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TRICKY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION MADE EASY:  TABLE vs COMFORTABLE / SHIRE vs YORKSHIRE ... 

1/4/2016

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English pronunciation has no logic but if you LISTEN carefully you will be able to hear the SUBTLE DIFFERENCES between how a NATIVE says a word & how a learner of English will read a word.  DON'T READ!  LISTEN & IMITATE the sound you hear - that's the correct pronunciation!  Don't be distracted by the way it's written - LISTEN & REPEAT IMITATING!!

TABLE  /teɪbəl/ and VEGETABLE  /'vɛdʒtəbl/ have COMPETELY DIFFERENT SOUNDS. 

COMFORTABLE  /'kʌmftəbl/ not only sounds like vegetable but ONLY REFERS TO THE COMFORT OF AN OBJECT (a sofa, a bed, clothes) and not to whether it is practical or convenient - in some languages the same word is used for all three meanings.

CHOCOLATE  /'tʃɒklət/ is not pronounced like LATE /leɪt/.

SHIRE  /ˈʃʌɪə/, a medieval area of jurisdiction, is pronounced completely differently from YORKSHIRE  /'jɔ:kʃə/ and as a consequence the breed of dogs with the same name:  Yorkshire Terrier.

So remember:  Don't be distracted by the way it's written - LISTEN & REPEAT IMITATING!!

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I hope you find this useful.

Susan

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    I went to school in London until 15 when we moved to Germany where I finished my British education at Munich International School. I started teaching Italian at evening classes aged only 17 and studied Mass Communications and Journalism at Munich University.

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