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

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100最易读错的单词短语MostOftenMispronouncedWordsandPhrasesinEnglish

100MostOftenMispronouncedWordsandPhrasesinEnglish

NowthatDr.Languagehasprovidedaone-stopcurefortheplagueofmisspelling,herearethe100wordsmostoftenmispronouncedEnglishwords（"mispronunciation"amongthem）.TherearespellingrulesinEnglisheveniftheyaredifficulttounderstand,sopronouncingawordcorrectlyusuallydoeshelpyouspellitcorrectly.Severalcommonerrorsaretheresultofrapidspeech,sotakeyourtimespeaking,correctlyenunciatingeachword.Carefulspeechandavidreadingarethebestguidestocorrectspelling.

Don'tsay

DoSay

Comment

A

acrossed

across

Itiseasytoconfuse"across"with"crossed"butbettertokeepthemseparate.

affidavid

affidavit

Evenifyourlawyer'snameis''David,''heissuesaffidavits.

Old-timer'sdisease

Alzheimer'sdisease

Whileitisadiseaseofold-timers,itisnamedfortheGermanneurologist,Dr.AloisAlzheimer.

Antartic

Antarctic

Justthinkofanarcofants（anantarc）andthatshouldhelpyoukeepthe[c]inthepronunciationofthisword.

Artic

Arctic

Anotherhard-to-see[c]梑utitisthere.

aks

ask

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

athelete,atheletic

athlete,athletic

Twosyllablesareenoughfor"athlete."

B

barbituate

barbiturate

Don'tforgetthiswordcontainsthreeothers:

bar+bit+u+rate

bobwire

barbedwire

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

bidness

business

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

ablessingintheskies

ablessingindisguise

Thisphraseisnoblessingifitcomesfromtheskies.（Pronounceitcorrectlyandhelpmaintainthedisguise.）

C

Calvary

cavalry

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

cannidate

candidate

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

cardshark

cardsharp

Cardsharpsprobablywon'teatyoualive,thoughtheyareadeptatcuttingyourpursestrings.

Carpooltunnelsyndrome

Carpaltunnelsyndrome

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

caucaphony

cacophony

Thereisnogreatercacophony[k?

kaf阯i]totheearsthantohearthevowelsswitchedinthepronunciationofthisword.

TheCaucases

TheCaucasus

Althoughtherearemorethanonemountaininthischain,theirnameisnotapluralnoun.

chesterdrawers

chestofdrawers

ThedrawersofChesterisatypicalwayoflookingatthesechestsdownSouthbutitmissesthepoint.

chompatthebit

champatthebit

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

close

clothes

The[th]isaverysoftsoundlikelytobeoverlooked.Showyourlinguisticsensitivityandalwayspronounceit.

coronet

cornet

Playingacrown（coronet）willmakeyouaboutaspopularaswearingatrumpet（cornet）onyourhead梤easonenoughtokeepthesetwowordsstraight.

D

dialate

dilate

The[i]inthiswordissolongthereistimeforanothervowelbutdon'tsuccumbtothetemptation.

diptheria

diphtheria

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

doggydogworld

dog-eat-dogworld

Theworldisevenworsethanyouthinkifyouthinkitmerelya"doggy-dogworld."Sorrytobethebearerofsuchbadnews.

drownd

drown

Youaddthe[d]onlytothepasttenseandpastparticiple.

ducktape

ducttape

Ducksveryrarelyneedtapingthoughyoumaynotknowthatductsalwaysdo梩okeepairfromescapingthroughthecracksinthem.

E

elec'toral

e'lectoral

Theaccentisonthesecond,notthethird,syllableandthereisno[i]init?

B>not"electorial."（Bytheway,thesameappliesto"mayoral"and"pastoral."）

excape

escape

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

expresso

espresso

WhileIcan'texpressmyloveforespressoenough,thiswordwasborrowedfromItalianwellaftertheLatinprefixex-haddevelopedintoes-.

excetera

etcetera

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

expecially

especially

Thingsespecialareusuallynotexpected,sodon'tconfusethesewords.

F

Febyuary

February

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

fedral

federal

Syncopationofanunaccentedvowelisfairlycommoninrapidspeechbutincarefulspeechitshouldbeavoided. 

fillum

film

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

fisical

fiscal

Infact,wedon'tseemtolikeanyconsonantstogether.Hereisanotherword,likeathleteandfilmthatisoftenforcedtoswallowanunwantedvowel.

flounder

founder

Sinceitisunlikelythataboatwouldfounderonaflounder,weshoulddistinguishtheverbfromthefishasspellingsuggests.

foilage

foliage

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

Forallintensivepurposes

Forallintentsandpurposes

Theyoungergenerationismispronouncingthisphrasesointensivelythatithasbecomepopularbothasamispronunciationandmisspelling.

forte

fort

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

[fort].

H

Heinekenremover

Heimlichmaneuver（ormanoeuvre,Br.）

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

heighth

height

Theanalogywith"width"misleadsmanyofusinthepronunciationofthisword.

'erb

herb

Does,''MyfriendHerbgrows'erbs,''soundrighttoyou?

ThisisaUSodditygeneratedbythemeltingpot（mixeddialects）.Initial[h]isalwayspronouncedoutsideAmericaandshouldbeinalldialectsofEnglish.

hi-archy

hierarchy

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

I

inparenthesis

inparentheses

Noonecanencloseanexpressioninoneparenthesis;atleasttwoparenthesesarerequired.

interpretate

interpret

Thiserrorresultsfromtheback-formationof"interpretate"from"interpretation."Butbackformationisn'tneeded;wealreadyhave"interpret."

irregardless

regardless

"-Less"alreadysays''without''sothereisnoneedtorepeatthesamesentimentwith"ir-."

idn't

isn't

Again,thestruggleof[s]before[n].

J

jewlery

jewelry

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

"jewellery"

jistnordis

just

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

K

KluKluxKlan

KuKluxKlan

Well,thereisan[l]intheothertwo,whynotthefirst?

Well,thatisjustthewayitis;don'texpectrationalityfromthisorganization.

L

lambast

lambaste

Bettertolambastethelambthantobastehim梤emember,thewordsrhyme."Bast"hasnothingtodowithit.

larnyx

larynx

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

LauraNorder

lawandorder

Thesound[aw]picksupan[r]insomedialects（also"sawr"and"gnawr"）.AvoiditandkeepLauraNorderinherplace.

leash

lease

SouthernAmericansareparticularlyliabletoconfusethesetwodistinctwordsbuttheconfusionoccurselsewhere.Lookoutforit.

libel

liable

Youareliableforthedamagesifyouaresuccessfullysuedforlibel.Butdon'tconfusethesediscretewords.

libary

library

Asmentionedbefore,Englishspeakersdisliketwo[r]sinthesameword.However,wehavetobuckupandpronouncethemall.

long-lived

long-lived

Thiscompoundisnotderivedfrom''tolivelongly''（youcan'tsaythat）butfrom''havingalonglife''andshouldbepronouncedaccordingly.Thepluralstem,live（s）,isalwaysused:

"short-lived,""many-lived,""triple-lived."

M

masonary

masonry

Wehavebeentoldthatmasonsaremostlikelytoinsertasparevowelintothisworddescribingtheiroccupationbutweknowothersdo,too.Don'tyou.

mawv

mauve

ThiswordhasnotmovedfarenoughawayfromFrenchtoassumeanEnglishpronunciation,[mawv],andshouldstillbepronounced[mowv].

mannaise

mayonnaise

Everwonderwhytheshortformofawordpronounced"mannaise"is"mayo"?

Well,itisbecausetheoriginalshouldbepronounced"mayo-nnaise."Justremember:

whatwouldmayonnaisebewithout"mayo"?

miniture

miniature

Hereisanotherwordfrequentlysyncopated.Don'tleaveoutthethirdsyllable,[a].

mu