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fozziejr2
Joined: 05 May 2008
Location: soon to be korea (august 08)
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 Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:18 am Post subject: English words that Koreans ALWAY mispronounce |
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| As we all know there are 100's of these that we hear on a day to day basis, or words that they read incorrectly. My students love trying to see who can 'best pronounce' many of these words when I make it a challenge. I was hoping with all the waygooks here we could compile a master list. English is the first one that always comes in mind....what are some of the ones you notice the most? |
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Rufus
Joined: 13 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Rural
Thesis
Any word for which there is a Konglish version as they find it hard to reconcile the fact that the Konglish version is not correct English, and is in fact often unintelligible. |
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gregoriomills
Joined: 02 Mar 2009
Location: Busan, Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Months (monthes)
Booths (boothes) |
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Rufus
Joined: 13 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:41 am Post subject: |
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washed
watched
orange |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:47 am Post subject: |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:49 am Post subject: |
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Some tongue twisters that Koreans have a lot of trouble with:
Really leery, rarely Larry.
A real weird rear wheel.
The sixth sick sheiks sixth sheep's sick. |
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Benicio
Joined: 25 May 2006
Location: Down South- where it's hot & wet
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:51 am Post subject: |
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Beach always sounds like the word for female dog.
Sheet always sounds like the word for excrement.
Darned swear filter rules! |
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southern boy
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:52 am Post subject: |
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IMO, conversational learners can tremendously improve their pronunciation with a conscious effort to remove the 으 at the end of words.
Cup
Mug
This
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| Mrs. Smith's Fish Sauce Shop. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| southern boy wrote: |
IMO, conversational learners can tremendously improve their pronunciation with a conscious effort to remove the 으 at the end of words.
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I once saw a Korean textbook or pronounciation guide written by a Korean who'd lived in the states for a long time where he tried to explain how to pronounce certain words using a mixture of hangul and English. It was somewhat inspired. If I remember correctly it had stuff like:
Yes ==> 예스 X
예S O
Orange ==> 오렌지 X
오랜 ㅈ O
City ==> 씨티 X
ㅆi티 O
And so on. It was kind of weird. |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:21 am Post subject: |
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Coffee
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Phone |
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Benicio
Joined: 25 May 2006
Location: Down South- where it's hot & wet
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:31 am Post subject: |
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learn/run
walk/work |
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asams
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:33 am Post subject: |
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Really (or anything with Rs and Ls)
Anything with a Z sound (crazy, zombie, etc.)
Coffee (or anything with the f/ph sound - usually comes out sounding like the word for a duplicate of something) |
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Sushi
Joined: 24 Apr 2008
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:12 am Post subject: |
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Korean girls have an unusual way of saying "oh sh.t" They instead say "oh shat".
"Son of a bit.h" is usually said without the consonant i.e. "son of bit.h" |
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