Words You're (probably) Pronouncing Wrong - Even my advanced students make these mistakes.
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Published 2024-05-12
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All Comments (21)
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1:38, let me explain. The word colonel came to English from Italian (colonelo), but pronunciation is actually taken from French word coronelle. So it's a hybrid, such a situation is typical of English. The most interesting thing, that later, French borrowed the word colonello from Italian, and stopped using their own word coronello.
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Cuba is a Spanish word which is pronouncedC-oo-ba (Cuba). In English it’s C-you-ba like she said. So it’s not incorrect to pronounce it the Spanish way.
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It's difficult for non native speakers to use the correct pronunciation. In India it even varies according to region. As a student of English literature and now a teacher, I struggle a lot. Such videos are quite helpful.
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My pronunciation would have gone awry if I hadn't watched this lesson.
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I was eagerly anticipating a video from you.Thank you so much for your support.Your thoughtfulness means the world to me. ❤❤
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I can tell you why "colonel" is pronounced "kernel". The word is French in origin, and is pronounced with a rolled first L. The English, and especially the Americans, hear an R.
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Thanks for providing this course . This was taught in a central American country (elementary school as English ,second language ). When I came to the US I was amazed at the poor English used by the school teachers here in Texas.
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What a calming and clear voice. Your students are very lucky to have you as a teacher 😊.
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Thanks for the lesson. It helps a lot in improving our pronunciation and making it accurate. The pronunciation of "increase" varies depending on whether it is treated as a noun or as a verb. Keep up the great work.
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So useful! I would like to suggest to add a short quiz at the end, just as your other vides. The quiz part is my favorite one. It gives me the idea of self evaluation and makes me focus while listening.
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Lisa, you're the go-to American English tutor.❤
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A million thanks to Lisa for making this important video. I have learned English for a long time and always have a difficulty to pronunce DEVELOPE and DEVELOPMENT. Finally i came across this lesson. Thank you again Lisa. 👍💯💯💯
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What an important lessoni it helps me straight out my pronunciation of the mentioned words! Teacher Lisa, your efforts are highly appreciated and thank you so much!
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It's an awesome video, even the most advanced speakers of English may not even know that they pronounce some of those words wrongly. It has been very helpful on the part of me and no doubt so will it for many other people.
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One more step forward with this video on my endless English journey!! 😀
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So well delivered. The material delivered is thoroughly chosen and easy to memorize! I have been learning English all my life , working with this language ; I always find something different or new for me. Great.
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Excellent !! I truly love the way you teach the English language. Thanks a lot once again. Yilma Wako from the USA, though born and grew up in Ethiopia.
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Awesome! Crystal clear! Thank you so much Ms Lisa Mojsin! This comes all the way from Malaysia!
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I have an idea why colonel is spoken with an “R” and not with “L“ interesting in my native language (Brazilian Portuguese) we say “coronel” also meaning a senior military officer, and it’s not a random coincidence I searched the etymology of colonel: [Alteration of obsolete coronel, from French, from Old Italian colonello, from diminutive of colonna, column of soldiers, from Latin columna, column.
