#pronunciation

[gwepz]

my username is pronounced [gwe̞p-'ziːː]

[thefrogsennaneverfound]

Random, pointless rant about the highly questionable US American pronunciation of one particular word because it makes no sense and I'm a pedantic and nit-picky autist who can't take it anymore!

Why do so many otherwise clued-up, intelligent US political commentators I hear mis-pronounce hyperbolic? I mean, they know hyperbole is pronounced "hi-per-ber-lee" right? I haven't heard the more educated among them say "hyper-bowl" (no shade to anyone who does; I learned how to pronounce the word correctly via an episode of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" many years ago) so why do they say "hyper-bollick" when it should be obvious - unless they really are saying "hyper-bowl" - that it's "hi-per-berlick"? I'm trying not being nit-picky or pedantic but I just think intelligent points of view lose a little bit of their clout when a particular word is mis-pronounced over and over. Having said that, I suppose they only lose clout with "British English" speakers because that idiotic pronunciation is considered correct in the USA. Why, though? I'm begging here, someone please tell me - WHY?!?!?!?!

Okay... rant over... as you were and try to have a lovely day in the sweltering heat (unless you're lucky enough to be near the Arctic Circle or some such wonderfully chilly place).

p.s. I do know the phonemic alphabet but - one - I couldn't be arsed to work out how to get my keyboard to give me all the correct symbols - and two - a lot people don't know it so it would've been a bunch of gobbledygook to many.

p.p.s. Isn't "gobbledygook" a simply fanTABulous word?

[trinket-crow]

OMG HAHAHA

everyone has searched up the pronunciation of her name to the point ai overview has a summary for it 😭😭😭

[aunti-christ-ine]

[hebrewbyinbal]

So many people come to me convinced they simply cannot make the Hebrew sounds. The ones that do not exist in English. The ones that feel like they live somewhere in the back of your throat that English never asked you to use.

And here is what I tell every one of them. You are not missing some special ability. You were just never shown how.

Those unfamiliar sounds are not a wall, they are a skill. And like any skill, they break down into small, learnable pieces. That is exactly how I teach them, clearly and patiently, one piece at a time, until what felt foreign starts to feel natural.

No more guessing. No more being misunderstood and not knowing why. Just clear, confident Hebrew that Israelis actually understand.

Those sounds are absolutely within your reach. Let me show you.

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[picklesxtra]

“Can you pronounce Horror?”

Of course I can!

[elohah]

Come si pronunciano in inglese britannico e americano: CAN e CAN'T