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Commonly Mispronounced Words in Vietnam: Word POS IPA Word POS IPA

This document provides a list of 51 commonly mispronounced words in Vietnam along with their part of speech and phonetic transcription. It also includes additional notes on silent letters in some English words like "know", "knife", and "walk". The purpose is to help Vietnamese speakers correctly pronounce these words by showing how they are said in English.

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Commonly Mispronounced Words in Vietnam: Word POS IPA Word POS IPA

This document provides a list of 51 commonly mispronounced words in Vietnam along with their part of speech and phonetic transcription. It also includes additional notes on silent letters in some English words like "know", "knife", and "walk". The purpose is to help Vietnamese speakers correctly pronounce these words by showing how they are said in English.

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SPEAKING 12/19/2023

COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED
WORDS IN VIETNAM

Word POS IPA Word POS IPA

1 acoustic (a) /əˈkuːstɪk/ 21 guitar (n) /ɡəɪˈtɑː(r)/

2 ache (n) /eɪk/ 22 hour (n) /aʊə(r)/

3 boutique (n) /buːˈtiːk/ 23 island (n) /ˈaɪlənd/

4 bury (v) /ˈberi/ 24 jewellery (n) /‘dʒuːɛlri/

5 candidate (n) /ˈkændɪdeɪt/ 25 knot (n) /nɒt/

6 chaos (n) /ˈkeɪɒs/ 26 library (n) /ˈlaɪbrəri/

7 colleague (n) /ˈkɒliːɡ/ 27 literature (n) /ˈlɪt(ə)rətʃər/

8 comment (n) /ˈkɑmənt/ 28 meter (n) /ˈmiːtə(r)/

9 costume (n) /ˈkɒstjuːm/ mischievo


29 (a) /mɪsˈtʃiːvəs/
us
10 cupboard (n) /ˈkʌbəd/
30 new (a) /njuː/
11 debut (n) /deɪˈbjuː/
31 often (adv) /ˈɒf(ə)n/
12 delicate (a) /ˈdelɪkət/
(pre
13 desert (n) /ˈdezət/ 32 of, off p) /əv - ɒf/
(adv)
14 dessert (n) /dɪˈzɜːt/
photograp /fəˈtɑːɡrəfə(r)
15 film (n) /fɪlm/ 33 (n)
her /
16 debt (n) /det/
34 pizza (n) /ˈpiːtsə/
17 flour (n) /ˈflaʊər/
probably, ˈprɒbəbli -
35 (adv)
18 flower (n) /ˈflaʊər/ properly ˈprɑpə(r)li/

19 foreigner (n) /ˈfɒrənə(r)/ 36 quote (n) /koʊt/

20 genre (n) /ˈʒɒnrə/ 37 receipt (n) /rɪˈsiːt/

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Word POS IPA Word POS IPA

38 recipe (n) /ˈresəpi/ 45 sync (v) /sɪŋk/

39 salmon (n) /ˈsæmən/ synchroniz


46 (v) /ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz/
e
40 sale (n) /seɪl/
47 vehicle (n) /ˈviːɪkəl/
41 sell (v) /sel/
48 wednesday (n) /ˈwenzdeɪ/
42 series (n) /ˈsɪəriːz/
49 woman (n) /ˈwʊmən/
43 stomach (n) /ˈstʌmək/
50 women (n) /ˈwimɪn/
44 suite (n) /swiːt/
51 whole (a) /hoʊl/

MORE ON SILENT SOUNDS

Know The k is silent.


Knife The k is silent.
Write The w is silent.
Folk The l is silent.
Comb The b is silent.
Bomb The b is silent.
Castle The t is silent.
Honest The h is silent.
Subtle The b is silent.
Walk The l is silent.
Lamb The b is silent.

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