February 16, 2010

Words which are unknowingly pronounced wrong in English.

ACTUAL WORD - HOW TO PRONOUNCE

  • attitude - at-i-tood
  • security - si-kyoor-i-tee
  • clove - klohv
  • suggestions - suhg-jes-chuhn
  • Photography - fuh-tog-ruh-fee
  • cinematography - sin-uh-muh-tog-ruh-fee
  • parliament - pahr-luh-muhnt
  • Privacy - prahy-vuh-see
  • google - g00gal
  • entrepreneurship - ahn-truh-pruh-nur
  • pronunciation - pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuh
  • citizen - sit-uh-zuh
  • police - puh-lees
  • Capitulate - kuh-pich-uh-leyt
  • Contiguous - kuhn-tig-yoo-uhs
  • courage - kur-ij
  • surety - shoor-i-tee
  • Antarctic - ant-ahrk-tik
  • Business - biz-nis
  • commerce - kom-ers
  • Asterisk - as-ter-isk
  • pilot - pahy-luht
  • Especially - i-spesh-uh-lee
  • Mischievous - mis-chuh-vuhs
  • Nuclear - noo-klee-er
  • suite - sweet
  • Zoology - zoh-ol-uh-jee
  • collage - kuh-lahzh
  • hierarchy - hahy-uh-rahr-kee
  • priority - prahy-awr-i-tee
  • news - nooz
  • superiority - suh-peer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, soo-
  • Rendezvous - rahn-duh-voo
  • shower - shou-er
  • menu - men yoo
  • docket - dok-it]
  • bath - bahth
  • cuisine - kwi-zeen
  • silicon - sil-i-kuhn
  • sherbet - shur-bit
  • resume - ri-zoom
  • resume -rez'oo-me
  • pollute - puh-loot
  • england - ing-gluhnd
  • tweeter - twee-ter
  • thesaurus - thi-sawr-uhs
  • Psychiatric - si-kahy-uh-tree
  • bureaucracy - byoo-rok-ruh-see
  • columnist - kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist
  • grandeur - gran-jer, -joor
  • gourmet - goor-mey, goor-mey
* Referred from Dictionary.com.