Common Pronunciation Mistakes | American English

Hey, my name is Hadar and this is a pronunciation tip from the Accents Way. Today we're going to talk about common pronunciation mistakes. The first common mistake is when you have the au or aw. Spelling. Whenever you see this combination, you usually it represents one sound and that is an sound. Although it's two letters, English is not a phonetic language. And not every letter represents a sound. To be more specific, every vowel letter. Taught. Taught. It's not tote. Author. Author. And not o. Ther. We don't say osome. That's osome. But we say awesome. That's awesome. Law. Law is something else. Law. Law studies. That's the law. Thought. Taught. Bought. Awful. The next common mistake is when you have BM at the end of the word. Like climb. Mmm. I finished it with an M. Alright, so what happens to the beep? There is no beep. Climb. Not climb. Bomb. M not bomb. Lamb. Lamb. Comb. Comb your hair. I'm combing my hair. Same thing when we have lm. Palm. Palm Pilot. Not palm. Palm. Another common one is salmon. It's not salmon. Definitely not salmon. But salmon. Salmon. Two more examples of words that the spelling is something completely different than the pronunciation. Lincoln. We actually put the L that is in the spelling and we say Lincoln. Lincoln. But actually the L is not pronounced at all. Lincoln. Lincoln. Colonel. Ker. Er. Colonel. Not colonel. Colonel. Colonel. It's an R. Although it's written with an L, it's actually pronounced as an R. Ker. Ker. Kernel. A. Another example of deceiving pronunciation can be found in words that begin with an H. But we don't really hear the H. Now granted, everybody knows that you say our and not power. We studied it in the third grade. But when we have words like herb, as in herbal tea, we don't pronounce the H. We don't say herb. We do say herb when we talk about a person named Herb. Like Herbert Samuel. Also, in words like honor or honest, there is an H. But we don't pronounce it Honor. Honest. Herb Hour. That's it for today. Remember that practicing the words over and over, drilling them is the only way to make it your own. You'll get used to it. Your muscles will get used to it. And then you're not gonna have to think about it when you speak. It's just gonna be there. Tr.