A short YouTube video (mispronounciation.wmv) by Hadar Shemesh that lists common English pronunciation errors and provides the speaker’s preferred pronunciations. The transcript is a rapid sequence of word pairs and corrections (e.g., “Don't say X. Say Y.”) covering words like "because," "chocolate," "colonel," "salmon," and others.
Don't say because. Say because. Don't say thought. I thought. Say thought. Long. Thought. I thought. Don't say I run. Say iron. Iron. Don't say chocolate. Chocolate. Say chocolate. Two syllables. Chocolate. Don't say hower. Honor. Herb. Say our honor. Herb. No H. Don't say so I sew her. Say saw. I saw. Don't say register. Say register. Register. Don't say Lincoln. Say Lincoln. Noel. Lincoln. Don't say basically. Say basically. Don't say listen. So soften. Fasten. Remove the T and say listen. Soften. Fasten. Don't say popcorn. Say popcorn. Popcorn. Don't say sow. Turn. Say Southern. Southern. Don't say colonel. Say colonel. There is no L. There is an R. Kernel. Don't say receipt. Remove the P and say receipt. Receipt. Don't say towards. Towards. Say towards. Go towards the bushes. Don't say climb. Comb. Lamb. We don't hear the B say climb, comb. Lamb. Don't say reason. Reason. We don't hear the O say reason. Reason. I'm tired. No, I'm tired. I'm tired. Don't say says. Said. I said. I said. Don't say particular. Particular. Say particular. Particular. Don't say salmon. Salmon. No salmon. Say salmon. No L. No O. Salmon. Don't say want. Don't. I don't want. Say won't. Don't. Don't say half. Say half. Noel has. Don't say focus. Focus. Say focus.
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