1fast1 Supersonic September 5, 2013 Share September 5, 2013 judging by the Brit pronouncing of flour....fflar is actual one the yanks prefer flower Neither of them sounds like "flaar" to me. The inflection of the "ou" is quite clear in both. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flomoore Neutral Newbie September 5, 2013 Share September 5, 2013 What was last tender exercise unsuccessful rate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysportwish 1st Gear September 5, 2013 Share September 5, 2013 any place offer adult phonic class? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast1 Supersonic September 21, 2013 Share September 21, 2013 (edited) A new one for me, as I just realised I had been pronouncing it wrongly for, like, ever. Quiescent. Related etymologically to "quiet", so I had been pronouncing it like "quiet" (KWAI-ET), so quiescent became KWAI-ES-ENT. Turns out that it should be pronounced KWEE-ES-ENT instead. That pronunciation is similar to the way I've always correctly pronounced "acquiescent" (A-KWEE-ES-ENT), but who would have thunk it? English is a strange language. Edited September 21, 2013 by Turboflat4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playtime Supersonic September 22, 2013 Share September 22, 2013 Say kent for can't when u speak to an American. Cos to them, kant sounds like c-unt. I would just use "cannot" to avoid any miss comm. local pronunciation of can and cant may sound the same to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged September 22, 2013 Share September 22, 2013 How to pronounce PUNDEK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe 3rd Gear September 22, 2013 Share September 22, 2013 SALMON- SELLMON (Wrong) Samon (1st syllable like 1st syll. of Sally) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut Supercharged September 22, 2013 Share September 22, 2013 how do u say "opportunity"? one linguist said that SG is the only country that had it wrong..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged September 22, 2013 Share September 22, 2013 any place offer adult phonic class? Listen to BBC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic September 22, 2013 Share September 22, 2013 Algae??? we pronouce like al-gay, as in 'tow-gay'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothiewabbit Supersonic September 23, 2013 Share September 23, 2013 Salmon - with the silent "L" Wednesday - sounds like "whensday" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic September 23, 2013 Share September 23, 2013 Classic office lady pronunciation of 'don't' as 'donch', only in singapore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenfarm Turbocharged September 23, 2013 Share September 23, 2013 How to pronounce PUNDEK? Yes Cheecher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenfarm Turbocharged September 23, 2013 Share September 23, 2013 any place offer adult phonic class? British Council Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodtviedt 2nd Gear September 23, 2013 Share September 23, 2013 Actually I think more than 50% of Singaporeans pronounce the word "Three" wrongly as "tree" I had a speech tutor from school days who wrote "Wif My Mudder" on the blackboard in his first lesson for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged September 23, 2013 Share September 23, 2013 how do u say "opportunity"? one linguist said that SG is the only country that had it wrong..... Oppur-tune-itty? Oppur-chew-nitty? I use more of the first but sometimes will lapse into the second or a hybrid of both. But I pronounce opportune as oppur-tune, not oppur-chew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenfarm Turbocharged September 23, 2013 Share September 23, 2013 Oppur-tune-itty? Oppur-chew-nitty? I use more of the first but sometimes will lapse into the second or a hybrid of both. But I pronounce opportune as oppur-tune, not oppur-chew. Must ask Inglish cheecher Ah Pork...I suspect there is an English and US variant in this word? I could be wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttle2 Supersonic September 23, 2013 Share September 23, 2013 hi bro, "Tucson", if it is based on Tucson, in state of Arizona, is pronounced "tusan". bless tashi Wrong. Its pronounced "Too-Sawn" ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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