now discover that I pronounced some of these words wrong for years! I will keep practising, thank you!

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 лет назад

Fabulous, I'm glad I could help! :) Thanks for watching.

@williamwatson9159 6 лет назад

If you're Scottish, you would definitely pronounce the "r" in "comfortable", "word", "world" and "work" will be pronounced "wurd", "wurld" and "wurk". If a Latin student "etc." would be pronounced "et ketera" ("c" is always hard in Latin). As for the others, I don't know who mispronounces them as suggested, e.g. I've never heard anyone say "arCHitecture" (as in "chip"). There are other worse mispronunciations around, mostly wrongly emphasised syllables.

@rebeccasimantov5476 5 лет назад

Emma is Australian and she speaks with a cultivated Australian accent...

@Elurin 2 года назад

@@rebeccasimantov5476 You see, there is a problem and difficulty when teaching ESL to a general audience, especially when teaching Pronunciation. You want students to respect your expertise so ESL teachers tend to want to make hard and fast rules, but to flatly say that you are going to teach them correct pronunciation when pronunciation is not Black and White, is simply not right, and you are doing your students a disservice. It's a continuum, with a lot of gray in between. At what point do you say that your pronunciation is in error?? That is a tough call. As a Canadian, I've heard Australians severely butcher English pronunciation, at least to my ears, but is it wrong?

@josephdutt2691 2 года назад

Thank you so much, today I feel how correctly my mother taught me English not a single word pronounciation you explained was wrong just went through the video if I was going in the right direction my mother at 90 made her way to heaven had done her senior Cambridge. All glory to God INDIA

@joseluisgonzalezmolina Год назад

muy buenas las clases y muy bien esplicadas.

@joshcarton2243 4 года назад

are these the type of videos we've been watching in quarantine. THIS IS MADNESS!!!!!!!

@MilkyT0503 4 года назад

Terry Wrist we have to come out of quarantine more polished with our speaking. ❤️🤣

@joshcarton2243 4 года назад

@@MilkyT0503 lol

@farshadrahimi3188 3 года назад

you are jewellery emma.

@pobnoonmunch2255 3 года назад

That’s funny

@pobnoonmunch2255 3 года назад

In fairness, I don’t think the target audience are native speakers. But this is incorrect. Your eyes are playing tricks on you.

@beckyvarney3419 5 лет назад

Don't forget there's a lot of different accents in English that pronounce words different in every way. For example, me being from Nebraska, I pronounce the L in almond and every letter in comfortable. This video is great just take it with a grain of salt because everyone does the same thing slightly different than the last.

@learnwithflora298 5 лет назад

Agree! 😊👍

@lacey1280 5 лет назад

I’m from Nebraska also, have always pronounced the L in almond but I can’t concur with your pronunciation of comfortable. Cumf-ter-bull for me.

@armandovico5140 5 лет назад

Becky Varney thanks for clarifying... I was right then... Mariano Vico guitarist and English teacher from Havana Cuba.

@cynthiawillis6701 5 лет назад

Nobody says clothes like that

@sivadasican 5 лет назад

Becky Varney thank you so much

@ramadasramanujam1465 Год назад

Thank you giving some awesome tips. The last one was amazing.

@Er.Sunil.Pedgaonkar 2 года назад

Excellent! Most people need this tutorial!

@Yemusical 4 года назад

Stressed syllable... unstressed syllable.. I am now stressed, two years later!!!

@nazimalikhan8973 4 года назад

I like your comment. So much baby

@acerpag-asa2686 3 года назад

😝😝😆😍

@dawnjohnson3263 3 года назад

You made me smile

@flawyerlawyertv7454 3 года назад

Lmao

@tripillthreat 2 года назад

II have to say that, as a native speaker, I *very slightly* pronounce the “L” in words like almond, talk, and walk. In other words, when I say “walk,” it doesn’t sound quite identical to the way I say “wok.” That said, I completely agree with the advice on pronunciation here, especially for English learners, and also agree that many native speakers do not differentiate between the pronunciations the way I do.

@pheresy1367 2 года назад

I'm guessing that you pronounce "marry", merry, and "Mary" differently too (as do I). But in the American South, they are all the same.

@cozy_phantom 2 года назад

I say the l in walk and talk but only slightly not as heavy as almond tho

@robinrubendunst869 2 года назад

@@pheresy1367 Mary, Merry, and Marry are all pronounced the same in CT.

@robinrubendunst869 2 года назад

@@pheresy1367 In the American North East, it’s colloquial to say wahk, and tahk. Natives of Brooklyn and Queens and Staten Island (boroughs of NYC) and working-class Bostonians have regional accents and tend to say “wawh-k” and “tawh-k.”

@pheresy1367 2 года назад

@@robinrubendunst869 I am living in the South now, but grew up in Long Island. We shared the confluence of rural New England speak with the New York City Boroughs accent (of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhatten and the Bronx). The "wawh-k" and tawh-k", and a cuppa caw-fee faw a quawddhuh is VERY NY (and also parts of New Jersey). The wahk and tahk I've always associated with the Boston accent (from what I've been exposed to). I had a teacher from Boston and that's when I heard "Pahk the cah in Hahvaad Yaahd" from the teacher herself... :-) But, if you want to get into the more Jersey version, you can go ahead and recite this, with the RIGHT ATTITUDE...: "I sawr toidy poiple boyds, sittin on a coib... choypin and boypin, and eatin doytee woims." ;-)

@nicholasrooksby3327 2 года назад

Thanks for your great and helpful information

@jeandemosthene273 Год назад

Thanks a lot, for your pronunciation course !

@Katakuri01729 3 года назад

"Or etcetra if you like me" LOVE THAT!

@MatameVideos 6 лет назад

Thanks, I take pride in my English, but my pronunciation has room for improvement.

@habibagomaa9159 Год назад

Really wonderful , Great thanks.

@cwavt8849 2 года назад

I am a stickler for grammar and pronunciation. Have been my life entire (61 yrs), as we're my parents. You got me on almond and photograph. Thanks. I always appreciate corrections, as long as they are delivered in a courteous tone. 😁

@FumariVI 2 года назад

Since you're a stickler for grammar and pronunciation I'm sure you realize that correct grammar would be "...as were my parents" not "as we're my parents". We're is a contraction of the words "we are".

@3enjamin Год назад

@@FumariVI Yeah, "as we're my parents" sounds weird and I have to ask myself... what does that even mean? I'm a foreigner. Turned out he mistyped it.

@unstoppableself-developmen8059 4 года назад

One small advice: It would have been great if you list (and read) all 10 words at the very end of the video to let us practice once again :) But still, I love the video, thank you very much!

@adasas5454 2 года назад

You want all over. Jajajaja..😃I Sorry.

@michellegordon6586 2 года назад

What ?????

@neilstewart5407 2 года назад

Whilst a good basic grounding in English speech, there are some conflicts. There are a lot of areas (and people) in the UK who say the extra syllable such as in Comfortable, Vegetable and Jewellery. This video discounts a lot of proper spoken english and embraces slang or diluted english. Perfectly legitimate ways of pronunciation, but not very thorough.

@rosemaryboury9599 2 года назад

Totally agree with you there. I'm a native of the UK and I pronounce all the syllables in comfortable, almond, vegetable and jewellery. Definitely depends on which part of the world you come from!

@kipp1231 2 года назад

Would that be in RP English? RP is fairly recent in the English language and I find it unfair to use the term "proper English" because there are much, much older English speaking accents which still use the long rolling vowels of the saxons and Vikings. 13th 14th century londoners would sound more like the North East accent than RP or cockney accent, so it begs the question. What is proper spoken English? And what is slang English?

@Ashley-cr4ow 2 года назад

@@kipp1231 old English spoken language actually sounded more similar to a generic American accent. It was a mix between the New Zealand and American accent. The different accents in the uk were developed later from a multitude of different reasons, probably a lot to do with slang and individual segregation. So technically speaking America, Canada and even New Zealand have a more accurate pronunciation of the original English language. Which makes sense because in most parts of America and Canada the language is pronounced very similar to how the language is written.

@mbd6054 2 года назад

I couldn't agree more. These syllables are also pronounced fully in Hiberno-English, and certainly constitute proper spoken english. This video is misleading, in my opinion.

@aldito7586 2 года назад

If you're comfortable with your vegetables and jewellery....

@CarlosPanades 2 года назад

The most difficult words for me are the ones with "ths". I can't pronounce truths or clothes corretly yet. The content you have in your channel is very good, thanks!

@sherafattradings Год назад

Thanks a lot, you're a great coach!

@user-os7ue7re9g 3 года назад

Mam, you have very detailed and thorough teaching method! Thank you so much, you are an excellent teacher!

@aarefsamoo580 7 лет назад

you aren't a normal person you are the best teacher who I have seen Thank you very much I lo y

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 лет назад

Thanks Aaref! 😝

@raymondshekoury6212 7 лет назад

Thanks a lot. I learned a great deal of correct pronunciations from this video.

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 лет назад

You are welcome Raymond!

@jericksonpasaraba590 7 лет назад

Thanks lovely Emma for a fantastic lecture which is loaded with different techniques to help us learn the easiest way possible! God bless!

@nicodabastard 6 лет назад

mmmEnglish hey there just wanted to let you know that you mispronounce smörgåsbord and gravid.

@IzzyMcKay-el6ru 8 месяцев назад

Dearest Emma. Thank you very much for this lesson. As non native speaker of English this type of lesson is why we keep coming back for more. God bless you today and always.

@mmmEnglish_Emma 8 месяцев назад

I'm thrilled to hear that the lessons are helpful for you! Keep up the great work. 🙂

@bex3425 Год назад

As an army brat I moved often in childhood; and mostly stationed with a families from southern states like Cajuns. 💓 Now in my adulthood and move to Washington State I’m constantly studying pronunciation as to avoid the public ridicule😃

@gabrielleburdzy5613 4 года назад

I am a native English speaker never spoke any other language except for bits and pieces of Spanish I grew up in Connecticut in the US so English is my first language and to this day I still pronounce the L in Almond

@TheEGCRACKER 3 года назад

This lady from England says you are wrong... Hmm, lol. Just messing.

@TheEGCRACKER 3 года назад

Let's hear her say Aluminum

@gabrielleburdzy5613 3 года назад

@yeahwhat 😂😂

@zhizhi919 3 года назад

The american pronunciation is Aal muhnd, but the British pronunciation is aa muhnd. so you are all goood

@rabiulftrrabi9768 3 года назад

If you have time Pleas help me.

@acfaure 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing! 🙏 Many English words in the video resemble French words to me because the common root is latin etymology. 🇫🇷

@ikhlaqrajput2770 11 месяцев назад

Thanks Emma. Now you’re going to be my lifetime english language teacher. 😊

@masoodurrehman2271 2 года назад

Very helpful indeed. I teach English and am benefitted here to a great extent.

@justacitizen111 7 лет назад

I have no problem pronouncing any of these words, in fact English is my first language but I watch your videos just because you are very beautiful and lovely. I basically watch you.

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 лет назад

Haha thanks for watching!

@Messichapo 7 лет назад

justacitizen you are not the only one citizen, I am also in the line to praise her beauty :) Well English is not my first language but I learnt some of the words which I was mis- pronouncing. Thanks to MMM (My Mysterious Mam) for correcting a few of my mistakes.

@kdelka81 7 лет назад

justacitizen That's just creepy

@justacitizen111 7 лет назад

Kimberly Koudelka No, you idiot. You are creepy. I complimented her on how pretty she is. I didn't say anything dirty or rude. I was respectful as well. I don't know how I ended up on this video because I'm a native English speaker, but I ended up not leaving the video because she was doing a great job and she's a very beautiful woman as well. So please....

@Messichapo 7 лет назад

justacitizen I am a forbidden citizen typing this. I do respect your first comment. I am also one of her student like you. If we both say our English teacher is pretty and beautiful well that's not an offence.

@wolfy9005 3 года назад

How to pronounce work on a monday morning: "uuuuuggggghhhhhhh"

@sarahtiara1691 3 года назад

Hahahah..

@docka5 3 года назад

This is in british or american english... good to know, will be ok if sei monduugghhhhhaay?

@wolfy9005 3 года назад

@@docka5 strayan engrish

@mohinidasi9357 3 года назад

Hehe

@MrWinotu 3 года назад

I pronounce it like this: 🤮

@saosaoman 2 года назад

It gets harder when you start watching english teachers with US accent, UK accent, South Africa accent and Australia accent, all mixed.

@johvanaarriagada431 2 года назад

Thanks a Lot! I am an english teacher un Chile. Now it is easier for me to teach these words and the correct pronunciación.

@xolcapital3908 3 года назад

I became really self conscious about how I talk after watching this

@manikantasesetti1105 3 года назад

😊 that's really wonderful

@asifmomin100 3 года назад

I ate one extra apple while seeing this, understanding and trying ...etc.!! 😆

@yesendatorres4469 3 года назад

I became really self conscious about how I SPEAK after watching this video as well

@victoralejandro3460 3 года назад

Same here, but it is a good thing.

@dalerobbie3243 3 года назад

@@yesendatorres4469 you can come over

@boudlalmostafa 7 лет назад

Honestly, your videos helped and still helps me to upgrade my English level. thanks a lot Emma

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 лет назад

Great! I'm so glad to hear that Mostafa 😁

@deepanjavali1524 7 лет назад

Thank u so much

@drahmadkhattab7 7 лет назад

your videos helped and still help (not helps) :(

@boudlalmostafa 7 лет назад

Ahmad ph okk thanks a lot

@medlockjodengrad6231 7 лет назад

Ahmad ph I think it's "helps" because you're Referring to "Me"

@mardisiswanto7610 2 года назад

Nice explanation of the pronunciation. Thanks so much.

@ashokabalaji Год назад

Thanks a lot for such a wonderful and informative session.

@shubhayubanerjee8557 2 года назад

Ah! I've been pronouncing 'em correctly without knowing about the syllables. Thanks for that, really informative video! Specially as a non-English speaker and non-native(I'm Indian) person, this feels so good😊

@mohammedyousaf6924 2 года назад

Good morning how re u can u tell me how much cast for leasen thank u

@englishchannel3786 2 года назад

Maybe you just picked it up naturally

@UshaTaneja 2 года назад

Yes 🙌 there are many more Indians who speak correctly.

@David-rx5eo 2 года назад

What may be correct for London England may be a little different for other English speakers around the world.

@barryinglaterra 6 лет назад

In the UK and the USA we pronounce the l in almond. Maybe it's just an Australian thing.

@Gillian708 6 лет назад

Barry Inglaterra I'm British and don't pronounce the l. It's said ah-mond

@barryinglaterra 6 лет назад

Gillian Spence No, it really isn't. If that's the way you happen to pronounce it, it must be a peculiarity of your particular regional dialect. I don't know which part of the UK you're from, but I'm from Newcastle and also lived for several years in Manchester, then four years in Warwickshire and I have never heard anyone pronounce almond without the 'l' until I saw this video. Not once.

@Gillian708 6 лет назад

I believe you may be right in that it's regional; if you Google "British people say almond" you'll see that the rest of the world is stunned when (many) British people don't pronounce the "L"

@mehdijohnathan6688 6 лет назад

yeah i think the rp english not pronounce the sound l in almond

@Gillian708 6 лет назад

You're right! :) /ˈɑːmənd/

@lindsaydt66 2 года назад

When my son was younger in school he challenged one of his teachers - why do you need some letters in words if those letters are silent. Oh, I was called into a parent/teacher meeting over that... . He was not being rude, he was just asking a question which made sense. But hey🤔🤔

@trucdeegan5865 Месяц назад

I love your show very much cause I learn a lot. Thank you.

@muporepain 4 года назад

Great video, indeed! Architect, stomach, enthusiastic, photograph (and its derivatives), economic, analyse, politics (and many others) are actually Greek words. The [-ch-] for the first two words corresponds to the Greek letter (χ) that doesn't exist as a standalone letter in the English alphabet... i.e., αρχιτέκτονας (=architect), στομάχι (stomach). Regarding the 'enthusiastic' comes from the verb 'ενθουσιάζομαι' or the participle 'ενθουσιασμένος' and it's the letter (θ) that doesn't also exist as a standalone letter in English and is often written as 'th'; the same is true for the Greek letter (δ) which is also represented as 'th' (the difference is only in pronunciation). Analyse comes from αναλύω, economic / economical / economy / economics from οικονομία / οικονομικός, 'politics' from πολιτικός / πολιτική, etc. Many words in English also come from Latin and there are also other loans from other languages too. 'Taking and giving' words is very common among languages, and it is something really interesting to study when it comes to linguistics (this word comes from latin 'lingua,' although in many words we could go back to Prot-Indo-European roots) and history of languages. I apologise for any mistakes in English, I'm not an English native speaker (I love reading about languages, though... :-) )

@RayKnutson 2 года назад

I'm sorry? I don't recall ever hearing someone mispronounce enthusiastic. How do they say it wrong?

@lien7829 2 года назад

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

@christophunger3295 2 года назад

Thank you for this commend. I was about to write something similar. It's really surprising somebody teaches us how to pronounce greek words wrong that they sound english. The same with all botanical or zoological names. Their pronounciation is in almost every language latin or what we think is latin pronounciation. Only in english they are pronounced the english way, which makes it hard to understand them.

@kostas2502 2 года назад

Έψαχνα τόση ώρα για αυτό το σχόλιο😂

@79singt 5 лет назад

I've been learning the English as a second language for years and years. But I'm not still able to pronounced correctly on these words are Bad,Bed and Bag, and Walk and Work. But I'm keep trying, I won't give up. Thanks for the post.

@karenkaneshiro9861 5 лет назад

Yes, they are tough ones. And while I am a native Eng. speaker, I find the words for numbers ending in 'teen' are so difficult to differentiate that I usually asked to have them repeated by the speaker....."did you say "sixteen" or "sixty"? Was that "forteen" or "forty"? etc. The use of banking machines that speak make it much worse!

@aleyalan2010 5 лет назад

Ice vs eyes?

@Ibegreggin 5 лет назад

@@karenkaneshiro9861 totally agree. I consider myself an exceptional English speaker, and those words are hard for me to discern. Have a conversation with an east coast Canadian, and you might hear them say "Fort-Dean"!

@nicholasrooksby3327 9 месяцев назад

Thanks, it's very useful this video. It's not just about speaking english, but do it well. With lessons like this I'm learning that. Thank you teacher Emma. 😊

@mmmEnglish_Emma 9 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful! 😊