The value of toilet paper has apparently increased this year due to the pandemic. Quite recently, I learned that there is an interesting difference in the pronunciation of the brand name Charmin in German commercials, as compared to the original (American) pronunciation. According to various videos and the Wikipedia page, Charmin is originally pronounced as
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If you have read some of my previous posts, you may have realized that I strongly believe in the importance of phonetic spelling. It allows us to settle pronunciation debates without relying on the hearing of individuals. Only yesterday, I came across a good example. A certain person, let’s call him Mr. President, misspelled the
If gives me considerable shame and delight at the same time to have only recently learned about ghoti. If that word looks fishy to you, read on. The word ghoti was constructed by Alexander J. Ellis in 1845 [see here] to highlight what is wrong with English pronunciation. It is still often invoked to argue
While listening to an online lecture about software engineering presented by a German, I noticed a systematic, incorrect pronunciation of the words notify and notification. The correct pronunciations are readily found online, for example in the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: notify: [ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ] (BE), [ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ] (AE) | listen here notification: [ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn] (BE), [ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn] (AE) | listen here
公交乱合集系列强作公交乱合集系列强作,公认的中国绰号公认的中国绰号,公园活舂宫30视频百度公园活舂宫30视频百度Have you also noticed that many non-English speakers pronounce the adverb as just like ass? This embarrassing mistake is the result of not distinguishing between a voiced s (phonetic spelling [z]) and a voiceless s (phonetic spelling [s]). Even though as has two different pronunciations, referred to as weak and strong, the s is always
Linkedin is a widely used platform for online networking. Personally, I believe that part of its popularity is partly due to the fact that it is often accessible at work whereas other social media websites are typically blocked. Regardless of personal opinions regarding the widespread overselling of personal skills and achievements on Linkedin, this post
The word lounge is commonly used in several languages. For example, in English and German, you may talk about a lounge at the airport or in a hotel. Despite its common use, you may soon realize (after reading this post) that quite a few people get the pronunciation wrong. Actually, this post is very much
To be honest, I’m not a fan of all the whooping that goes on at parties, sports events, etc., even if I only witness it on TV. I could only bear to watch the first 10 seconds of the following video, any more should be considered torture. On the other hand, since I do enjoy
This week’s seminar speaker (German, but currently working in the US) made several interesting pronunciation mistakes. Most notably, he kept pronouncing the verb interpret so incorrectly that I did not even recognize it immediately. To understand what went wrong, we best look at the phonetic spelling. The are actually several pronunciations of interpret that are
I’m quite sure that even people who are not very confident about their English in general would not hesitate to claim that they can of course count to five. However, if you take pronunciation into consideration, this is not be true for many of them. (This post was inspired by an announcement I recently heard