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Other than dialect differences, word are often mispronounced because their syllables are improperly slurred or unstressed. Here are some examples of mispronounced words :
- accept (not except)
- Arctic (not Artic)
- ect cetera (not eck cetera)
- escape (not exscape)
- especially (not expecially)
- espresso (not expresso)
- February (not Febuary)
- formerly (not formally)
- government (not goverment)
- library (not libary)
- moot point (not mute point)
- nuclear (not nu-Q-lur)
- often (the "t" should be silent)
- picture (not piture)
- preferable (not prefabul)
- probably (not probly)
- statistic (not stastistick)
- suppose (not suspose)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoMy current favorite is short lived ( properly rhymes with arrived).
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∙ 14y agoIncorrectly.
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∙ 14y ago'incorrectly'
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∙ 15y ago"Wrong" is pronounced "wrong."
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∙ 13y agowrong
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What is pronounced like a single letter written with 3 letters and most animals have two of them?
Pronounced: I Written: eye
What is pronounced like a single letter written with 3 and most animals have two of them?
Pronounced: I Written: eye
What letter occurs most often in treacle?
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What is the meaning of z?
Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274.
