mispronounced words CLEANLINESS- kLEN-liness not kLEEN-liness ARRAY- a-RAY not A-ray STIGMATA- stig-MAH-ta not STIG-ma-ta WHOLE- HOWL not HUL SCION- SAY-uhN not SI-UN NEWS- NUS or NYUS UTENSIL- u-TEN-sil, not U-ten-sil CHARACTERISTIC- CHAR-acteristic, not charac-TER-istic CULTURE- KuHL-ture not kul-ture CAFFEINE- ca-FIN or CA-fin not ca-FEIGN POMADE- po-MADE not PO-made AUDACIOUS- o-DAY-SHUS not o-DA-shus BODACIOUS- bow-DAY-shus not bo-da-shus VISCOUNT- VIE-count not vis-count BEAU- bow not biew BUCOLIC – bu-CO-lic not bu-co-lic APROPOS- a-pro-PO not a-pro-pos DEGAS- Dey-GA not DE-gas POTASSIUM- po-tas-si-um not potashum CENTENNIAL- sen-ˈte-nē-əl CALCIUM- cal-ci-um not calshum MORTGAGE- MOR-gij not MORT-gage SAUCE- sos not sows THAILAND- Ty-land (no H) GROSS- grows- not gros PIZZA- peet-sa not pee cha CATEGORY- CA-te-go-ry not ca-TE-go ry MATURE- ma-tur not ma-chur FLAMMABLE- fla-ma-bol not fley-ma-bol COMPROMISE- COM-prah-mize not com-PRAH-mis PERCENTAGE- per-CEN-tage not PER-cen-tage MANGO- mAng-go not mEng-go NEW HAMPSHIRE- nu- ham-shir not nyu hamp-shire ARKANSAS- ar-kan-so not arkansas CONNECTICUT- conneri-cut not connec-ti-cut GUITARIST- GUITAR-ist not GUI-tarist EVALUATE- i-val-YOO-wait not eVAL-wait EXAMPLE / EXAM / EXACT / EXAGGERATE / EXHIBIT – igsample, igsam, igsakt…) COCOA- kow-kow not kok-wa EXHAUST- ig-zost (no H) GRADUATE-gra-joo-it PRODUCE- pro-doos not pro-jus SECRETARY – se-kre-tEri but not se-kre-trAri RADIUS -rey-di-yoos not rey-joos LENGTH-lengKth (w/ k sound) INVENTORY- IN-ventory not in-VEN-tory ORGANIZATION- OR-ganization not or-GA-nization TUESDAY-Toos-day, not Choose-day PROCESSES- PROS es eez not PROS es uhs EXPECTANT-ik SPEC tunt not egz PEC tunt MANDALA-MUN dull uh not MAN da lah ARDUOUS- AR joo wuss not AR doo wuss PLAID- PLAD not PLAYD EROGENOUS- i ROJ uh nuhs not e ROJ eh nuhs BURY- BEARee not BUR ee CIRCUMSTANCES- It’s cir-cum-STAN-ces, not cir-CUM-stan-ces MENU- MEN-yoo not me-NOO ROSE- rohz not rohs BUSY- biz-ee not bee-see OF- uhv or ov not off RISE -rize not rice COMFORTER- CUHMferter not comFORterr DIABETES-die-uh-BEE-tis not ja-BEH-tis AFFIDAVIT-af-i-day-vit not af-i-da-bit JEOPARDY- JEPerdee not JOpardee CAPABILITY- kay-puh-BIL-i-tee not cah-puh-BIL-i-tee FLAMMABLE – flam-mab’l not flame-able CHOCOLATE – choc’lit not choc-o-late RADIANT – ray-diant not rayjant VULGAR- VaL-gar (short a) not VOOL-gar OVEN – UH-ven not ow-ven SHOVE -shuv not showv ANY – Eh-nee not Ay-nee PURCHASE – per-CHIS and NOT per-CHEYS. SOUTHERN – Sa-DERN and NOT SAW-dern GIGANTIC – pronounced as JAI-gan-tic CUPBOARD – Ku (like the u in up) KU-bird HAMBURGER – HEM ber-guhr CHOCOLATE – chalk-lit
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