7 TOUGHEST ENGLISH WORDS TO PRONOUNCE

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ACCESSORY

The double C in accessory is part of what makes this word confusing. Accessory is pronounced [ak-ses-uh-ree].

CHOIR

The word choir is pronounced [kwahyuhr].


COLONEL

The word colonel came to English through French, where it was spelled coronel. Keeping this in mind, colonel is pronounced [kur-nl].

COUP

Coup has been adopted into English from French. In French, the letters -oup at the end of a word is pronounced [oo] i.e. Coup is correctly pronounced [koo].

EPITOME

Unlike many words in English, the final -e here is not silent; epitome is pronounced [ih- pit-uh-mee ].

FEBRUARY
The word February is often pronounced as if the first R is not present: [feb-yoo-er-ee] but it is wrong. The correct pronunciation is [feb-roo-er- ee].

HYPERBOLE

Hyperbole, from the Greek hyperbole, is correctly pronounced [ hahy-pur-buh- lee ].

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