100个易读错的单词 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English.docx

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100个易读错的单词100MostOftenMispronouncedWordsandPhrasesinEnglish

100MostOftenMispronouncedWordsandPhrasesinEnglish

Herearethe100wordsmostoftenmispronouncedEnglishwords（"mispronunciation"amongthem）.TherearespellingrulesinEnglish,eveniftheyaredifficulttounderstand,sopronouncingawordcorrectlyusuallydoeshelpyouspellitcorrectly.Severalcommonerrorsaretheresultofrapidspeech,sotakeyourtimespeaking,correctlyenunciatingeachword.Carefulspeechandavidreadingarethebestguidestocorrectspelling.

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A

Don'tsay:

acrossed|Dosay:

across

Comment:

Itiseasytoconfuse"across"with"crossed"butbettertokeepthemseparate.

Don'tsay:

affidavid|Dosay:

affidavit

Comment:

Evenifyourlawyer'snameis''David,''heissuesaffidavits.

Don'tsay:

Old-timer'sdisease|Dosay:

Alzheimer'sdisease

Comment:

Whileitisadiseaseofold-timers,itisnamedfortheGermanneurologist,Dr.AloisAlzheimer.

Don'tsay:

Antartic|Dosay:

Antarctic

Comment:

Justthinkofanarcofants（anantarc）andthatshouldhelpyoukeepthe[c]inthepronunciationofthisword.

Don'tsay:

Artic|Dosay:

Arctic

Comment:

Anotherhard-to-see[c]butitisthere.

Don'tsay:

aks|Dosay:

ask

Comment:

Thismispronunciationhasbeenaroundforsolong（over1,000years）thatlinguistMarkAronoffthinksweshouldcherishitasapartofourlinguisticheritage.Mostofuswouldgivetheaxeto"aks."

Don'tsay:

athelete,atheletic|Dosay:

athlete,athletic

Comment:

Twosyllablesareenoughfor"athlete."

B

Don'tsay:

barbituate|Dosay:

barbiturate

Comment:

Don'tforgetthiswordcontainsthreeothers:

bar+bit+u+rate

Don'tsay:

bobwire|Dosay:

barbedwire

Comment:

No,thiswordwasn'tnamedforanyonenamed''Bob;''itshouldbe"barbedwire,"althoughthesuffix-ed,meaning''having,''isfadingawayintheU.S.

Don'tsay:

bidness|Dosay:

business

Comment:

Thechangeof[s]to[d]before[n]isspreadingthroughouttheUSandwhentheunaccented[I]dropsfromthiswordthe[s]findsitselfinthesameenvironmentasin"isn't"and"wasn't."

Don'tsay:

ablessingintheskies|Dosay:

ablessingindisguise

Comment:

Thisphraseisnoblessingifitcomesfromtheskies.（Pronounceitcorrectlyandhelpmaintainthedisguise.）

C

Don'tsay:

Calvary|Dosay:

cavalry

Comment:

Itisn'tclearwhywesay,''MindyourPsandQs''whenwehavemoredifficultykeepingupwithourLsandRs.HadtherebeenacavalryinJesus'time,perhapsCalvarywouldnothavebeensotragic.

Don'tsay:

cannidate|Dosay:

candidate

Comment:

Youaren'tbeingcannytodropthe[d]inthisword.Remember,itisthesameas"candydate."（Thisshouldhelpguysrememberhowtopreparefordates,too.）

Don'tsay:

cardshark|Dosay:

cardsharp

Comment:

Cardsharpsprobablywon'teatyoualive,thoughtheyareadeptatcuttingyourpursestrings.

Don'tsay:

Carpooltunnelsyndrome|Dosay:

Carpaltunnelsyndrome

Comment:

Thisoneismispronounced（andmisspelled）severaldifferentways;wejustpickedthefunniest.Carpalmeans''pertainingtothewrist.''

Don'tsay:

caucaphony|Dosay:

cacophony

Comment:

Thereisnogreatercacophony[kæ'kafêni]totheearsthantohearthevowelsswitchedinthepronunciationofthisword.

Don'tsay:

TheCaucases|Dosay:

TheCaucasus

Comment:

Althoughtherearemorethanonemountaininthischain,theirnameisnotapluralnoun.

Don'tsay:

chesterdrawers|Dosay:

chestofdrawers

Comment:

ThedrawersofChesterisatypicalwayoflookingatthesechestsdownSouthbutitmissesthepoint.

Don'tsay:

chompatthebit|Dosay:

champatthebit

Comment:

"Chomp"hasprobablyreplaced"champ"intheU.S.butwethoughtyoumightliketoberemindedthatthevowelshouldbe[æ]not[o].

Don'tsay:

close|Dosay:

clothes

Comment:

The[th]isaverysoftsoundlikelytobeoverlooked.Showyourlinguisticsensitivityandalwayspronounceit.

Don'tsay:

coronet|Dosay:

cornet

Comment:

Playingacrown（coronet）willmakeyouaboutaspopularaswearingatrumpet（cornet）onyourhead;reasonenoughtokeepthesetwowordsstraight.

D

Don'tsay:

dialate|Dosay:

dilate

Comment:

The[i]inthiswordissolongthereistimeforanothervowelbutdon'tsuccumbtothetemptation.

Don'tsay:

diptheria|Dosay:

diphtheria

Comment:

The''ph''inthiswordispronounced[f],not[p].

Don'tsay:

doggydogworld|Dosay:

dog-eat-dogworld

Comment:

Theworldisevenworsethanyouthinkifyouthinkitmerelya"doggy-dogworld."Sorrytobethebearerofsuchbadnews.

Don'tsay:

drownd|Dosay:

drown

Comment:

Youaddthe[d]onlytothepasttenseandpastparticiple.

E

Don'tsay:

elec'toral|Dosay:

e'lectoral

Comment:

Theaccentisonthesecond,notthethird,syllableandthereisno[i]init;not"electorial."（Bytheway,thesameappliesto"mayoral"and"pastoral."）

Don'tsay:

excape|Dosay:

escape

Comment:

Thegoodnewsis,ifyousay"excape,"you'vemasteredtheprefixex-becauseitsmeaningdoesfitthisword.Thebadnewsis,youdon'tusethisprefixon"escape."

Don'tsay:

expresso|Dosay:

espresso

Comment:

WhileIcan'texpressmyloveforespressoenough,thiswordwasborrowedfromItalianwellaftertheLatinprefixex-haddevelopedintoes-.

Don'tsay:

excetera|Dosay:

etcetera

Comment:

Latinfor"and"（et）"therest"（cetera）areactuallytwowordsthatprobablyshouldbewrittenseparately.

Don'tsay:

expecially|Dosay:

especially

Comment:

Thingsespecialareusuallynotexpected,sodon'tconfusethesewords.

F

Don'tsay:

Febyuary|Dosay:

February

Comment:

Wedon'tliketwosyllablesinsuccessionwithan[r]sosomeofusdumpthefirstoneinthisword.Mostdictionariesnowacceptthesingle[r]pronunciationbut,ifyouhaveanagiletongue,youmaywanttoshootfortheoriginal.

Don'tsay:

fedral|Dosay:

federal

Comment:

Syncopationofanunaccentedvowelisfairlycommoninrapidspeechbutincarefulspeechitshouldbeavoided.Seealso"plute"andreadmoreabouttheproblemhere.

Don'tsay:

fillum|Dosay:

film

Comment:

Wealsodonotlikethecombination[l]+[m].Onesolutionistopronouncethe[l]as[w]（"film"[fiwm},"palm"[pawm]）butsomepreferaddingavowelinthisword.

Don'tsay:

fisical|Dosay:

fiscal

Comment:

Infact,wedon'tseemtolikeanyconsonantstogether.Hereisanotherword,likeathleteandfilmthatisoftenforcedtoswallowanunwantedvowel.

Don'tsay:

flounder|Dosay:

founder

Comment:

Sinceitisunlikelythataboatwouldfounderonaflounder,weshoulddistinguishtheverbfromthefishasspellingsuggests.

Don'tsay:

foilage|Dosay:

foliage

Comment:

Hereisanothercaseofmetathesis,place-switchingofsounds.Remember,the[i]comesafterthe[l],asinrelated"folio."

Don'tsay:

Forallintensivepurposes|Dosay:

Forallintentsandpurposes

Comment:

Theyoungergenerationismispronouncingthisphrasesointensivelythatithasbecomepopularbothasamispronunciationandmisspelling.

Don'tsay:

forte|Dosay:

fort

Comment:

Thewordisspelled"forte"butthe[e]ispronouncedonlywhenspeakingofmusic,asa"fortepassage."Thewordsforastrongpointandastrongholdarepronouncedthesame:

[fort].

H

Don'tsay:

Heinekenremover|Dosay:

Heimlichmaneuver（ormanoeuvre,Br.）

Comment:

Thistermismispronouncedmanydifferentways.Thisisjustthefunniestonewehaveheard.Thismaneuver（manoeuvre）wasnamedforUSsurgeonHenryJayHeimlich（1920-）.

Don'tsay:

heighth|Dosay:

height

Comment:

Theanalogywith"width"misleadsmanyofusinthepronunciationofthisword.'erbherbDoes,''MyfriendHerbgrows'erbs,''soundrighttoyou?

ThisisaUSodditygeneratedbythemeltingpot（mixeddialects）.Initial[h]isalwayspronouncedoutsideAmericaandshouldbeinalldialectsofEnglish.

Don'tsay:

hi-archy|Dosay:

hierarchy

Comment:

Remember,hierarchiesgohigherthanyoumightthink.Thisoneispronounced"higherarchy"andnot"higharchy."

I

Don'tsay:

inparenthesis|Dosay:

inparentheses

Comment:

Noonecanencloseanexpressioninoneparenthesis;atleasttwoparenthesesarerequired.

Don'tsay:

interpretate|Dosay:

interpret

Comment:

Thiserrorresultsfromtheback-formationof"interpretate"from"interpretation."Butbackformationisn'tneeded;wealreadyhave"interpret."（Seealso'orientate'）

Don'tsay:

irregardless|Dosay:

regardless

Comment:

"-Less"alreadysays''without''sothereisnoneedtorepeatthesamesentimentwith"ir-."idn'tisn'tAgain,thestruggleof[s]before[n].（Seealso"bidness"and"wadn't"）

J

Don'tsay:

jewlery|Dosay:

jewelry

Comment:

Therootofthiswordis"jewel"andthatdoesn'tchangeforeither"jeweler"or"jewelry."TheBritishaddasyllable:

"jewellery"（Seealsoitsspelling.）

Don'tsay:

jistnordis|Dosay:

just

Comment:

 Asopposedtotheadjective"just,"thiswordisalwaysunaccented,whichencouragesvowelreduction.However,itsoundsbettertoreducethe[ê]ratherthanreplaceitwith[i].

K

Don'tsay:

KluKluxKlan|Dosay:

KuKluxKlan

Comment:

Well,thereisan[l]intheothertwo,whynotthefirst?

Well,thatisjustthewayitis;don'texpectrationalityfromthisorganization.

L

Don'tsay:

lambast|Dosay:

lambaste

Comment:

Bettertolambastethelambthantobastehimremember,thewordsrhyme."Bast"hasnothingtodowithit.

Don'tsay:

arnyx|Dosay:

larynx

Comment:

Moremetathesis.Herethe[n]and[y]switchplaces.Mindyour[n]sand[y]sasyoumindyour[p]sand[q]s.

Don'tsay:

LauraNorder|Dosay: