[wanabidii] English Pronunciation

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You're now looking at a very miserable character in one Maurice J Oduor. My pronunciation gig has come to an end with respect to my favourite punching bag, KTN Television of Kenya. For some reason, none of their reporters or newsreaders is mispronouncing any word. I think my message got to them and they are practising their scripts before going on air; they watch every word before uttering it.

I'm happy with this eventuality and this now forces me to go to Citizen and other TV stations. There may be work there to be done.

Today all I can share with you are some few words that Willis the WordMaster brought up last evening on KTN Prime. I won't bother with the common mistakes people make in pronouncing them. I'll just give you what he said are the correct pronunciations.

Cole slaw (this is ground cabbage mixed with salad dressing and eaten as a salad).

COLE SLAW  ------------        K - O - L    S - L - O

CALF             ------------        K - A - A - F    (the L is silent but the A is elongated)

CALM            ------------        K - A - A - M    (L is silent; A is elongated)

SOUTH          ------------        S-A-U-TH

SOUTHERN    -----------        S-A-DH-A-N  (notice the O becomes silent)

ADHERE       -----------         A-D-H-I-Y-A    (AD  then HIYA)  (follow, obey, stick to)

FIERY           ------------        F-A-Y-A-R-I   (Example; a fiery plane crashy)

I hope this is helpful somehow. Now I'll have to move on to Citizen TV to find out what "sins" they have there.

Courage

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