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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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