English Pronunciation

[bobistheowl]

I was doing great until I hit "Terpsichore"

Is that Russell Brand in your sig pic?

 

[ConfuciusSays]

Is that Russell Brand in your sig pic?

Yup. It's a scene from Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

 

[MayJing]

Another favourite English anomaly:

incomplete is the opposite of complete
inflammable is the same as flammable

Ah yes, I just LOVE this when someone brought peanuts in a shell when they were asked for SHELLED peanuts in a recipe.

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But really, nobody got thrown off in pronunciation in actually reading this, have they? It's not exactly a tongue-twister.

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P.S. Terpsichore? Last time I remembered, it was a rather gay and joyeous kind of music. Almost better than those post-17th century stuff.

 

[fuji]

No one has mentioned yet how we drive on the parkway, and park on the driveway.

 

[MissCroft]

No one has mentioned yet how we drive on the parkway, and park on the driveway.

One of my favourites! LOL

 

[seth gecko]

This was posted by another companion on another board and I thought it was worth sharing here. I hope you all enjoy it!


If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud.

Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy..............
..............My advice is to give up!!!

English Pronunciation by G. Nolst Trenité

When it comes to reciting poetry to work my way into a womans heart, I've always gone for either the "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships" from Doctor Faustus, or a couple of goodies from Omar Khayyam.
I think I'm going to learn this one now, though. It should have been subtitled "Instant panty-remover".
Thanks Kyra!!

 

[buttercup]

My "favorite" is Billerica a place name in Essex, England and named for the above in Massachusetts.

Actually, the English one is Billericay.

 

[Aardvark154]

Actually, the English one is Billericay.

In 1291 the English parish was called "Byllyrica" the "y" was added in 1686, which was three+ decades after the Massachusetts town was named for it.

 

[Yoga Face]

 

[buttercup]

In 1291 the English parish was called "Byllyrica" the "y" was added in 1686, which was three+ decades after the Massachusetts town was named for it.

I love it!

 

[Aardvark154]

I love it!

The problem is without either knowing or looking it up how is it pronounced, many people instinctively mispronounce it.