#82 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation

▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• bargain
• Britain
• captain
• certain
• curtain
• fountain
• mountain

❓What do these words have in common?

❗️ The unstressed -ain is pronounced like something between [ə] and short [ɪ]:
• barg-ɪ-n
• Brit-ə-n
• capt-ə-n
• cert-ə-n
• curt-ə-n
• fount-ɪ-n
• mount-ɪ-n

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#86 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation

▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• colleagues
• friends
• parents
• sometimes
• states
• themselves
• tourists
• words

❓What do these words have in common?

❗️ Uzbeks often insert a little [ɪ] before the final -s. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• colleagues – wrong: коллийгиз, correct: коллийгз
• friends – wrong: фрэндиз, correct: фрэндз
• parents – wrong: перентис, correct: перентс
• sometimes – wrong: самтаймиз, correct: самтаймз
• states – wrong: стейтис, correct: стейтс
• themselves – wrong: земселвиз, correct: земселвз
• tourists – wrong: туристис, correct: туристс
• words – wrong: вѳрдиз, correct: вѳрдз

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