Here's how you can cheat your way through this: try to pronounce the "r" sounds more softly. This makes for an awful lot of difficulty when trying to hit every "r" and every vowel in-between, which mostly just ends up being something along the lines of "rrrral". This word has got to be the most extreme case of combining two "r" sounds in a single word, simply because they're right next to each other, but are followed by different vowels. Nowadays, the second syllable "ru" is replaced with "you" and it's completely acceptable. Traditionally, the correct pronunciation of "February" has always included both "r" sounds. But, it's a very particular case, so much so that dictionaires have started to adopt the "wrong" pronunciation of this word due to how frequently it's been pronounced wrong. here we are with the English "r" sound again. So, the correct pronunciation of the word "vegetable" starts with "veg", and not "ve-ge", followed by a quick "ta-ble."Īhh. Instead of pronouncing each syllable individually, the second syllable "ge" is kindly of cut in half and its remaining "g" is glued to the first syllable. It's so weird to even advise this as an English teacher. So, don't pronounce the entire word the next time you do so. Where most English words require you to pronounce every single syllable, the word "comfortable" simply drops the syllable "or" in the middle out of the equation. Speaking of extra syllables, this is a case of the English language playing mind tricks with us. It's why most English speakers choose to eliminate one of the "r" sounds in this word, which makes the word completely understandable when uttered to everyone, but nonetheless incorrectly pronounced.ĭon't cut the word shorter by one syllable, please. There's something about the English pronunciation of "r" that makes it rather unplesant to say when repeating it continuously. I've since noticced that my students and so many other advanced speakers I know have the same exact problem - they just can't get the "chore" out of their heads.
#Words with the suffix archy plus#
So, when it came time to learn it in class, it was weird hearing "kw-eye-er" (as the "Kawhi" in " Kawhi Leonard" plus "errr") after so many years of saying "chore". Personally, I like to remember this word as the first one I've ever had any real trouble with understanding, simply for the fact that I had started to learn English way before I even had my first English class. Without further ado, let's get down to work! You don't need words that you're probably never going to use, although I always advise my students to learn as much diverse vocabulary as possible. It's what you need as an English speaker. On the contrary, all of today's words are high-frequency words in the English language, meaning they get used a ton in everyday conversation. I didn't want to choose English words that are hard to pronounce but that no one's ever heard of. Do some quick pronunciation warm up exercises and off we go! Now, take a quick minute to breathe in and out as you're about to master some of the toughest words the English language has to offer. It's not that these words are hard for English learners to utter, it's that native speakers get headaches because of them, as well. So, now that I've poured my heart out, I want us to take a good look at the cream of the crop of the hardest words to pronounce in the entire English language. No sounds or letters left behind - that's the motto! The whole purpose of me telling you this is that I want your English to be as perfect as possible when your time to shine finally comes, especially if it's in front of native speakers. However, I don't do so to rattle you I do it because I care. Even the tiniest bit of sounds in my book have to be accentuated and pronounced correctly every single time. You've gotten the picture by now - I'm a stickler for correct pronunciation.
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