10 English Words You're (probably) Mispronouncing! | Difficult Pronunciation

10 English Words You're (probably) Mispronouncing! | Difficult Pronunciation | Common Mistakes

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In this English pronunciation lesson, I'm going to show you how to pronounce some difficult words. These words are often pronounced incorrectly and are common mistakes that many English students make. This is because the combination of sounds is difficult, or because there are silent letters and syllables.
I've chosen these words because they are common words and they are words that are often pronounced incorrectly by English learners.
These words are:
- vegetable
- comfortable
- almond* (Australian pronunciation!)
- salmon
- et cetera (etc.)
- clothes
- jewellery
- architecture
- enthusiastic
- word, world & work
- photograph
Please note that the pronunciation of some of these words differs between English accents. I speak with an Australian English accent 🙂
Let's fix these pronunciation mistakes together so that you can speak English more clearly and confidently!
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Why this is important
01:12 Vegetable
01:53 Comfortable
02:25 Almond and Salmon
03:35 et cetera (etc.)
04:20 Clothes
06:20 Jewellery
07:21 Architecture
08:33 Enthusiastic
10:30 Word, World & Work
11:46 Photograph
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@Bertie_Ahern 7 жыл бұрын

As a native English speaker, I never really realised how hellish our language is for others to pronounce! Sorry rest of world!!

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 жыл бұрын

Haha it really is one confusing language!! 😂😂

@arlitagariana5772 7 жыл бұрын

Bertie Ahern still better than french!

@personincognito3989 7 жыл бұрын

Bertie Ahern hahaha

@LeeChoonHoe1 7 жыл бұрын

English is arguably the trickiest language in the world!

@toadster1 7 жыл бұрын

try Polish bro

@TheRandomperson1016 2 жыл бұрын

As a native English speaker I always have and always will pronounce the “l" in almond, even if it’s technically incorrect.

@oldedwardian1778 2 жыл бұрын

AGREED.

@WessauR 2 жыл бұрын

Why is that

@journey4350 2 жыл бұрын

Yup same

@fmahavishnu9807 2 жыл бұрын

Please don’t! It’ll be such a damage to the language!

@vancho8048 2 жыл бұрын

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

@NopeNaw 2 жыл бұрын

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."

@eduardomariscal49 2 жыл бұрын

Well said! Finally someone hits the key point.

@marthaanderson2346 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Just what I was going to say.

@davidjacobs8558 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@AmyJoBell 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I often hear and use "Com-FOR-table" and the L in almond.

@mg725 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@emilgralec3195 8 ай бұрын

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!

@user-uu6jx7ju6b Жыл бұрын

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.

@crowdedcrow3098 Жыл бұрын

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.

@LiraMel Жыл бұрын

Yea i love arabic even tho chakl , ا ى, ؤ ئ أ ء are lowkey hard

@snilas Жыл бұрын

Strange comment, when you know in Arabic, some vowels are said but not written down.

@LiraMel Жыл бұрын

@@snilas we have vowel..?

@snilas Жыл бұрын

@@LiraMel ...who's ''we'' ?

@angorali06 2 жыл бұрын

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

@paulineanand8559 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@tsuki4867 2 жыл бұрын

thank’s!!!

@zeenamoayadtaha1838 2 жыл бұрын

Thank u 🙏🏾

@raktimaghosh9589 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@RainnMakerr 2 жыл бұрын

Veggie Table. 🥗 🥕🥦 Alllmonds Acksetra Jew Al ary Namaste 🙏

@inafebubole2276 4 жыл бұрын

I like the way you speak. You are not fast and every words coming from your mouth is clear. I love that.

@ubumenyionline40 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@aishahhamisu2658 4 жыл бұрын

Great

@user-dv2td9yu4p 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@user-dv2td9yu4p 4 жыл бұрын

that perfect

@shahedchowdhury7646 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@bauya12 4 ай бұрын

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!!

@bruce4356 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma, you are my go to for proper pronunciation! You technic is perfect, I like the way you demonstrate the right and incorrect sounding of the words.

@pep20002425 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@gowdsake7103 2 жыл бұрын

Scone or Scon huh

@rulistening7777 2 жыл бұрын

Yes and No. There is "Proper". And then there is "Common." Two different things.

@mcmlxii4419 2 жыл бұрын

She's not an Englishman, she's a woman.

@varmituofm 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@oberon06 2 жыл бұрын

@@gowdsake7103 it's always scawn. As in, what's the fasted cake in the bakery? Scone

@jamesaroeuett1567 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@remaguire 2 жыл бұрын

Must depend where one grows up. I never pronounce the "L" in these words.

@CH-gn7rf 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@jamesaroeuett1567 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@pretzelcoatl_1121 2 жыл бұрын

She’s using RP

@randallcurwen8041 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@abisaindamanomhata 2 жыл бұрын

you are a great teacher that I have never seen before. The fact that you show us how to do(pronounce ) the same as you by means of the diagram where possible.

@kennygalubeze1692 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@amirhalim5939 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@tonydalat6790 2 жыл бұрын

How are you doing Amir ?

@edwararaujo9116 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@rebfh Жыл бұрын

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.

@fmahavishnu9807 10 ай бұрын

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

@phuongmiracle4853 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Emma. I pronounced some of the words incorrectly for more than 20 years. A very good lession

@Caliiforniicatiion 2 жыл бұрын

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! 👋 😷 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇪🇸

@nigazzagin4771 4 жыл бұрын

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

@_ci.lan_ Жыл бұрын

So dedicated to your work! Thank you for giving us great content! I've been inspired by you a lot for my channel☺

@shahiprodhan7011 2 жыл бұрын

EMMA is my favorite teacher to whom we can learn better orthography, phonology, and phonetics. I LOVE mmmEnglish.

@julietteyork6293 2 жыл бұрын

In the US we pronounce the “l” in almond, but there are several words that Americans and Brits say differently.

@punkoid76 2 жыл бұрын

That’s because Americans pronounce many words wrong.

@Kev.in1997 2 жыл бұрын

Just look at how they pronounce the letter "h" Haytch ^^

@getrappel 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MuzikJunky 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@theJohnGaltLine 2 жыл бұрын

@@MuzikJunky from Missouri and I don't pronounce the L either.

@bahice 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

it depends on what dialect you speak but of course she is speaking of proper english

@bahice 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@pattip2788 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct!

@TimeofRagnarok 2 жыл бұрын

@@jonahbreeding2034 what she's teaching is improper english.

@jonahbreeding2034 2 жыл бұрын

@@TimeofRagnarokwell i guess that depends end of the world

@Standard371 2 жыл бұрын

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

@nicholasrooksby3327 11 ай бұрын

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. 😊

@mmmEnglish_Emma 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😊

@nematullahibrahimi1875 4 ай бұрын

I started new its really great

@miketaylor6617 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@frankiejones7858 2 жыл бұрын

Bro when I heard her say that I'm like tf who tf doesn't say L in walk, I'm in Cali bro

@Pond721 2 жыл бұрын

You're wrong then

@miketaylor6617 2 жыл бұрын

I guess I am according to r'tards

@mcmlxii4419 2 жыл бұрын

Why do Texans pronounce the word "old" as "ode" and the word "told" like "toad"? I hear people from Texas doing this a lot.

@miketaylor6617 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@cadence4527 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@littlethingsthatmatterxx1163 2 жыл бұрын

I eat chicken

@lovvelyz 2 жыл бұрын

Someone should change bologna 😒

@zecuse 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ADanZLife 2 ай бұрын

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

@valobrien9596 2 жыл бұрын

Despite English being my first language (I'm Irish), you got me with two of the words here. Almond (I've always pronounced the "l") and jewellery (I've always pronounced the final "e"). It's going to take a lot of effort for me to break a lifetime of conditioning!

@mwohaeyo 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@alexandercummins 3 жыл бұрын

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."

@sophiakaztruita1454 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifing that.

@coerncapone5586 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was looking for this comment!

@knwong4458 2 жыл бұрын

@@coerncapone5586 me too:-)

@ianmontgomery7534 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@joniloinsigh1624 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@jewelmckie 2 жыл бұрын

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

@amp788 2 жыл бұрын

You’re never met anyone from Boston have you?

@mavie20120 2 жыл бұрын

@@amp788 *you’ve

@itzzy1859 2 жыл бұрын

right? like ya, ofc it sounds like ppl are saying it differently... you have an accent.

@amp788 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@mavie20120 2 жыл бұрын

@@amp788 you’re very welcome that’s what I was trying to achieve. I sincerely hope you’ll learn from this and reflect !!

@Engineer_Who 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@donnagilder227 2 жыл бұрын

THIS!!! Thanks!

@Haerton 2 жыл бұрын

Can not think of a different way to say 'comfortable' apart from come-for-ta-bull. Nor 'Ah-mund'. Canada West.

@dannareal 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for make me feel less dumb haha greetings from Brazil

@triciamason9542 Жыл бұрын

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'.

@davidramsey-kerr10 Жыл бұрын

Alternate is not accepted as a synonym for alternative by English speakers of good education.

@coover65 2 жыл бұрын

You could do a video on regional pronunciation in Australia. To foreigners we may all sound alike, but I've noticed Victorians say "salary" and "celery" the same, and South Australians pronounce "girls" like "gills" and say "dance", "chance" etc. like the Brits do. I've noticed regional variations with indigenous names too, like Bingara pronounced "Bing-Gra" in NSW, yet a Queenslander would pronounce it "Bing-Gahra". I think they pronounce "Yatala Vale" in SA like "Ya-Tahla", yet we pronounce the Gold Coast suburb "Yat-Lah".

@tingzhu1600 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@donothinggarden 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@omerrauf7255 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing English Teacher with super clear pronunciations.

@IzzyMcKay-el6ru 10 ай бұрын

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.

@mmmEnglish_Emma 10 ай бұрын

I'm thrilled to hear that the lessons are helpful for you! Keep up the great work. 🙂

@Amy-hm9cp 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@aldito7586 2 жыл бұрын

At least we don't speak ICELANDICK. Try pronouncing some of those Volcanoes !!!

@ljkoch99 2 жыл бұрын

"I love this!" I hate this. LOL

@johvanaarriagada431 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a Lot! I am an english teacher un Chile. Now it is easier for me to teach these words and the correct pronunciación.

@ikhlaqrajput2770 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Emma. Now you’re going to be my lifetime english language teacher. 😊

@miltongonzalez9949 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone would be proud to have a beautiful & intelligent english teacher like you. With your explanations I'm learning it fast. Congrats

@mike1967sam 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Kalamain 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@ronaldscott5786 2 жыл бұрын

And the e in vegetable IS pronounced in vegetation.

@Kalamain 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldscott5786 it's also pronounced in "Vegetable"! I wonder how she pronounces "February"...

@nathanfrancis1942 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kalamain You just know she says "Febuary"

@outnleftfield 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldscott5786 it supports the j sound of the g or it might sound like egg like "veggtable or ga like gas "

@CarlosPanades 2 жыл бұрын

The most difficult words for me are the ones with "ths". I can't pronounce truths or clothes corretly yet. The content you have in your channel is very good, thanks!

@nicholasrooksby3327 10 ай бұрын

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!

@barryinglaterra 6 жыл бұрын

In the UK and the USA we pronounce the l in almond. Maybe it's just an Australian thing.

@Gillian708 6 жыл бұрын

Barry Inglaterra I'm British and don't pronounce the l. It's said ah-mond

@barryinglaterra 6 жыл бұрын

Gillian Spence No, it really isn't. If that's the way you happen to pronounce it, it must be a peculiarity of your particular regional dialect. I don't know which part of the UK you're from, but I'm from Newcastle and also lived for several years in Manchester, then four years in Warwickshire and I have never heard anyone pronounce almond without the 'l' until I saw this video. Not once.

@Gillian708 6 жыл бұрын

I believe you may be right in that it's regional; if you Google "British people say almond" you'll see that the rest of the world is stunned when (many) British people don't pronounce the "L"

@mehdijohnathan6688 6 жыл бұрын

yeah i think the rp english not pronounce the sound l in almond

@Gillian708 6 жыл бұрын

You're right! :) /ˈɑːmənd/

@karenpeters8487 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@andrewilliams7548 2 жыл бұрын

Ok thx teacher 😃😃😃😃😃 God bless you and keep you safe at all times Amen

@Ikcj127 2 жыл бұрын

Ok karen...

@olenastefanyshyn1581 2 жыл бұрын

Disagree

@mcmlxii4419 2 жыл бұрын

As a reading and English teacher, your grammar is a bit rough!

@masoodurrehman2271 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful indeed. I teach English and am benefitted here to a great extent.

@trucdeegan5865 3 ай бұрын

I love your show very much cause I learn a lot. Thank you.

@user-os7ue7re9g 3 жыл бұрын

Mam, you have very detailed and thorough teaching method! Thank you so much, you are an excellent teacher!

@dilemmix 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 жыл бұрын

Fabulous, I'm glad I could help! :) Thanks for watching.

@mimoune-nacer4582 2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much.. you are the best teacher of English language. 💛💛 i really appreciate your effort 😊.

@sofialopez3166 2 жыл бұрын

You are awasome. The best English classes ever!! I love you

@englishbyteswithsiribon2391 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@khetiletijana109 3 жыл бұрын

Yayyy

@khetiletijana109 3 жыл бұрын

Just subscribed ;)

@annaford2311 3 жыл бұрын

Remove

@annaford2311 3 жыл бұрын

not interested

@adityasenpai6002 3 жыл бұрын

My third language is english😭

@longodyuo9162 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone watching this during lock down??

@levifabay64 4 жыл бұрын

yes me

@ayajuu4312 4 жыл бұрын

Yes me too

@levifabay64 4 жыл бұрын

Hi.

@levifabay64 4 жыл бұрын

@@ayajuu4312 yes!

@garylee22 4 жыл бұрын

@ramadasramanujam1465 Жыл бұрын

Thank you giving some awesome tips. The last one was amazing.

@dima_va 6 ай бұрын

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!

@joshcarton2243 4 жыл бұрын

are these the type of videos we've been watching in quarantine. THIS IS MADNESS!!!!!!!

@MilkyT0503 4 жыл бұрын

Terry Wrist we have to come out of quarantine more polished with our speaking. ❤️🤣

@joshcarton2243 4 жыл бұрын

@@MilkyT0503 lol

@farshadrahimi3188 3 жыл бұрын

you are jewellery emma.

@pobnoonmunch2255 3 жыл бұрын

That’s funny

@pobnoonmunch2255 3 жыл бұрын

In fairness, I don’t think the target audience are native speakers. But this is incorrect. Your eyes are playing tricks on you.

@wolfy9005 4 жыл бұрын

How to pronounce work on a monday morning: "uuuuuggggghhhhhhh"

@sarahtiara1691 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahah..

@docka5 3 жыл бұрын

This is in british or american english... good to know, will be ok if sei monduugghhhhhaay?

@wolfy9005 3 жыл бұрын

@@docka5 strayan engrish

@mohinidasi9357 3 жыл бұрын

Hehe

@MrWinotu 3 жыл бұрын

I pronounce it like this: 🤮

@cwavt8849 2 жыл бұрын

I am a stickler for grammar and pronunciation. Have been my life entire (61 yrs), as we're my parents. You got me on almond and photograph. Thanks. I always appreciate corrections, as long as they are delivered in a courteous tone. 😁

@FumariVI 2 жыл бұрын

Since you're a stickler for grammar and pronunciation I'm sure you realize that correct grammar would be "...as were my parents" not "as we're my parents". We're is a contraction of the words "we are".

@3enjamin 2 жыл бұрын

@@FumariVI Yeah, "as we're my parents" sounds weird and I have to ask myself... what does that even mean? I'm a foreigner. Turned out he mistyped it.

@ericamulondo210 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel! So good and informative. Thank you

@mmmEnglish_Emma Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Erica!

@MatameVideos 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I take pride in my English, but my pronunciation has room for improvement.

@acfaure 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! 🙏 Many English words in the video resemble French words to me because the common root is latin etymology. 🇫🇷

@jenniferjoseph5914 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Emma, Nice listening to you. I love ❤️ watch your videos . You are a great beautiful person. Keep teaching so others can learn.❤️🥰

@woldiing2366 Жыл бұрын

I like your english teaching style very much, thank you so much.

@jackiejustice8142 7 жыл бұрын

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

@sabilurrahmanrifat 7 жыл бұрын

jackie justice I appreciate you for being honest.

@cindeiacovacci9847 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@viniciomendez8765 7 жыл бұрын

jackie justice thank you very much. can you understand me if i say half with L

@jackiejustice8142 7 жыл бұрын

Vinicio Mendez yes don't worry about it!!!!

@patrickfoley4990 7 жыл бұрын

I Lk 2 rt Lk ths !

@shakeralganabee4848 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for this lesson... thanks to help us speaking well

@silong3923 Жыл бұрын

I have been mispronouncing most of the words all this while!😨 Thank you so much!❤❤❤

@PauloLima-ed4sr 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so gratefull for your explanations!!

@spanglerspeaks 4 жыл бұрын

As a voice over artist, I totally watch this during lock down!! It helps me on projects I record in my home studio.

@shanshadracks247 3 жыл бұрын

How can I be a voice over artist

@flawyerlawyertv7454 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@aarefsamoo580 7 жыл бұрын

you aren't a normal person you are the best teacher who I have seen Thank you very much I lo y

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaref! 😝

@raymondshekoury6212 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. I learned a great deal of correct pronunciations from this video.

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Raymond!

@jericksonpasaraba590 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks lovely Emma for a fantastic lecture which is loaded with different techniques to help us learn the easiest way possible! God bless!

@nicodabastard 7 жыл бұрын

mmmEnglish hey there just wanted to let you know that you mispronounce smörgåsbord and gravid.

@Er.Sunil.Pedgaonkar 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Most people need this tutorial!

@madhurawickramage4549 Жыл бұрын

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.

@ericsteele6941 6 жыл бұрын

Saying Com-fort-a-ble is accepted by the Oxford dictionary. It's arguably more proper to enunciate each syllable in that word.

@TheGreatPresenter 5 жыл бұрын

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

@sirex_3032 5 жыл бұрын

You cannot ever pronounce it as 3 syllable that's just wrong

@dubaihomeopathyhealthcentr5890 5 жыл бұрын

@@sirex_3032 you can, that is how english people say it comf-ta-ble

@MuhammadHaris-zq8xt 4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your affords Mame, such an honest video lecture for learning thank u

@robinstamper2446 2 жыл бұрын

Explaining ‘voiced’ (versus ‘unvoiced’) consonants and how to connect them would be helpful.

@nicholasrooksby3327 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great and helpful information

@unstoppableself-developmen8059 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@adasas5454 2 жыл бұрын

You want all over. Jajajaja..😃I Sorry.

@michellegordon6586 2 жыл бұрын

What ?????

@sahil-06-11 4 жыл бұрын

Oh God... The way she speaks is amazing👍 🤩

@carolinekanini6342 3 жыл бұрын

I love it.. She has no "crazy Brit accent " ...I can hear everything she is saying.

@getrostvil8628 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Emma, you are very an interesting teacher, you always give so much good values,

@ewerton381 Жыл бұрын

Slow and very well explained ... You are an excellent teacher ... Good job ...

@boudlalmostafa 7 жыл бұрын

Honestly, your videos helped and still helps me to upgrade my English level. thanks a lot Emma

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 жыл бұрын

Great! I'm so glad to hear that Mostafa 😁

@deepanjavali1524 7 жыл бұрын

Thank u so much

@drahmadkhattab7 7 жыл бұрын

your videos helped and still help (not helps) :(

@boudlalmostafa 7 жыл бұрын

Ahmad ph okk thanks a lot

@medlockjodengrad6231 7 жыл бұрын

Ahmad ph I think it's "helps" because you're Referring to "Me"

@neilstewart5407 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@rosemaryboury9599 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@kipp1231 2 жыл бұрын

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?

@Ashley-cr4ow 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@mbd6054 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@aldito7586 2 жыл бұрын

If you're comfortable with your vegetables and jewellery....

@gabrielsanchez8369 2 жыл бұрын

A more beautiful teacher es impossible. Muchas gracias me ha gustado mucho.

@mardisiswanto7610 2 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation of the pronunciation. Thanks so much.

@liquidrob83 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a native English speaker and pronounce the "L" in almond, walk and talk. It just sounds and feels weird for me to pronounce it without the L even though It's incorrect.

@alexmuenster2102 2 жыл бұрын

>>I'm a native English speaker

@AngraMainiiu 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexmuenster2102 This pronunciation isn't hick speak though. It's a well known stereotype that New Yorkers have a "dark" L that is very heavy. For example "I'm walking" is "I'm waLLking"

@alistairreid1262 2 жыл бұрын

Can understand the L in almond but certainly not in walk and talk.

@toveschatvet-riisager4215 2 жыл бұрын

@@AngraMainiiu Nev Yorkers do not talk english, but american - so - perhaps you can look up the pronounciation example/programme for americans, please?

@FumariVI 2 жыл бұрын

@@alistairreid1262 Oh, I see. So you pronounce walk and talk as "wak" and "tak" huh?

@justacitizen111 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@mmmEnglish_Emma 7 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks for watching!

@Messichapo 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@kdelka81 7 жыл бұрын

justacitizen That's just creepy

@justacitizen111 7 жыл бұрын

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....

@Messichapo 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@sharonbranch1779 2 жыл бұрын

It’s so good to learn different sound of English words .

@jeandemosthene273 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, for your pronunciation course !

@AmyJourney 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I learned this lesson this morning 😍

@mmmEnglish_Emma 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

@karthiselvenp5793 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant and awesome the way are teaching…. Really I immersed with this lesson.

@ashokabalaji Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for such a wonderful and informative session.

@desreneranglin1374 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very informative. Love it, blessings 💕😊🙏

@mmmEnglish_Emma 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome ❤️

@beckyvarney3419 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@learnwithflora298 6 жыл бұрын

Agree! 😊👍

@lacey1280 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@armandovico5140 6 жыл бұрын

Becky Varney thanks for clarifying... I was right then... Mariano Vico guitarist and English teacher from Havana Cuba.

@cynthiawillis6701 6 жыл бұрын

Nobody says clothes like that

@sivadasican 6 жыл бұрын

Becky Varney thank you so much

@mominshabeebahmed1472 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@upbeatmusic5365 4 жыл бұрын

Fellow Indian😆😇

@ashokkumartiwari1379 4 жыл бұрын

You rasist,im' gonna report you😠

@stavrosnicolaou4702 2 жыл бұрын

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??

@fitsumol5662 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@nkirwaurassa3390 Жыл бұрын

I have learnt something good on pronouncing some words. Thank you very much.

@shubhayubanerjee8557 3 жыл бұрын

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😊

@mohammedyousaf6924 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning how re u can u tell me how much cast for leasen thank u

@englishchannel3786 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you just picked it up naturally

@UshaTaneja 2 жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌 there are many more Indians who speak correctly.

@David-rx5eo 2 жыл бұрын

What may be correct for London England may be a little different for other English speakers around the world.