Pronunciation Upgrade (1)

1⃣ LIVE (verb) v LIVE (adjective) v ALIVE (adj) v LIFE (noun) 

🌞 LIVE (v) /lɪv/ 

🎧 Rhymes with give /gɪv/.

- Do you live near here?

- He doesn't live with his parents.

Source: You Tube (Regina Côrtes) Key words: Nilsson Can't Live

🌞 LIVE (adj) /laɪv/

Meaning: Happening right now OR not recorded

🎧 Rhymes with five /faɪv/.

- Is this match live?

- The debate was broadcast live.

🌞 ALIVE (adj) /əˈlaɪv/

Meaning: Living, not dead.

- The missing climbers were found alive and well.

- He says he is the happiest man alive.

Source: You Tube (beegees) Key words: Staying Alive Bee Gees

🌞 LIFE (n) /laɪf/

Meaning: The existence of living things; the time between birth and death.

🎧Rhymes with wife and knife.

- I want to enjoy life to it's fullest.

- There's no life on Mars.

Source: You Tube (fritz51334) Key Words: My Life Eartha Kitt

Use Youglish to help out with your pronunciation problems.

Pronounce life;wife;knife;live;give;five;alive;lives;lived;living; with Precision | English Pronunciation Dictionary | Howjsay 

💰 Money Correct pronunciation: /ˈmʌn.i/

🌞 "muh-nee" (the first syllable sounds like “muh,” not “mo”)

⚠️Some people incorrectly say it like “mon-ee” or “mo-nee,” replacing the /ʌ/ vowel with /ɒ/ or /oʊ/. 😡

See the first video at the end of this blog post to hear how an ex- President of France incorrectly pronounces it:

Source: You Tube (zeitdiebemagazin) Key Words: Liza Minnelli money world

It rhymes with funny and sunny:

Source: You Tube (ABBA) Key Words: Abba money

And it rhymes with honey 🍯:

Source: You Tube (Luis Jaramillo) Key Words: Abba honey

Tongue Twister:

Funny honey-loving bunnies save sunny money.

/ˈfʌn.i ˈhʌn.iˌlʌv.ɪŋ ˈbʌn.iz seɪv ˈsʌn.i ˈmʌn.i/

Graham: Pronounce money;funny;sunny;bunny;runny;honey;Monet; with Precision | English Pronunciation Dictionary | Howjsay 

Helena: 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Very difficult.

Graham: Come off it!

🌞 choose  /tʃuːz/ “chooz” (verb) Rhymes with shoes /ʃuːz/, news /nuːz/ and lose /luːz/.

🌞 chose /tʃoʊz/ “chohz” (past tense) Rhymes with those /ðoʊz/, knows /noʊz/, goes /ɡoʊz/ and nose /noʊz/.

🌞 chosen /ˈtʃoʊ.zən/ “choh-zuhn” (participle) Rhymes with frozen /ˈfroʊ.zən/.

🌞 choice  /tʃɔɪs/ “choyss” (noun) Rhymes with voice /vɔɪs/.

👅 Twister:

Choose the choice you chose, or the chosen choice chooses you.

/tʃuːz ðə tʃɔɪs juː tʃoʊz ɔr ðə ˈtʃoʊ.zən tʃɔɪs ˈtʃuːzɪz juː/

Source: You Tube (Asle Knudsen) Key words: trainspotting choose life

Juanmi: Brutal!! Choose life.. I love it. I’ll see the movie again, but this time in English for to see if I understand anything

Graham: This time in English for to see if ... 😡

This time in English to see if ... 😍

Juanmi: This time in English’s to see if..

This time in English to see if…

This time in English to see if…

+100 times 🎓 more

Graham: I think you'll find Begbie the toughest to understand.

Source: You Tube (BlackView HD) Key Words: Trainspotting bar scene

Juanmi: @⁨Graham⁩ probably you know this video 

Source: You Tube (Vanity Fair) Key Words: Gerard Butler teaches Scottish slang

Graham: I had seen it before. Some of the expressions are used more Glasgow way, a few I didn't know but some of them  I would use: off your trolley, tatties and Hogmanay.

Source: You Tube (DarkSanctuaryBBS) Key Words: Shawshank Redemption get busy living

Helena: Very difficult🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Graham: I take it you are referring to the video clips.

Helena: Yes

Graham: They are mumbling.

Su: So do I xD

Graham: You are the biggest mumbler of them all haha

3️⃣ ADVICE (noun) v ADVISE (verb)

🌞 ADVICE (n) /ədˈvaɪs/

🎧  /s/ sound → like ice /aɪs/ 

🎧 Same as slice /slaɪs/, device /dɪˈvaɪs/ and precise /prɪˈsaɪs/.

🌞 ADVISE (v) /ədˈvaɪz/

🎧 /z/ sound (doesn't exist in Spanish) → like zoo /zuː/, zebra  /ˈzɛb.rə/, busy /ˈbɪz.i/ and business /ˈbɪz.nəs/. 

🎧 Same as devise /dɪˈvaɪz/, revise /rɪˈvaɪz/ and surprise /səˈpraɪz/.

👅Twisters:

Tongue Twister:

I advise wise eyes to realize the size of the surprise.

/aɪ ədˈvaɪz waɪz aɪz tə ˈriː.ə.laɪz ðə saɪz əv ðə səˈpraɪz/

Precise advice is nice, but twice the advice is precisely nicer.

/prɪˈsaɪs ədˈvaɪs ɪz naɪs bət twaɪs ði ədˈvaɪs ɪz prɪˈsaɪs.li ˈnaɪ.sər/

Busy business advisers advise better advice when everyone tries.

/ˈbɪz.i ˈbɪz.nəs ədˈvaɪ.zərz ədˈvaɪz ˈbɛt.ər ədˈvaɪs wɛn ˈɛv.ri.wʌn traɪz/

4️⃣ TEAR

🌞 Two words - same spelling but different pronunciation 

🌞 TEAR (n) - liquid from the eye (🇪🇸 lágrima) /tɪər/ 😢

🎧 Rhymes with beer /bɪər/,  ear /ɪər/, here /hɪər/ and we're  /wɪər/

 

 🌞 TEAR (n,v) - to pull paper, cloth etc. into pieces (🇪🇸 rasgar, romper) /teər/

🎧 Rhymes with bear 🐻 /beər/, hair /heər/, mayor /meər/ and wear /weər/

🌞 Have a look at this Quizlet with other words which end with an /eə/ sound. 

🎧 Remember you can listen to texts in Chat GPT.

🌙 Short Story

One crisp evening, the mayor of a small town decided to take the train for half the fare to the annual autumn fair. On the way, he met a pair of travellers carrying a single pear wrapped in a delicate layer of cloth.

A wild hare darted across the tracks, giving everyone a scare. The travellers clutched their coats so tightly, the seams began to tear.

At the fairgrounds, a storyteller began to share a chilling tale of a nightmare in which a bare tree whispered to its only heir, while shadows seemed to stare from the air itself.

Nearby, a shaggy bear with tangled hair ambled lazily, too tired to dare any tricks. The mayor thought it a rare moment of peace — something worth the care to remember, even if he had nothing to spare but time to simply watch and wear a gentle smile.

✒️ Poem

Beneath the crisp and watchful air,
A shaggy bear sat bare with care.
No dare to fight, no tricks to fare,
Just resting at the autumn fair.

A strand of hair, a fleeting hare,
A layered tale of dream’s nightmare.
The mayor’s voice, both strong and rare,
Spoke of a pear, a humble pair.

The crowd would stare, some hid from scare,
A fabric tear, yet hearts still share.
With none to spare, save time to wear,
The tale passed on from heir to heir.

Graham: Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do!

Guess what is coming next

Source: You Tube (Rodgers and Hammerstein) Key Words: Sound music doe deer

🎶 Doe a deer 🦌 a female deer🎶

deer - ciervo

stag -  a male deer 

a stag party  - una despedida de soltero 

🎧 Doe /dəʊ/ rhymes with go  /ɡəʊ/.

What are these other /əʊ/ words that rhyme with doe and go?

1️⃣ The opposite of high. 

2️⃣ A finger is on your hand,; a ___ is on your foot. 🦶🏻

3️⃣ A little girl might have one in her hair 🎀

4️⃣ A boy's name. The equivalent is very common in Spain.

5️⃣ I hope you ____ all these answers.

6️⃣ You do this with a needle and thread.🪡

7️⃣ A line of things or something you do when on a little boat. 🛶

8️⃣ To pull a car with a rope or chain. 🛻🔗🚗

9️⃣ Another word for enemy.

1️⃣0️⃣ What you do to the grass. (___ the lawn) 

1️⃣1️⃣ A black kind of bird. 

1️⃣2️⃣ A slang term for a male friend. (Hey ___. What's up?)

1️⃣3️⃣ A thick mass for making bread.

1️⃣4️⃣ ↗️↖️↙️↘️

1️⃣5️⃣ A linker like but and however but doesn't start with -a.

José: In Spanish the musical scale is:

Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, Do.

Is it in English Ti instead Si?

Graham: Right and instead of Sol, it is So.

Graham: Come on. Give it a go. 🙏🏻

José: 

1.low

2.toe

3.bow

4.Joe

5.know

6.sew

7.row

8.tow

9.foe

10.flow

11.crow

12.fellow

13.flour

14.arrow

15.only

Graham: I was wondering who would be first to have a go at this. Well done, Joe!  👏🏻

Graham: All right except for:

1️⃣0️⃣ Flow is used for water moving down a river or blood through your veins. You mow/cut the grass/lawn (césped).

1️⃣2️⃣ A fellow is a man. (un tio) and

#WOTD FELLOW (adj) - sharing the same job, interests or situation as you (compañeros, co-)
e.g. He doesn't socialise with his FELLOW STUDENTS.
e.g. Unlike his FELLOW WORKERS, he didn't join the strike.
e.g. I am ashamed of my FELLOW CITIZENS. pic.twitter.com/VlCJxQpkDJ

— English in Madrid (@madteacher72) February 18, 2023

The answer is bro. It is a fashionable word now - and yes, I can't stand it.

1️⃣3️⃣ Flour doesn't rhyme with go. Dough (masa) as in doughnut and doe are pronounced the same.

1️⃣5️⃣ Only doesn't rhyme with go. The linker is though. e.g. He is an intelligent man though he comes out with a lot of nonsense at times. 😉