Spoken English: Flourish Your Language

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k is silent in k~ knee~ knock~ blackguard
1 is silent in talk~ folk~ salmon~ colonel
m is silent in mnemonic
n is silent in hymn
o is silent in leopard~ jeopardy
p is silent in psalm~ pneumatic~ cupboard~ receipt
q(u) is silent in lacquer
r is silent in myrrh~ catarrh
s is silent in isle~ aisle~ viscount~ mess
t is silent in often~ thistle~ fasten~ mortgage
u is silent in build~ guild~ plague
w is silent in whole~ write~ sword
y is silent in praye1j mayor
z is silent in rendezvous

MisPRONOUNCEd WORds

Spoken English II

Some words in the English language are often mispronounced

when spoken. Here are a few commonly mispronounced words

with their correct pronunciations and most common mispronun-

ciations.

• across (a-CROSS) -Incorrect: (a-CROST)


• athlete (ATH-leet) -Incorrect: (ATH-a-leet)


• Arctic (ARC-tic) -Incorrect: (AR-tic)


• comfortable (COM-fort-a-ble~ COMF-ta-ble) -Incorrect:
  (COMF-ter-ble)


• electoral (eh-LEK:-tor-al) -Incorrect: (eh-lek-TOR-al)