There are many right ways to pronounce English words, but do you know if certain words were pronounced wrongly.
If you know such words, please share them here with correct pronunciation.
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Hmmm will have to think about this...otherwise I mostly use up till instead of until.
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It would be more efficient to list words I pronounce correctly.
Contribute and contribution used to confuse me back when i was first exposed to English Vinglish.
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Borrow
Apparently I didn't know how to pronounce the word when I first came to Houston. That's one among many I had to work on.
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My husband still can’t properly say “Quote”…it always comes out “Coat” 
He’s so cute 
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My dad always says qua-er-ter but in America, it's pronounced, qourter.
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At Starbucks, desis can't pronounce chai
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i can not say “excursion”…
regardless of how much i try it comes out wrong
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Desis cannot write or pronounce irregardless
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Among many, they say I mispronounce as follows:
velcome, vill
Not sure there is a difference.
Eye-raq, Eye-ran
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I pronounce everything in Punjabi accent and every thing is mispronounced in our accent :D
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for years i mispronounced grand prix
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My Mum doesn't really have an accent and is good with pronounciation but one word she has trouble with is 'Tuesday'.. She says 'Twiz-day' :D
Dad has issues with 'z' and 'w'..
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Envelope- 'en-vur-lope' or 'on-vur-lope'?
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