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  • Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on

  • "Commonly Mispronounced Words".

  • So, these are some of the common pronunciation mistakes that I have heard in my experience

  • as an English teacher from new English learners.

  • Now, it doesn't matter if you're Russian, if you're a Spanish speaker,

  • if you're Korean, if you're Japanese, if you're Arabic

  • - I've heard these mistakes come from all over the place. So, today, I'm going to look at some

  • of the most common pronunciation mistakes, the most common mispronounced words so that

  • you can fix these mistakes and never make them again, and you'll sound more fluent,

  • more natural. So, let's do it.

  • First word: "ask". Okay, so you were supposed to repeat, there. All right? Did you do it?

  • So, again, it's not: "axe", but "ask". So repeat after me: "ask".

  • Good. Now, repeat this question, repeat this sentence: "Ask him a question." Okay, good.

  • Next, not: "boos", but "bus". Repeat it one more time, one more time. "Bus". Okay, so

  • it's "uh", right? It's an "uh" sound. It's not "oo", but "uh", "bus".

  • Now, there's a trick here because the next word is "busy", and some students confuse

  • this, because they actually know how to pronounce "bus", but then they try adding the same pronunciation

  • rule from "bus" to "busy", and they say "busy", which is not correct. So, the correct word...

  • The correct pronunciation of this word is "busy".

  • So, repeat after me one more time:

  • "busy". Excellent.

  • Next, very common mistake, especially when students try to say it in a weird, plural

  • way. So, I had a Korean student who was reading Edgar Allan Poe, and the word "clothes" is

  • in the book a couple of times, like 2-3 times on one page. And she's reading, and she keeps

  • saying: "closes", "closes", "closes", as if it's plural. It's not "closes", it is "clothes".

  • Think of "open", "close", same pronunciation. All right? So, one more time, repeat: "clothes".

  • Perfect.

  • Next: "comfortable". Not: "com-fort-able". Okay? But: "comftrabull", so repeat after

  • me one more time: "comfortable".

  • All right, let's take it apart. This one is a little longer:

  • "com-ftra, ftra, bull", "comfortable". All right. It's tough.

  • Next, not "edu", but "edju", "edjucation", so there's a "je", "je", "je", "je", "je"

  • sound. Si... Excuse me. Such as: "judge". Right? So, "education." Repeat after me. "Education".

  • All right.

  • Next, not "famoos", but "famous". Repeat it one more time, faster this time. "Famous".

  • All right. So, the second part is a "miss" not "famoos", a "miss", "miss",

  • like: "I miss you", okay?

  • And next, same thing, not "lettoos", but "lettuce". "Lettuce".

  • Okay? So, it's "lettuce". Good.

  • Next, not "prevate", "private", so "i". "Private". Exaggerate it a little bit, it makes it a

  • little bit more fun. So, one more time: "private". Now, in a normal conversation, you would just

  • say: "private". Okay? Now, that second part "vit", "private".

  • Next, the opposite of "private" is not "pooblic", but "pu-, public". Repeat it one more time.

  • "Public". It's kind of like you're just letting a puff of air let go from your mouth, "pu",

  • "public". Okay, good.

  • And next, not "salmon". The "l" is silent in this word, so a salmon is a fish, the most

  • delicious fish in my opinion, and it is pronounced: "samon",

  • "salmon". Okay, very good.

  • And next, not "stoody", but "study". "Stu-dy". Okay. So, it is not "stoo", but "stu", it's

  • an "uh", "uh" sound. So, repeat it after me very quickly, here: "study".

  • And finally, the name of our website.

  • Whew, now, this is a mistake that I make. Go back,

  • listen to my videos, guys, I say "angVid" a lot, especially in like 2011, 2012, I say:

  • "Thanks for clicking on angVid.com, angVid.com." I have made a mistake, everyone. It is "eng".

  • We don't say "Anglish", we say "English". The name of our site is engVid.com. I'm sorry.

  • Even I make mistakes.

  • So, one more time we're going to go through the words from the top to the bottom, from

  • the top again to the bottom again, and I'm going to ask you to repeat after me, so let's do it.

  • "Ask",

  • "bus",

  • "busy",

  • "clothes",

  • "comfortable",

  • "education",

  • "famous",

  • "lettuce",

  • "private",

  • "public",

  • "salmon",

  • "study",

  • "engVid".

  • Okay, so if you'd like to test your understanding of this material, it's a pronunciation lesson,

  • so unfortunately, there is no quiz.

  • However, I recommend: Go back, listen to the video,

  • repeat the words after me, see if you can use them in context.

  • And if you would like to support the website,

  • you could always donate to www.engvid.com.

  • And if you enjoyed this video, don't forget to comment on it, like it, subscribe to the channel,

  • check me out on Twitter and Facebook. And until next time,

  • thanks for clicking. Bye.

Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on

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