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

1、100个易读错的单词 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in EnglishHere are the 100 words most often mispronounced English words (mispronunciation among them). There are spelling rules in English,even if they are difficult to understand, so p

2、ronouncing a word correctly usually does help you spell it correctly. Several common errors are the result of rapid speech, so take your time speaking, correctly enunciating each word. Careful speech and avid reading are the best guides to correct spelling.Instant Grammar Checker Corrects All Gramma

3、r Errors! Check Your Writing For Free Now. www.GADont say: acrossed | Do say: acrossComment: It is easy to confuse across with crossed but better to keep them separate.Dont say: affidavid | Do say: affidavitComment: Even if your lawyers name is David, he issues affidavits.Dont say: Old-timers diseas

4、e | Do say: Alzheimers diseaseComment: While it is a disease of old-timers, it is named for the German neurologist, Dr. Alois Alzheimer.Dont say: Antartic | Do say: AntarcticComment: Just think of an arc of ants (an ant arc) and that should help you keep the c in the pronunciation of this word.Dont

5、say: Artic | Do say: ArcticComment: Another hard-to-see c but it is there.Dont say: aks | Do say: askComment: This mispronunciation has been around for so long (over 1,000 years) that linguist Mark Aronoff thinks we should cherish it as a part of our linguistic heritage. Most of us would give the ax

6、e to aks.Dont say: athelete, atheletic | Do say: athlete, athleticComment: Two syllables are enough for athlete.BDont say: barbituate | Do say: barbiturateComment: Dont forget this word contains three others: bar+bit+u+rateDont say: bob wire | Do say: barbed wireComment: No, this word wasnt named fo

7、r anyone named Bob; it should be barbed wire, although the suffix -ed, meaning having, is fading away in the U.S.Dont say: bidness | Do say: businessComment: The change of s to d before n is spreading throughout the US and when the unaccented I drops from this word the s finds itself in the same env

8、ironment as in isnt and wasnt.Dont say: a blessing in the skies | Do say: a blessing in disguiseComment: This phrase is no blessing if it comes from the skies. (Pronounce it correctly and help maintain the disguise.)CDont say: Calvary | Do say: cavalryComment: It isnt clear why we say, Mind your Ps

9、and Qs when we have more difficulty keeping up with our Ls and Rs. Had there been a cavalry in Jesus time, perhaps Calvary would not have been so tragic.Dont say: cannidate | Do say: candidateComment: You arent being canny to drop the d in this word. Remember, it is the same as candy date. (This sho

10、uld help guys remember how to prepare for dates, too.)Dont say: card shark | Do say: cardsharpComment: Cardsharps probably wont eat you alive, though they are adept at cutting your purse strings.Dont say: Carpool tunnel syndrome | Do say: Carpal tunnel syndromeComment: This one is mispronounced (and

11、 misspelled) several different ways; we just picked the funniest. Carpal means pertaining to the wrist.Dont say: caucaphony | Do say: cacophonyComment: There is no greater cacophony kkafni to the ears than to hear the vowels switched in the pronunciation of this word.Dont say: The Caucases | Do say:

12、 The CaucasusComment: Although there are more than one mountain in this chain, their name is not a plural noun.Dont say: chester drawers | Do say: chest of drawersComment: The drawers of Chester is a typical way of looking at these chests down South but it misses the point.Dont say: chomp at the bit

13、 | Do say: champ at the bitComment: Chomp has probably replaced champ in the U.S. but we thought you might like to be reminded that the vowel should be not o.Dont say: close | Do say: clothesComment: The th is a very soft sound likely to be overlooked. Show your linguistic sensitivity and always pro

14、nounce it.Dont say: coronet | Do say: cornetComment: Playing a crown (coronet) will make you about as popular as wearing a trumpet (cornet) on your head; reason enough to keep these two words straight.DDont say: dialate | Do say: dilateComment: The i in this word is so long there is time for another

15、 vowel but dont succumb to the temptation.Dont say: diptheria | Do say: diphtheriaComment: The ph in this word is pronounced f, not p.Dont say: doggy dog world | Do say: dog-eat-dog worldComment: The world is even worse than you think if you think it merely a doggy-dog world. Sorry to be the bearer

16、of such bad news.Dont say: drownd | Do say: drownComment: You add the d only to the past tense and past participle.EDont say: electoral | Do say: electoralComment: The accent is on the second, not the third, syllable and there is no i in it; not electorial. (By the way, the same applies to mayoral a

17、nd pastoral.)Dont say: excape | Do say: escapeComment: The good news is, if you say excape, youve mastered the prefix ex- because its meaning does fit this word. The bad news is, you dont use this prefix on escape.Dont say: expresso | Do say: espressoComment: While I cant express my love for espress

18、o enough, this word was borrowed from Italian well after the Latin prefix ex- had developed into es-.Dont say: excetera | Do say: et ceteraComment: Latin for and (et) the rest (cetera) are actually two words that probably should be written separately.Dont say: expecially | Do say: especiallyComment:

19、 Things especial are usually not expected, so dont confuse these words.FDont say: Febyuary | Do say: FebruaryComment: We dont like two syllables in succession with an r so some of us dump the first one in this word. Most dictionaries now accept the single r pronunciation but, if you have an agile to

20、ngue, you may want to shoot for the original.Dont say: fedral | Do say: federalComment: Syncopation of an unaccented vowel is fairly common in rapid speech but in careful speech it should be avoided. See also plute and read more about the problem here.Dont say: fillum | Do say: filmComment: We also

21、do not like the combination l + m. One solution is to pronounce the l as w (film fiwm, palm pawm) but some prefer adding a vowel in this word.Dont say: fisical | Do say: fiscalComment: In fact, we dont seem to like any consonants together. Here is another word, like athlete and film that is often fo

22、rced to swallow an unwanted vowel.Dont say: flounder | Do say: founderComment: Since it is unlikely that a boat would founder on a flounder, we should distinguish the verb from the fish as spelling suggests.Dont say: foilage | Do say: foliageComment: Here is another case of metathesis, place-switchi

23、ng of sounds. Remember, the i comes after the l, as in related folio.Dont say: For all intensive purposes | Do say: For all intents and purposesComment: The younger generation is mispronouncing this phrase so intensively that it has become popular both as a mispronunciation and misspelling.Dont say:

24、 forte | Do say: fortComment: The word is spelled forte but the e is pronounced only when speaking of music, as a forte passage. The words for a strong point and a stronghold are pronounced the same: fort.HDont say: Heineken remover | Do say: Heimlich maneuver (or manoeuvre, Br.)Comment: This term i

25、s mispronounced many different ways. This is just the funniest one we have heard. This maneuver (manoeuvre) was named for US surgeon Henry Jay Heimlich (1920- ).Dont say: heighth | Do say: heightComment: The analogy with width misleads many of us in the pronunciation of this word. erb herb Does, My

26、friend Herb grows erbs, sound right to you? This is a US oddity generated by the melting pot (mixed dialects). Initial h is always pronounced outside America and should be in all dialects of English.Dont say: hi-archy | Do say: hierarchyComment: Remember, hierarchies go higher than you might think.

27、This one is pronounced higher archy and not high archy.IDont say: in parenthesis | Do say: in parenthesesComment: No one can enclose an expression in one parenthesis; at least two parentheses are required.Dont say: interpretate | Do say: interpretComment: This error results from the back-formation o

28、f interpretate from interpretation. But back formation isnt needed; we already have interpret. (See also orientate)Dont say: irregardless | Do say: regardlessComment: -Less already says without so there is no need to repeat the same sentiment with ir-. idnt isnt Again, the struggle of s before n. (S

29、ee also bidness and wadnt)JDont say: jewlery | Do say: jewelryComment: The root of this word is jewel and that doesnt change for either jeweler or jewelry. The British add a syllable: jewellery (See also its spelling.)Dont say: jist nor dis | Do say: justComment: As opposed to the adjective just, th

30、is word is always unaccented, which encourages vowel reduction. However, it sounds better to reduce the rather than replace it with i.KDont say: Klu Klux Klan | Do say: Ku Klux KlanComment: Well, there is an l in the other two, why not the first? Well, that is just the way it is; dont expect rationa

31、lity from this organization.LDont say: lambast | Do say: lambasteComment: Better to lambaste the lamb than to baste him remember, the words rhyme. Bast has nothing to do with it.Dont say: arnyx | Do say: larynxComment: More metathesis. Here the n and y switch places. Mind your ns and ys as you mind your ps and qs.Dont say: Laura Norder | Do say: