Erudite. Barbiturate. Cacophony. Denouement. Okay, that last word is technically French, but words like these make the average person sweat, and it turns out that the key to learning how to pronounce them once and for all just might be getting them wrong. How We End Up Pronouncing Words Incorrectly Unique letter combinations are too difficult to apply the phonics you learned in elementary school, so it's common to stay away from weird words and names that are hard to pronounce. In fact, it took a friend of mine four Harry Potter books before she would openly say the name Hermione. Video:... more
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