British English Pronunciation in 50 Minutes - ALL 150 words you need (+ free Pronunciation Ebook)

Introduction

In this video, Lucy will help improve British English pronunciation. She shares 10 words that are commonly mispronounced and provides tips on how to pronounce them correctly.

Pronunciation is Difficult

• Pronunciation is difficult and achieving a perfect RP accent is not always achievable.

• Improving pronunciation involves making little tweaks that can be easily done with practice.

Free eBook

• Lucy has created a free ebook containing everything covered in the video.

• The ebook can be downloaded for free by clicking on the link in the description box and signing up to her mailing list.

10 Words You're Probably Mispronouncing

Lucy shares 10 commonly mispronounced words and provides tips on how to pronounce them correctly.

Fruit

• The correct pronunciation of "fruit" is one syllable, "fruit."

Chaos/Chaotic

• The correct pronunciation of "chaos" and "chaotic" includes an added ya-sound, making it sound like "kay-os" and "kay-otik."

Queue

• The correct pronunciation of "queue" is one syllable, sounding like "kyoo."

Crisps

• The correct pronunciation of "crisps" includes a difficult sps sound that should be practiced in front of a mirror.

Recipe

• The correct pronunciation of "recipe" includes three syllables, sounding like "reh-suh-pee."

Comfortable

• The correct pronunciation of comfortable loses a syllable, sounding like “kuhm-fuh-tuh-buhl.”

Vegetable

-The correct pronounciation for vegetable is “vej-tuh-buhl”

Chocolate

-The word chocolate should be pronounced as “chaw-k-lit”

Pronunciation Lesson

In this section, Lucy teaches how to pronounce days of the week and some other words.

Days of the Week

• Tuesday should be pronounced as "choose-day" not "tu-e-sday".

• Wednesday should be pronounced as "wenz-day" not "wed-nes-day".

Other Words

• Jewellery should be pronounced as "jewel-ree".

• Pizza should be pronounced as "peet-sa".

• Lucy's name is pronounced as "loo-see".

• Broccoli should be pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable.

• Generally should be pronounced as "jen-rally".

10 Fashion Designer Names You're Pronouncing Wrong

In this section, Lucy teaches how to correctly pronounce fashion designer names.

Designer Names

• Hermes is pronounced as "er-mez".

• Adidas is pronounced as "uh-dee-das".

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