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Hadar Shemesh spent her twenties mispronouncing choreographer by stressing the wrong syllable. She explains why getting primary stress right matters for clarity in long words, especially when you're learning English.

Hadar Shemesh spent her twenties mispronouncing choreographer by stressing the wrong syllable. She explains why getting primary stress right matters for clarity in long words, especially when you're learning English.
Is one word that you really don't like pronouncing. For me in my twenties, I hated pronouncing the word choreographer because I kept pronouncing it as choreographer and people just couldn't understand what I was saying. The reason was that I was putting the stress on the second syllable, choreographer instead of on the third syllable, choreographer, and that really messed up my brain. So. So, as you can see, placing the primary stress on the right syllable, especially in long words, is really important for clarity. If you want to learn more about syllables and primary stress, I will send you a link to watch my recent video about syllables and primary stress. So what is your least favorite word to pronounce.

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