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."
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
@@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.
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!!
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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!
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! 👋 😷 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇪🇸
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."
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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'.
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!
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.
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
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.
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
@@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.
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.
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!
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
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.
+jackie justice Corrected: "I'm a native *English* (cap) speaker and *I* (cap) didn't know *I* (cap) was pronouncing most of these *wrong.* (punc (period), grammar - run-on sentence) So, if *you* (abbrev/sp) are learning *English,* (cap, punc (comma) ) don't worry about it! *Congratulations on getting* (abbrev., grammar - syntax) this *far.* (punc (period) )" I'm not even an English teacher.
I like this video. This is what people like me who is using english as a second language need. The explanation is very simple and very clear. It can be easily understood. I was inspired to create my own channel because of this video. Thank you very much.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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?
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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.
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!
Sure is refreshing to run across an instructor who not only knows the actual correct pronunciations but how to teach them effectively and well. Great job!
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. 😊
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 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.”
@@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." ;-)
The third word in this video, "Almond" has two distinct pronunciations that I learned on my grandfather's orchard. When the nut is still attached to the tree it is pronounced "All - mond" and when it is upon the ground it is an "Ah - mond." The reasoning is simple...when the nut falls and hits the ground it knocks the "L" out of it.
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!
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 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?
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
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.
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... :-) )
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.
I am liking your videos they are helping me to speak louder because sometimes my parents can not hear me so, your lessons are teaching me different things thank you Emily for helping me goodbye
I am in love with your accent. You are so fluently and clearly pronouncing each and every consonant. Lots of love to you from India.May the Almighty bless you with everything best in life!
I think Indians are impressed with the sound of the English language because their own is boringly monotonous. If you want to hear musical languages listen to Greek, Italian, Spanish. They are also languages where you read what you see, without the nonsense of silent letters. If they are silent why are they there??
I agree with many others on here commenting about leaving the 'L' in almond. I only know of one person who leaves the 'L' out, and it sounds mispronounced when he says it. It may be a regional thing though. What I find interesting is her pronunciation of the letter 'H'. She pronounces 'H' as 'h-eigh-ch'', with the 'H' sound on the beginning of her word. Here in southern Ontario Canada, we leave the 'H' sound off of it and only say 'eigh-ch', similar to saying the number 'eight'. In this area I've only heard it pronounced her way by some Amish people. I have also heard some Amish people pronounce the sound of the letter 'J' as a 'ch' sound. For instance, they would say the name 'Julie' as 'Chulie'. The J sounds like the beginning of the word 'church'.
RP (received pronunciation) is to say Aitch, those who wish to sound like they are posher than they are (usually lower middle class) pronounce h-aitch, but that is actually incorrect according to RP standards. She's still correct on most of the others (other than almond).
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
Great video that shows how to generate a ton of comments! Just insist that something should be pronounce in only one way and disregard all variations of the language across the world. Awesome!
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.
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!
@@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"!
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
Thank you. I think this will be quite helpful for some people. I have a tip for you. The letter H is pronounced like aim, air, "A ch", rather than hay, hair, "Hay ch". Best regards.
Interesting. The dictionary does list the four syllable versions of "vegetable" and "comfortable" as options, and the four syllable version of "comfortable" is the first choice? Would love for you to address words like "often" "accompanist" and "psalm" :)
Be fun to see a segment on "rough", "though", "through", and "bough". Are there any rules for "ough" or are they just learned by using? (edit: I forgot "trough". That's at least five different pronunciations for 'ough'.)
@@wildman2012 well at least cough and trough rhyme? and then there are bough and plough, rough and tough, though and dough. for the life of me I can't think of one for through though? idk Timbuktu?🤷
@@wildman2012 According to scholars (pronounced "skollers"), English pronunciation has changed many times over the centuries whereas English spelling has changed little. US English is more updated, spelling "plough" as "plow" and "through" as "thru", for example. I'd be interested to know how the "gh" was originally expressed. I'm glad I'm a native speaker. It must be tough (pronounced "tuff") to learn a second language in which the surname: "Featherstonehaugh" is pronounced "Fanshaw".
As an American native English speaker, I struggle with the word “often”. I think the t is silent and it’s supposed to be pronounced like offen, but that sounds weird to me.
@@mediocresunshine Hi, Gilbert & Sullivan wrote “The Pirates of Penzance” -a comic operetta - where one character is an orphan. There’s confusion as to whether someone said “orphan” or “often”. That shows that in the 1880s English (south England!) the two words were pronounced similarly. I stress the “r” in orphan, and suppress the “t” in often…
it can be a bit of a class/ regional thing I think. I know offen is posh and I would feel a bit pretentious saying it like that. however saying 'off ten' makes me cringe too because I was taught that it was wrong to say the t. I think I come somewhere between with ofden - a very soft d.
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.
You did a great job mmmEnglish this video really helped me in my English, my teacher says that I am the best English speaker in the class! And once again thanks you and keep up the good work!!!👏👏👏
I have never heard anyone say Almond as AH-mond lol I've only heard it as ALL-mond I'm a native english speaker btw lol I looked it up and it's true that it's supposed to be pronounced with a silent L but really I don't think it matters since no one says it that way? Maybe its more a British thing rather than American.
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.
The funny thing about “photograph” is that this word came directly from Greek Φωτογραφία - and, as you can see, the stress is on iota. The word “photographer” is Φωτογράφος in Greek, and here, the stress is on alpha. So this constantly moving stress has Greek origin. As the word στρες, of course 😊
Once again, I learn a lot from your show. English is not my native language, I come from Vietnam and my first language is Vietnamese. But thanks anyway. Keep up your good work, I needed it.
Yes, that's come up a bit in the comments! I had no idea you pronounce it with the 'L' sound... But I always tell my students that there are variations between English accents 😁
I'm not trying to be rude, but it is probably going to come out that way, so apologies in advance. If you're going to put something out there saying things are incorrect, wouldn't it be wiser, and more professional, to check that they aren't just variations? There may be several non-native English speakers who have been speaking very good Queen's English, who are now going to think that they are wrong, when they are actually just enunciating clearly and articulating correctly.
In terms of testing, the continental pronunciations ARE incorrect. There are a number of Internationally recognised and standardised English tests, namely IELTS, TOEIC, BEC, CAE, and TOEFL. One would be marked down for pronouncing "almond" with an "l". Using American English outside of America could result in one failing to qualify for a job, a visa, or a university placement.
That depends on what you mean by pronouncing the 'l'. You would be marked down if the first syllable sounded like the man's name 'Al' but not if the 'l' were pronounced as in 'talk'
That depends on what you mean by pronouncing the 'l'. You would be marked down if the first syllable sounded like the man's name 'Al' but not if the 'l' were pronounced as in 'talk'
This is sort of cool... American people pronounce the "L" in almonds, but Canadians don't (like the British). It kind of underscores that part of history when the Americans decided to distance themselves from England, but Canadians didn't. I dunno... I just thought it was cool :)
English people pronounce it allmond too, never come across someone calling me by my last name using this ladies pronounciation, I'm a chef too and it's always allmond
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😊
Don´t worry too much, English is actually much easier to learn and to pronounce than most languages. Try Arabic, Greek, Dutch or even German. Their pronunciation, even though they do have more rules on it, is way harder to learn as a second language than English. And don´t get me started on grammar, English Grammar is ridiculously easy in comparison to languages like German or Spanish in terms of gender, declinations, conjugations... For example, Spanish has 17 different conjugations, I believe (let me know if I am wrong) English only has 10-12, and in each of those conjugations (in both German and Spanish), each subject is conjugated differently. English is one of my favorite languages, but it is also, in my opinion, the easiest to learn and to be fluent in. (That doesn´t mean it´s easy to learn, like any other language it involves a lot of work to master it)
+Ronald Hess The most difficult, and common writing mistakes made by native English speakers include: 1) There (place or time) they're (they are) and their (possessive). 2) Was (past, singular), were (past, plural, and future), we're (we are). 3) Who (he, she), whom (him, her), who's (who is), whose (possessive). 4) Effect (produce result), affect (influence result). 5) Than (comparison), then (time). 6) Lead (mineral), lead (to lead the way), led (past, to lead the way). I think these are the most common mistakes in grammar. So if you get them right, you'll fix most of your grammatical mistakes.
Lord! You took me back time to why college life. I distinctly remember my Zen instructor. Second language learners don’t pay attention to such things. Anyway, keep up your good work.
Eric Steele that's not true. No-one pronounces that word as 4 syllables unless they are from the North. That takes into account the accents but Standard Received is 3 syllables
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As a native English speaker, I never really realised how hellish our language is for others to pronounce! Sorry rest of world!!
Haha it really is one confusing language!! 😂😂
Bertie Ahern still better than french!
Bertie Ahern hahaha
English is arguably the trickiest language in the world!
try Polish bro
As a native English speaker I always have and always will pronounce the “l" in almond, even if it’s technically incorrect.
AGREED.
Why is that
Yup same
Please don’t! It’ll be such a damage to the language!
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
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."
Well said! Finally someone hits the key point.
Thank you. Just what I was going to say.
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.
Agreed. I often hear and use "Com-FOR-table" and the L in almond.
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.
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
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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.
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.
Yea i love arabic even tho chakl , ا ى, ؤ ئ أ ء are lowkey hard
Strange comment, when you know in Arabic, some vowels are said but not written down.
@@snilas we have vowel..?
@@LiraMel ...who's ''we'' ?
I like the way you speak. You are not fast and every words coming from your mouth is clear. I love that.
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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!
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.
How are you doing Amir ?
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.
Scone or Scon huh
Yes and No.
There is "Proper".
And then there is
"Common."
Two different things.
She's not an Englishman, she's a woman.
@@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.
@@gowdsake7103 it's always scawn. As in, what's the fasted cake in the bakery? Scone
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!!
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.
Must depend where one grows up. I never pronounce the "L" in these words.
Exactly
@@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.
She’s using RP
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.
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".
it depends on what dialect you speak but of course she is speaking of proper english
@@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.
You are correct!
@@jonahbreeding2034 what she's teaching is improper english.
@@TimeofRagnarokwell i guess that depends end of the world
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.
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!
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
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!
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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."
Thanks for clarifing that.
Thank you! I was looking for this comment!
@@coerncapone5586 me too:-)
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
I eat chicken
Someone should change bologna 😒
@@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.
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
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.
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.
And the e in vegetable IS pronounced in vegetation.
@@ronaldscott5786 it's also pronounced in "Vegetable"!
I wonder how she pronounces "February"...
@@Kalamain You just know she says "Febuary"
@@ronaldscott5786 it supports the j sound of the g or it might sound like egg like "veggtable or ga like gas "
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.
THIS!!! Thanks!
Can not think of a different way to say 'comfortable' apart from come-for-ta-bull. Nor 'Ah-mund'. Canada West.
Thank you for make me feel less dumb haha greetings from Brazil
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'.
Alternate is not accepted as a synonym for alternative by English speakers of good education.
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!
At least we don't speak ICELANDICK. Try pronouncing some of those Volcanoes !!!
"I love this!" I hate this. LOL
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.
Bro when I heard her say that I'm like tf who tf doesn't say L in walk, I'm in Cali bro
You're wrong then
I guess I am according to r'tards
Why do Texans pronounce the word "old" as "ode" and the word "told" like "toad"? I hear people from Texas doing this a lot.
@@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.
In the US we pronounce the “l” in almond, but there are several words that Americans and Brits say differently.
That’s because Americans pronounce many words wrong.
Just look at how they pronounce the letter "h"
Haytch ^^
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
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.
@@MuzikJunky from Missouri and I don't pronounce the L either.
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.
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
You’re never met anyone from Boston have you?
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right? like ya, ofc it sounds like ppl are saying it differently... you have an accent.
@@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.
@@amp788 you’re very welcome that’s what I was trying to achieve. I sincerely hope you’ll learn from this and reflect !!
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.
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As a reading and English teacher, your grammar is a bit rough!
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!
Fabulous, I'm glad I could help! :)
Thanks for watching.
Amazing English Teacher with super clear pronunciations.
are these the type of videos we've been watching in quarantine. THIS IS MADNESS!!!!!!!
Terry Wrist we have to come out of quarantine more polished with our speaking. ❤️🤣
@@MilkyT0503 lol
you are jewellery emma.
That’s funny
In fairness, I don’t think the target audience are native speakers. But this is incorrect. Your eyes are playing tricks on you.
you aren't a normal person
you are the best teacher who I have seen
Thank you very much
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Thanks Aaref! 😝
Thanks a lot. I learned a great deal of correct pronunciations from this video.
You are welcome Raymond!
Thanks lovely Emma for a fantastic lecture which is loaded with different techniques to help us learn the easiest way possible! God bless!
mmmEnglish hey there just wanted to let you know that you mispronounce smörgåsbord and gravid.
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
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.
jackie justice thank you very much. can you understand me if i say half with L
Vinicio Mendez yes don't worry about it!!!!
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+jackie justice Corrected: "I'm a native *English* (cap) speaker and *I* (cap) didn't know *I* (cap) was pronouncing most of these *wrong.* (punc (period), grammar - run-on sentence) So, if *you* (abbrev/sp) are learning *English,* (cap, punc (comma) ) don't worry about it! *Congratulations on getting* (abbrev., grammar - syntax) this *far.* (punc (period) )"
I'm not even an English teacher.
EMMA is my favorite teacher to whom we can learn better orthography, phonology, and phonetics. I LOVE mmmEnglish.
I like this video. This is what people like me who is using english as a second language need. The explanation is very simple and very clear. It can be easily understood. I was inspired to create my own channel because of this video. Thank you very much.
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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.
Agree! 😊👍
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.
Becky Varney thanks for clarifying... I was right then... Mariano Vico guitarist and English teacher from Havana Cuba.
Nobody says clothes like that
Becky Varney thank you so much
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.
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
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.
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!
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?
@@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.
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.
If you're comfortable with your vegetables and jewellery....
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.
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.
Haha thanks for watching!
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.
justacitizen That's just creepy
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....
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.
You are the best teacher ever
Honestly, your videos helped and still helps me to upgrade my English level. thanks a lot Emma
Great! I'm so glad to hear that Mostafa 😁
Thank u so much
your videos helped and still help (not helps) :(
Ahmad ph okk thanks a lot
Ahmad ph I think it's "helps" because you're Referring to "Me"
Anyone would be proud to have a beautiful & intelligent english teacher like you. With your explanations I'm learning it fast. Congrats
Anyone watching this during lock down??
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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!
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Sure is refreshing to run across an instructor who not only knows the actual correct pronunciations but how to teach them effectively and well. Great job!
Really a great job. Nice to meet you Deedee, how are you doing?
I love You So much You‘re the best Teacher for Me ❤️❤️🌹🌹
Yoel Bisping’s hiding from Me Romero Well, you really do need to fix up your English. ..
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. 😊
Glad it was helpful! 😊
I started new its really great
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.
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.
I say the l in walk and talk but only slightly not as heavy as almond tho
@@pheresy1367 Mary, Merry, and Marry are all pronounced the same in CT.
@@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.”
@@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."
;-)
The third word in this video, "Almond" has two distinct pronunciations that I learned on my grandfather's orchard. When the nut is still attached to the tree it is pronounced "All - mond" and when it is upon the ground it is an "Ah - mond." The reasoning is simple...when the nut falls and hits the ground it knocks the "L" out of it.
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hahahahaha!!!! That's a good one. I like your grandpa and I like you too, thank you for sharing your lovely story.
Beviani--I am serious...that is exactly what he told me. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Zebulon Citanul , very funny.
Mam, you have very detailed and thorough teaching method! Thank you so much, you are an excellent teacher!
Excellent! Most people need this tutorial!
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!
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What ?????
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.
Emma is Australian and she speaks with a cultivated Australian accent...
@@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?
Oh God... The way she speaks is amazing👍 🤩
I love it.. She has no "crazy Brit accent " ...I can hear everything she is saying.
Here I’m learning English from beautiful teachers 👏
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
she is speaking australian accent
Yolanda Nur Rohma yes but she is not English she is Australian it's a very different accent
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.
i'll just speak to my self lol
Yolanda Nur Rohma I'm from UK 🇬🇧, thx!
You speak very well. Nice to hear your voice!
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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... :-) )
I'm sorry? I don't recall ever hearing someone mispronounce enthusiastic. How do they say it wrong?
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
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.
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I am liking your videos they are helping me to speak louder because sometimes my parents can not hear me so, your lessons are teaching me different things thank you Emily for helping me goodbye
Thanks, I take pride in my English, but my pronunciation has room for improvement.
I am in love with your accent.
You are so fluently and clearly pronouncing each and every consonant.
Lots of love to you from India.May the Almighty bless you with everything best in life!
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You rasist,im' gonna report you😠
I think Indians are impressed with the sound of the English language because their own is boringly monotonous. If you want to hear musical languages listen to Greek, Italian, Spanish. They are also languages where you read what you see, without the nonsense of silent letters. If they are silent why are they there??
I agree with many others on here commenting about leaving the 'L' in almond. I only know of one person who leaves the 'L' out, and it sounds mispronounced when he says it. It may be a regional thing though. What I find interesting is her pronunciation of the letter 'H'. She pronounces 'H' as 'h-eigh-ch'', with the 'H' sound on the beginning of her word. Here in southern Ontario Canada, we leave the 'H' sound off of it and only say 'eigh-ch', similar to saying the number 'eight'. In this area I've only heard it pronounced her way by some Amish people. I have also heard some Amish people pronounce the sound of the letter 'J' as a 'ch' sound. For instance, they would say the name 'Julie' as 'Chulie'. The J sounds like the beginning of the word 'church'.
well, british people often says h-eigh-ch instead of aitch and its a common thing
South of your border they leave the h off herb. It sounds strange to me.
@@mido2222005 Still wrong,, though.
@@mido2222005 it's common but it's wrong 🤣
RP (received pronunciation) is to say Aitch, those who wish to sound like they are posher than they are (usually lower middle class) pronounce h-aitch, but that is actually incorrect according to RP standards.
She's still correct on most of the others (other than almond).
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According to phonetics these r absolutely correct...well explained👏👍 loved it....
Thanks Priyanka!
mmmEnglish 😃
"Or etcetra if you like me" LOVE THAT!
You are the most beautiful teacher that I have never ever seen.
She’s Australian. Everyone is beautiful there! 😃
Great video that shows how to generate a ton of comments! Just insist that something should be pronounce in only one way and disregard all variations of the language across the world. Awesome!
You're the nicest teacher i've ever seen !
and the most beautiful ;-)
Well, you have't seen me
yw1971 but your English is not as good as hers :-) !
Andrea rota yeah I agree .
As a voice over artist, I totally watch this during lock down!! It helps me on projects I record in my home studio.
How can I be a voice over artist
Nice
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.
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!
Ice vs eyes?
@@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"!
You are awasome. The best English classes ever!! I love you
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
This lady from England says you are wrong... Hmm, lol. Just messing.
Let's hear her say Aluminum
@yeahwhat 😂😂
The american pronunciation is Aal muhnd, but the British pronunciation is aa muhnd. so you are all goood
If you have time Pleas help me.
Stressed syllable... unstressed syllable.. I am now stressed, two years later!!!
I like your comment.
So much baby
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You made me smile
Lmao
I'm a foreigner and I pronounced all words correctly. No lie!
Excellent!
mEnglish
Fee Müller pronounce Almond as ALL-mond because people won't recognize it as almond, they'll be like 'what?'
Nevalen Shierson okay, thank you :)
Fee Müller same
Thank you. I think this will be quite helpful for some people.
I have a tip for you. The letter H is pronounced like aim, air, "A ch", rather than hay, hair, "Hay ch".
Best regards.
I am sorry to interrupt but vegetable by the Oxford dictionary DOES have 4 syllables - veg'·e·ta·ble. Slang deletes the 2nd syllable
Exactly. I pronounce most of the letter she cuts out. Whatever she is teaching is not nation wide it's for lazy speakers.
I have literally never heard anyone pronounce it with 4 syllables
Interesting. The dictionary does list the four syllable versions of "vegetable" and "comfortable" as options, and the four syllable version of "comfortable" is the first choice? Would love for you to address words like "often" "accompanist" and "psalm" :)
Be fun to see a segment on "rough", "though", "through", and "bough". Are there any rules for "ough" or are they just learned by using?
(edit: I forgot "trough". That's at least five different pronunciations for 'ough'.)
@@wildman2012 well at least cough and trough rhyme? and then there are bough and plough, rough and tough, though and dough. for the life of me I can't think of one for through though? idk Timbuktu?🤷
@@rosebrown7002 There ought to be one more...🙂 is that what you thought? And what about slough?
@@wildman2012 According to scholars (pronounced "skollers"), English pronunciation has changed many times over the centuries whereas English spelling has changed little. US English is more updated, spelling "plough" as "plow" and "through" as "thru", for example. I'd be interested to know how the "gh" was originally expressed.
I'm glad I'm a native speaker. It must be tough (pronounced "tuff") to learn a second language in which the surname: "Featherstonehaugh" is pronounced "Fanshaw".
Often= ofen
Accompanist= aCOMpanist
Psalm= sawm
As an American native English speaker, I struggle with the word “often”. I think the t is silent and it’s supposed to be pronounced like offen, but that sounds weird to me.
my high school English teacher would always correct us (and by correct I mean throw a dictionary at us) when we said of-TEN instead of of-FEN
i always pronounce it often
@@faiiirie me too
@@mediocresunshine Hi, Gilbert & Sullivan wrote “The Pirates of Penzance” -a comic operetta - where one character is an orphan. There’s confusion as to whether someone said “orphan” or “often”. That shows that in the 1880s English (south England!) the two words were pronounced similarly.
I stress the “r” in orphan, and suppress the “t” in often…
it can be a bit of a class/ regional thing I think. I know offen is posh and I would feel a bit pretentious saying it like that. however saying 'off ten' makes me cringe too because I was taught that it was wrong to say the t. I think I come somewhere between with ofden - a very soft d.
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.
I'm thrilled to hear that the lessons are helpful for you! Keep up the great work. 🙂
You did a great job mmmEnglish this video really helped me in my English, my teacher says that I am the best English speaker in the class! And once again thanks you and keep up the good work!!!👏👏👏
Ahmed Raheem Really Are You?
Yes
@@anonymous4103 ready
I have never heard anyone say Almond as AH-mond lol I've only heard it as ALL-mond I'm a native english speaker btw lol I looked it up and it's true that it's supposed to be pronounced with a silent L but really I don't think it matters since no one says it that way? Maybe its more a British thing rather than American.
lena5669 I am American and I definitely pronounce the "L"s in almond. I am from the pacific coast.
Oh hey me too :)
i'm not a native speaker and almond was the only one that surprised me.
We say AH-mond in Australia. ALL-mond is weird to us. Lol
we often say ah-mond in Canada.
I became really self conscious about how I talk after watching this
😊 that's really wonderful
I ate one extra apple while seeing this, understanding and trying ...etc.!! 😆
I became really self conscious about how I SPEAK after watching this video as well
Same here, but it is a good thing.
@@yesendatorres4469 you can come over
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.
finally got a difference in pronunciation between "work" and "walk"
dude those two words are very easily differentiable , unless you're chinese
@@pladimir_vutin mostly East Asian (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Hong Konger) and even Singaporean and Malaysian pronounce those word similarly.
Wov really I understood final ly
The funny thing about “photograph” is that this word came directly from Greek Φωτογραφία - and, as you can see, the stress is on iota. The word “photographer” is Φωτογράφος in Greek, and here, the stress is on alpha. So this constantly moving stress has Greek origin. As the word στρες, of course 😊
Thanks! Now I can blame you guys anytime people complain about our language!
vegetable
adjective UK /ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/ US /ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/
It's 3 syllables, dear native speaker.
Mohamed Ansary Vlogs its not a j sound its a ch sound vechtubl
Once again, I learn a lot from your show. English is not my native language, I come from Vietnam and my first language is Vietnamese. But thanks anyway. Keep up your good work, I needed it.
In Canada I have only ever heard almond pronounced as "all-min-d" not "ah-min-d"
Yes, that's come up a bit in the comments! I had no idea you pronounce it with the 'L' sound... But I always tell my students that there are variations between English accents 😁
I'm not trying to be rude, but it is probably going to come out that way, so apologies in advance. If you're going to put something out there saying things are incorrect, wouldn't it be wiser, and more professional, to check that they aren't just variations? There may be several non-native English speakers who have been speaking very good Queen's English, who are now going to think that they are wrong, when they are actually just enunciating clearly and articulating correctly.
In terms of testing, the continental pronunciations ARE incorrect. There are a number of Internationally recognised and standardised English tests, namely IELTS, TOEIC, BEC, CAE, and TOEFL. One would be marked down for pronouncing "almond" with an "l". Using American English outside of America could result in one failing to qualify for a job, a visa, or a university placement.
That depends on what you mean by pronouncing the 'l'. You would be marked down if the first syllable sounded like the man's name 'Al' but not if the 'l' were pronounced as in 'talk'
That depends on what you mean by pronouncing the 'l'. You would be marked down if the first syllable sounded like the man's name 'Al' but not if the 'l' were pronounced as in 'talk'
American people often pronounce the "L" of "almonds" something like "all monds"
Yeah I agree I don’t think I’ve ever heard an American pronounce almond like a mond just all mond
This is sort of cool... American people pronounce the "L" in almonds, but Canadians don't (like the British). It kind of underscores that part of history when the Americans decided to distance themselves from England, but Canadians didn't. I dunno... I just thought it was cool :)
English people pronounce it allmond too, never come across someone calling me by my last name using this ladies pronounciation, I'm a chef too and it's always allmond
@@sadiemaxfield7566 you an "all mond" expert Sadie?
@@dexteralmond7458 sgit it's your name , you can say it how you like lol
Emma, thank you very much for the class!! I repeat every word after you and thank you after every repeat!!!
Nice to meet you
Thank.lot.emma
thanks so much.. you are the best teacher of English language. 💛💛
i really appreciate your effort 😊.
Thank you for sharing! 🙏
Many English words in the video resemble French words to me because the common root is latin etymology. 🇫🇷
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😊
Good morning how re u can u tell me how much cast for leasen thank u
Maybe you just picked it up naturally
Yes 🙌 there are many more Indians who speak correctly.
What may be correct for London England may be a little different for other English speakers around the world.
I'm glad I learned English as a first language, because this looks brutal to learn.
Don´t worry too much, English is actually much easier to learn and to pronounce than most languages. Try Arabic, Greek, Dutch or even German. Their pronunciation, even though they do have more rules on it, is way harder to learn as a second language than English. And don´t get me started on grammar, English Grammar is ridiculously easy in comparison to languages like German or Spanish in terms of gender, declinations, conjugations...
For example, Spanish has 17 different conjugations, I believe (let me know if I am wrong) English only has 10-12, and in each of those conjugations (in both German and Spanish), each subject is conjugated differently.
English is one of my favorite languages, but it is also, in my opinion, the easiest to learn and to be fluent in.
(That doesn´t mean it´s easy to learn, like any other language it involves a lot of work to master it)
that's right
Hahaha
Good for you
Bad for us .. we have to learn all that!
XD
Tsinat Gebreselassie How about "ough" : though, through, tough, trough, bough all have different vowell sounds.
+Ronald Hess
The most difficult, and common writing mistakes made by native English speakers include:
1) There (place or time) they're (they are) and their (possessive).
2) Was (past, singular), were (past, plural, and future), we're (we are).
3) Who (he, she), whom (him, her), who's (who is), whose (possessive).
4) Effect (produce result), affect (influence result).
5) Than (comparison), then (time).
6) Lead (mineral), lead (to lead the way), led (past, to lead the way).
I think these are the most common mistakes in grammar. So if you get them right, you'll fix most of your grammatical mistakes.
Lord! You took me back time to why college life. I distinctly remember my Zen instructor. Second language learners don’t pay attention to such things. Anyway, keep up your good work.
I love the way how you pronounce the word enthusiastic 😇I like you to be my teacher just for one day atleast 😁
How to pronounce work on a monday morning: "uuuuuggggghhhhhhh"
Hahahah..
This is in british or american english... good to know, will be ok if sei monduugghhhhhaay?
@@docka5 strayan engrish
Hehe
I pronounce it like this: 🤮
Saying Com-fort-a-ble is accepted by the Oxford dictionary. It's arguably more proper to enunciate each syllable in that word.
Eric Steele that's not true. No-one pronounces that word as 4 syllables unless they are from the North. That takes into account the accents but Standard Received is 3 syllables
You cannot ever pronounce it as 3 syllable that's just wrong
@@sirex_3032 you can, that is how english people say it comf-ta-ble
Any reason why I have not been so lucky to meet a teacher like you in my school?! 🤷♂️🤦♂️👏👏👏👏
it's not wrong it's just depend on what country you're from
Yes, you're right. This video actually raised some pronunciation variations that I wasn't even aware of!
It differs even within the same country and between classes
mmmEnglish *You're.
mmmEnglish
Wouldn't it be "pronouncing wrongly" as well?
Biancyboo how fucking ironic 😂