Everyday English words you’ve probably been pronouncing wrong

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Jiro

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I've been pronouncing iron wrong. Ironically I pronounce pronunciation right and had to demonstrate it in front of my class once. Apparently everyone else was saying it wrong.

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divorce

is actually dee-vorce :hehe:

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Chassis is pronounce cha-see down here, not sha-see.

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Last but not the least - jindagi, gujarish

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Its bu-tucks, not but-tocks

Jahil posterior walay loug

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It's buums, not bams

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Zindagi, Guzarish....

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Jaroor, hujoor

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"I am not a racist..."
"No offence, but... "
"Am no grammar nazi, but..."

Those phrases don't mean what you think they mean. Everything that follows them is counter to what you just said. Nothing good has ever followed those phrases.

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I can't pronounce three properly, it always sounds like a miss between tree and the-ree

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Can somebody help me with 'Assume'?

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Whoa!

I have been pronouncing Iron wrong and still I can’t pronounce it the way you told, Mahool.

And Genre ko Kia ho Gaya? Are you sure the correct pronunciation is zhon-ruh?

Asthma is Azma. Even doctors pronounce it asthma not Azma here in Pak.

ohemgeee :smack:

If I start pronouncing these words correctly no one gonna understand what the hell I am saying…
Kill me!

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For some people...
Often is of-ten
Mosque is mos-cue
Login is lojin
Sorry is saari

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pathetic and there are so many ppl i wanna say it to lol

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Quale has been spelling potato incorrectly for the longest time.

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If you can pronounce ironing clothes - isthree - you can pronounce three. Without the is.

At least that's how I pronounce it.

For bonus points, in hindi lady is called sthree. Take out the s and you are good to go.

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Thanks for the first point! quite cool trick, I tried it and the three came out fine

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Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation - How to Pronounce English words
Please check correct pronunciation from above link.