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hello everyone in this video we're going

to take a look at 10 of the craziest

english pronunciations

english is often considered one of the

easiest languages out there but

is it really you know its difficulty is

subjective but it does have one of the

most irregular pronunciations and by

irregular i mean there are plenty of

words that don't follow the basic rules

of english pronunciation and i find that

so interesting and i love learning about

them so without further ado let's take a

look at some of them

all right so this word looks like it

should be pronounced

right

and some dictionaries do include this

pronunciation but it's not the preferred

one the correct and most used

pronunciation is

key

key

just like this key

key

key

key street kitchen is the key

now what is a key a key is a long

structure where boats can be tied up why

is it pronounced like that

well that's because this word comes from

the french

became an e and well there you go ki

ki

i talked about this word already in

another video of mine it was a video

about commonly mispronounced words i'll

link it right here

um so this is kernel

kernel as if there were an r in there

kernel this is colonel picard colonel or

ss colonel a high rank of lieutenant

colonel colonel in the us army a colonel

is an army officer of high rank and the

reason why it's pronounced like that is

again because of french this word comes

from middle

french cornell

middle french not modern french middle

french

and that's why it kept the r

pronunciation although the spelling was

changed in english so

colonel colonel

ah then we have this one

this is a county in the west midlands of

england um the pronunciation is

worcestershire worcestershire

don't worry we'll break it down

there's also a sauce that's called like

this worcestershire sauce worcestershire

sauce this word is

infamous for its irregular pronunciation

which again is not worse cester shire

but worcestershire worcestershire a shot

of worcestershire sauce a little bit of

worcestershire sauce from worcestershire

worcestershire sauce where's the shirt

now the first thing you got to keep in

mind is that the word shire on its own

is pronounced shire shire like in lord

of the rings

but when this word is found at the end

of a longer word like hampshire

yorkshire as you can hear

it's pronounced sure sure not shire now

i am using american english so you can

really hear the r in there in standard

british english

the r is silent in this case so you will

hear

sha or sometimes even shia like

yorkshire going back to

worcestershire

the first part war is pronounced

pretend the r isn't in there then we

have stir

stir so when you see

cester in english it's actually read

stir like in gloucester

lester and worcester so by putting it

all together worcestershire

this word is not the most common but you

will hear it

um the pronunciation is not

ari

but arai awry gone awry awry and cry

something is awry if something is or

goes awry it means that it goes wrong

it's off the correct or expected course

like our plans went awry

they went wrong this comes from an old

english verb meaning to turn again it's

not a very common word like it would be

more common to say that something went

wrong

but it's still used so try and memorize

it it'll come in handy

now this is a very common word with a

very irregular pronunciation

this is pronounced

q q

so basically it's just the first letter

the letter q you're q

q up q q q up here again french is the

reason why this word um sounds like this

if you haven't studied french it has a

lot of silent letters um but anyway just

try and remember that it's the first

letter just the first letter q and

that's it q speaking of pronunciation if

you're having trouble with it if you

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earlier kernel

colonel

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colonel

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let's try again

kernel

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this is another very common word the

irregularity here is actually very

simple

the h is silent so it's not vehicle but

vehicle vehicle if you're driving a

larger class vehicle such as a bus you

remotely operated vehicles this vehicle

a vehicle is simply a thing used to

transport people or goods a car for

example is a vehicle so you know how in

english the h is an aspirated sound like

house

house and there are some exceptions like

honor our air and so on where the h is

silent uh but they're always at the

beginning well here it's in the middle

so it might be a little trickier for

english learners i guess you're just

gonna have to memorize it

vehicle vehicle

this word is a nautical term it's the

forward part of the upper deck of a ship

and it's pronounced

foxy foxel in the foxhole the foxhole

the foxel of an immigrant ship so as you

can hear it's not for castle actually

upon further research i found out that

forecastle is indeed one of the accepted

pronunciations as you can see on

merriam-webster dictionary though not

the standard one um and i've looked up

some explanations and apparently it

originally was pronounced for castle but

because it was being said very fast and

the r uh was dropped

it was then contracted to

folk soul

folk soul i remember i learned this word

because i was listening to an audiobook

of moby dick

and i was also reading it off the the

actual book and this word was very

frequent of course and i didn't see a

correspondence with the way it was

spelled um and now i always remember

it's folk soul now that i use this word

all the time but it's still good to know

here's another nautical term for you

it's the last one i swear um this is not

both swain but bosun boson and a boson

is a ship's officer in charge of

equipment and crew boson hi i'm boss

mario

the

swain part of this word is actually an

arcade term for boy so again because of

a contraction the pronunciation became

boson boson now before you come for me i

know these terms are not part of your

everyday reality at least not for most

people but if you read a book

if you watch a movie or i don't know if

you like boats um you work on one maybe

this could still be useful so it's still

good to know

but now back to some more useful terms

for everybody

this looks like it should be pronounced

victuals right victuals but it's not

it comes from latin uh it went through

french and you know that means irregular

pronunciation this word is pronounced

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viddles

fiddles said our vittles were running

low and that vittles consumed a place

native vittles inch with viddles and

clothing biddles are very simply

food you might hear this word when

someone's talking about like provisions

of food you might hear it in the news or

in some formal situations but remember

it just means food and it's biddles

biddles

this is a word with a silent letter can

you guess which one it is

if you said p you're correct so it's not

cup board

but cupboard cupboard the p is silent

you can slam it in the cupboard door

cupboard cupboard in my office and the

cupboard of policy ideas on back to my

linen cupboard do you guys know what a

cupboard is

this is a cupboard it's like a cabinet

or closet where things are stored um

usually in the kitchen so like cups

dishes stuff like that the reason why

the p is silent is probably because the

two bilabial sounds

merged together um if you think about it

it would sound really weird if you said

something like cupboard cup board

oh and then it's

bird in this case not bored so it's

cupboard cupboard all right that's it

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pronunciation /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ B2	noun - the way in which a word is spoken
irregular /ɪˈregjʊlə(r)/ B1	adjective - not even or balanced in shape or arrangement
subjective /sʌbˈdʒektɪv/ C1	adjective - based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
interesting /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/ A2	adjective - arousing curiosity or interest; holding or catching the attention
dictionary /ˈdɪkʃənəri/ B1	noun - a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language
preferred /prɪˈfɜːrd/ B2	adjective - more desirable than another
structure /ˈstrʌktʃə/ B1	noun - the arrangement of and relations between parts or elements of something complex
kernel /ˈkɜːnl/ B2	noun - the inner part of a nut, seed, or fruit
colonel /ˈkɜːnl/ B2	noun - a high-ranking officer in the army
officer /ˈɒfɪsə/ B1	noun - a person holding a position of authority or command in an organization
worcestershire /ˈwʊstəʃə/ C1	noun - a county in England; a sauce made from fermented anchovies
sauce /sɔːs/ A2	noun - a liquid or semi-liquid food served with or used in preparing other foods
shire /ʃaɪə/ B1	noun - a county in England
awry /əˈraɪ/ C1	adverb - in a false or wrong direction; not as planned or expected
vehicle /ˈviːɪkl/ B1	noun - a means of conveying or transporting people or goods
nautical /ˈnɔːtɪkl/ B2	adjective - relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
vittles /ˈvɪtlz/ C1	noun - food supplies

Key Grammar Structures

• the correct and most used pronunciation is key

  ➔ Present Simple Passive Voice

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple passive voice with 'is pronounced' to emphasize the standard pronunciation of the word.

• this word comes from the french

  ➔ Present Simple with 'comes from'

  ➔ The present simple is used with 'comes from' to describe the origin of the word, indicating a timeless fact.

• if you haven't studied french

  ➔ Present Perfect with 'have studied'

  ➔ The present perfect is used with 'have studied' to refer to an action that occurred in the past and has relevance to the present.

• it's not vehicle but vehicle

  ➔ Contraction with 'it's'

  ➔ The contraction 'it's' is used to shorten 'it is', making the sentence more informal and conversational.

• if you want to try elsa speak

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The second conditional is used to talk about hypothetical situations in the present or future with 'if'.

• you might hear this word when someone's talking about provisions

  ➔ Modal Verb 'might' for Possibility

  ➔ The modal verb 'might' is used to express a possibility or uncertainty about hearing the word in a specific context.

• the reason why the p is silent is probably because the two bilabial sounds merged together

  ➔ Adverb 'probably' for Probability

  ➔ The adverb 'probably' is used to indicate a high degree of likelihood that the reason for the silent 'p' is the merging of bilabial sounds.