The document provides tips on pronouncing difficult words in English. It begins by noting that the reader likely knows how to pronounce "tough, bought, cough, and dough" as well as "thorough, plough, enough and through". It then lists less familiar words that are tricky such as "heard", "dead", "meat", "great", and "threat". It also explains differences in pronunciation between words like "here" and "there". The document ends by saying English is a dreadful language to learn but was mastered by the author at age 5, yet writing well took longer to learn, even at age 55.
The document provides tips on pronouncing difficult words in English. It begins by noting that the reader likely knows how to pronounce "tough, bought, cough, and dough" as well as "thorough, plough, enough and through". It then lists less familiar words that are tricky such as "heard", "dead", "meat", "great", and "threat". It also explains differences in pronunciation between words like "here" and "there". The document ends by saying English is a dreadful language to learn but was mastered by the author at age 5, yet writing well took longer to learn, even at age 55.
The document provides tips on pronouncing difficult words in English. It begins by noting that the reader likely knows how to pronounce "tough, bought, cough, and dough" as well as "thorough, plough, enough and through". It then lists less familiar words that are tricky such as "heard", "dead", "meat", "great", and "threat". It also explains differences in pronunciation between words like "here" and "there". The document ends by saying English is a dreadful language to learn but was mastered by the author at age 5, yet writing well took longer to learn, even at age 55.
Of (1)and (2)and (4)and (4) Others may stumble but not you, On (5), (6), (7)and (8) Well done! And now you wish perhaps To learn of less familiar traps. Beware of (9): a dreadful word That looks like (10)and sounds like (11). And (12): it s said like (13)not (14) For goodness sake don't call it (15). Watch out for (16)and (17)and (18) (They rhyme with (19)and (20)and (21)). And (22)is not a match for (23), Nor (24)and (25), for (26)and (27). And then theres (28)and rose and (29)Just look them up - and (30)and (31) And (32)and (33)and (34)and (35) And (36)and (37)and (38)and (39) And (40)and (41), then (42)and (43), Come, come! I've hardly made a start. A dreadful language? Why man alive! I'd mastered it when I was five. And yet to write, the more I tried, I hadn't learned at fifty-five.
Hints On English Pronunciation
I take it you already know Of tough and bought and cough and dough Others may stumble but not you, On thorough, plough, enough and through Well done! And now you wish perhaps To learn of less familiar traps. Beware of heard: a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird. And dead: it s said like bed not bead For goodness sake don't call it deed. Watch out for meat and great and threat (They rhyme with suite and straight and debt). And here is not a match for there, Nor dear and fear, for bear and pear. And then theres dose and rose and lose Just look them up and goose and choose And cork and work and card and ward And font and front and word and sword And do and go, then thwart and cart, Come, come! I've hardly made a start. A dreadful language? Why man alive! I'd mastered it when I was five. And yet to write, the more I tried, I hadn't learned at fifty-five.