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95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 3:31am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Before you watch this video, try to pronounce these words. I think that 90.9% of Nigerians won't be able to pronounce all these words correctly. I could be wrong though, but when I hear people around me murder English words, I conclude that the generality of Nigerian don't know that a lot of English words are not pronounced the way they are spelt. 1. Alias 2. Cause 3. Champagne 4. Crescendo 5. Debris 6. Deborah 7. Leopard 8. Magi 9. Machete 10. Myrrh 11. Oesophagus 12. Pizza 13. Plumber 14. Tsetse fly 15. Chef When you pronounce these words, please, watch the video to know whether you pronounced them correctly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egT7vjCIknY 11 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by owagbeba: 6:58am On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: Nice one. Why are many of these words so different than their actual pronunciation? Has it got to do with the origin of the words? I know the original words are not as they are currently spelt; anything to do with the English choosing to spell them the way they deem fit regardless of the origin? 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 7:27am On Jul 21, 2022 |
owagbeba: In some cases, it has to do with the origin of the word, but in some cases, it has to do with the anglicization of borrowed words. Tsetse fly was borrowed from Tswana, a Bantu language of Southern Africa. "Chef, Champagne and leopard" are of French origin "Alias, plumber, crescendo" have a Latin origin. Pizza is borrowed from Italian Deborah is a name of Hebrew origin Magi is of Persian origin Oesophagus is a Greek word English belongs to everybody and nobody. That's why nobody should feel bad for wanting to speak good English. The language has been enriched by different cultures and other languages that we can all call it our own. "Jollof " is now a word in the oxford dictionary. It's just amazing. 20 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Kingcalls: 8:19am On Jul 21, 2022 |
I got them all apart from 4, 7, 8 ,11 , 14 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by owagbeba: 8:25am On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: Jollof is arab, right? Because I have seen that word “Jallof” on many restaurants in Arabia. Even some Afghani restaurants also write “jallof” The rice is somewhat different, cooked in layers of lamb,sauce, spices and rice. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by owagbeba: 8:28am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Why didn’t the English put effort to anglicize these words like the natives? So we have same spelling as they sound. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 8:33am On Jul 21, 2022 |
owagbeba: I don't know if Jollof is of Arab origin, but I won't be surprised if it is. I recently learned that sharwama is an Arabic word. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 8:37am On Jul 21, 2022 |
owagbeba: It would have been better if the way words were spelled and the way they were pronounced were the same. Maybe they were afraid of being accused of cultural appropriation |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 8:40am On Jul 21, 2022 |
owagbeba: Thanks. It has to do the origin of the words. Some of the words are of Latin origin. Others are of Greek, Italian, Persian and Hebrew origin. Tsetset fly is from the Tswana language of southern Africa 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 8:42am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Kingcalls: 10 over 15 isn't bad at all. Thumbs up. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Josbreed: 10:21am On Jul 21, 2022 |
For simplicity of pronunciation: 1. Alias /eilias/ 2. Cause /koz/ 3. Champagne /shampein/ 4. Crescendo /krishendow/ 5. Debris /Deibri/ 6. Deborah /dehbra/ 7. Leopard /lepa:d/ 8. Magi /meijai/ 9. Machete /masheiti/ 10. Myrrh /murrr/ 11. Oesophagus /isofagvs/ 12. Pizza /pitsa/ 13. Plumber /plvmer/ 14. Tsetse fly /tsetsi or tsitsi flai/ 15. Chef /shef/ Hope y'all gerrit. 8 Likes |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Nobody: 10:23am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Well Done Bro. It seems you are a teacher? 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 10:35am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Josbreed: Good one bro. Thanks a lot. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 10:36am On Jul 21, 2022 |
MALIGNANTGuest: Thanks a lot. Yes, bro. I am a teacher. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by WhatCanIsay(m): 10:36am On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: Champagne doesn't have a Latin origin, it is French. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 10:40am On Jul 21, 2022 |
WhatCanIsay: The inclusion of "Champagne" amongst words of Latin origin is an honest mistake. Champagne is named after a region in France. Thanks. 2 Likes |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by WhatCanIsay(m): 10:43am On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex: Welcome bro... Kudos 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 10:44am On Jul 21, 2022 |
WhatCanIsay: Thanks a lot |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by aaking(m): 11:02am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Josbreed: Thanks man. In my own calling of Deborah "deboraaaah" 2 Likes |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 11:04am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Kingcalls: You tried bro. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 11:05am On Jul 21, 2022 |
aaking: You are welcome. Deboraaaah |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Nobody: 11:09am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Life is too short to take things like this serious. Na the idea matter no be the correct pronunciation 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by seanwilliam(m): 11:10am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Wow. very nice 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 11:20am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Antimarraige: Anything worth doing is worth doing well. My cousin read nursing. He got a job in the UK, but at some point, his job was threatened because patients complained that they couldn't understand his pronunciation of words. He had to learn oral English to keep his job. If articulating English words correctly is not a requirement in your job, you can still learn oral English. No knowledge is wasted, bro. 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 11:20am On Jul 21, 2022 |
seanwilliam: Thanks a lot bro |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by Nobody: 11:25am On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex:I can pronunce them well I'm good at oral English, just speaking for the Iya alatas and the baba elerans , etc 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 11:25am On Jul 21, 2022 |
Antimarraige: Ok bro. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by GraceUnIimitedd(m): 11:55am On Jul 21, 2022 |
I got all correct 1 Like |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by BinamRex: 11:57am On Jul 21, 2022 |
GraceUnIimitedd: Wow! You are really good. Thumbs up. |
Re: 95% of Nigerians can't Pronounce These Words Correctly. Take The Test by GraceUnIimitedd(m): 11:58am On Jul 21, 2022 |
BinamRex:i have a British pronunciation app I've been using for years now 2 Likes |
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