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  2. T-glottalization - Wikipedia

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    The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary claims that t-glottalization is now most common in London, Leeds, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. [7] Uniquely for English in the West Indies, Barbadian English uses a glottal allophone for /t/, and also less frequently for /k/ and /p/. [8]

  3. Hyperforeignism - Wikipedia

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    This leads to pronouncing smörgåsbord (with initial in Swedish) as / ˈ ʃ m ɔːr ɡ ə s ˌ b ɔːr d /, parmesan (from French [paʁməzɑ̃]) as / ˈ p ɑː r m ə ˌ ʒ ɑː n / (the cheese itself is Italian, and this pronunciation may also have been influenced by the Italian word for the cheese, parmigiano, which has a postalveolar ...

  4. Non-native pronunciations of English - Wikipedia

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    The alveolar consonants /t, d, n, s, z, l/ are articulated with the blade of the tongue, rather than the tip as in English. [26] Pronunciation of vowels. Speakers confuse between /æ/ and /ɛ/, so that man and men are both pronounced as the latter. [29] Speakers confuse between /uː/ and /ʊ/, so that pool and pull are both pronounced with [u ...

  5. Simple Words You're Definitely Pronouncing Incorrectly - AOL

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    Oh No, Say It Ain't So. Honestly, this can be a tricky name to remember to pronounce correctly. Even though Cillian Murphy's work is only continuing to get better over time.

  6. Mispronunciation - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, mispronunciation is the act of pronouncing a word incorrectly. [1] [2] Languages are pronounced in different ways by different people, depending on factors like the area they grew up in, their level of education, and their social class. Even within groups of the same area and class, people can pronounce words differently ...

  7. Regional accents of English - Wikipedia

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    For instance, those from Visayas usually interchange the sounds /e/ and /i/ as well as /o/ and /u/ because the distinction between those phonemes is not very pronounced in Visayan languages. People from the northern Philippines may pronounce /r/ as a strong trill instead of a tap, which is more commonly used in the rest of the Philippines, as ...

  8. Are You Pronouncing Reese’s the Wrong Way? - AOL

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  9. You’ve probably been pronouncing the Kelce brothers' name ...

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    It turns out there is a correct way to say Kelce — but the brothers don’t care how people say it. Technically, according to their father Ed Kelce, it is pronounced as one syllable: “Kels.”