[wanabidii] Re: [KOL] Re: English Pronunciation

Roz,

You're a White Brit so these lessons are not meant for someone like you. They are meant for people who are facing challenges pronouncing these words or maybe just not sure of the correct way.

English is not our first language and we just learn it at school through some teachers that can sometimes really massacre simple pronunciations.

I had a teacher in primary school who would pronounce:

MINUTE (as in 60 seconds)     as  M-EE-NUT    (or using Swahili, M-I-N-A-T) 

I get a lot of private mail from people who just want to confirm a word here and there.

Courage

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:38 PM, roz kahumbu <rozkah2005@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

 

Honestly, does anyone here understand this English garbage called 'pronunciation lessons ' and ' grammar' stuff that Mo throws up every time the wind of change knocks Cord off it's feet ?

 

roz

 

From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:18 AM
Subject: English Pronunciation

This week's word is ULTIMATUM

An Ultimatum is a deadline. If I give you an ultimatum, that means I am giving you a deadline to do or finish a certain task, failure of which will attract some penalty or punishment.

UTLIMATUM

The British say:     A- L-T- I- M- E-T- A- M

Americans say:     O- L-T- I- M- E- D- A- M   
                             (the D here is halfway between T and D but closer to D)

I hope this helps those who aspire to speak like the British or Americans.

Courage

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