Below is a short list of 5 English words that are a little difficult for English learners to pronounce.
English Learners
1 Go to the Vocaroo website to record your pronunciations: https://vocaroo.com/
Here is a link to show you how to use Vocaroo (if you need it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBUsOrAXcLw
2 Copy the URL link to your recording and paste it into your discussion comments
Native English Speakers
1 Please feel free to provide your assessment or comments for improvement of any of the English learner recordings and pronunciations
2 Also please feel free to record your own pronunciations of the words and post the link to your recording in your comments
3 If you do post your recording, be sure to tell us where you live/what geographical area your accent is derived from
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Wednesday
Watch out for silent letters. In the ‘Wednesday’, the ‘d’ is silent. The word is pronounced ‘wenz-day’.
Prescription
If you go to the doctor, he or she might give you a prescription to take to the pharmacist so you can buy the medicine you need. Sometimes people mix up the ‘re’ with ‘er’ and say ‘per-scrip-tion’ instead of pronouncing it correctly as ‘pre-scrip-shun’.
Ask
Mixing up the ‘s’ and ‘k’ in ‘ask’ is a very common mistake that many native-speakers make. In fact, it is a common part of some English dialects. Make sure to say ‘ask’ not ‘ax’ .
Nuclear
Again, this is a word where people often get confused about the order of the sounds and mispronounce it as ‘nu-cu-lar’.
Remember to get the sounds in the correct order and pronounce it ‘nuc-lee-ar’.
Pronunciation
This mistake is with the word ‘pronunciation’ itself! Many people get confused with the sound of the verb form ‘pronounce’ and say ‘pronounciation’ for the noun 'pronunciaiton'. Make sure to say ‘pro-nun-see-ay-shun’ .
My recording - Canadian accent: https://vocaroo.com/i/s05UyAqgHtxZ
source: https://englishlive.ef.com/en-gb/
Moroccan Tour Guide... Thank you for your comment
Marcin... We are lucky we don't have to pronounce the word Wednesday like they did many many years ago:
Old English Wōdnesdæg ‘day of Odin,’ named after the Germanic god Odin
The spelling of the noun and verb pronunciation and pronounce is confusing, even for E speakers. We can only memorize the spellings.
Albert...
The 'sks' combination is difficult to pronounce.
Maye this may help:
ris + ks
as + ks
https://vocaroo.com/i/s0nGtd9vLTyd