Comments on: 10 more difficult words to pronounce in British and American English

By: Emanuel Stamathis

Emanuel Stamathis — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:33:15 +0000

“Aluminum” has 4 syllables and 4 vowels. English add another vowel “I” after the “”n” for 5 syllables.
“Literally“ has 4 syllables liter-ally English people leave the “e”out and use 3 syllables.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:15:50 +0000

In reply to Rhoda Eagan. Oh great to meet you Rhoda! WE are so grateful to Kathy for all the help she gives us. It's always fun to have shoots with her and she's such a great actor, too. Jay and I still discover differences in how we say and write things and we like exploring some of them in our videos. Thanks so much for writing!

By: Rhoda Eagan

Rhoda Eagan — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:54:13 +0000

I grew up on Long Island NY. I’m over 80. Our school system was outstanding. One might say “prep school” quality. Heavily influenced by “The King’s English” (eventually “Queen’s” since Elizabeth was crowned in the 40s) and British literature. For many years after, I was confused about “check” and “cheque” etc. And pronunciation of various words. Then, at 3-4 years old, we lived in Savannah, Ga where I picked up a very thick southern accent. Not to mention, my father never lost his thick German accent.

Life was confusing, but kids eventually figure it all out. Fun, actually.

By the way, I’m Kathy Fagan’s mom.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:46:22 +0000

In reply to angeles o. tuares. Oh that's a great one Angelkes. Thanks for that suggestion. I'll add it to the list and ask some learners to say it when we next go filming.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:44:37 +0000

In reply to Alphabeta. Yes, you're quite right Alphabeta. It depends on your native tongue. Different languages have different sounds and some of them will be the same as English and others will be different and hence, more difficult.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:43:18 +0000

In reply to Cristina Serafim. Oh great to hear from you Cristina. So glad you liked it.

By: angeles o. tuares

angeles o. tuares — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 14:12:35 +0000

have about poetry? how is it pronounced?

By: Alphabeta

Alphabeta — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 16:49:34 +0000

Well, I guess it depends on nationality. Some people find it easy but I agree that some of them seem quite hard to pronounce. Anyway, interesting video.

By: Cristina Serafim

Cristina Serafim — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 03:30:48 +0000

Loved this video so much. You’re both so charismatic!
Great tip about SIXTH. This short word can drive people crazy. And today we got it right.
🙂