English words commonly mispronounced by Filipinos A. The following list was put together by an accent trainer: 1.

vitae - should be pronounced as vee-tie ( the way we pronounce the "tie" in necktie); the first syllable should be lengthened. 2. mango - should be pronounced as maeng-go ( To pronounce "ae" , drop your jaw as if to say A, then from that position, try to say EH. It is close to the sound that a goat makes: ma-a-a-ah! Your jaw should be lowered (mouth wide open); Most Filipinos pronounce it as " Mayng-go" which is incorrect. 3. cocoa - should be pronounced as kow-kow ; the first syllable should be lengthened. 4. education - should be pronounced as eh-joo-kaye-shuhn and not "eh-doo-kaye-shuhn" 5. colon - should be pronounced as kow-luhn ( the first vowel should be "owe" or "oh"; the first syllable should be lengthened. 6. roll, poll, toll - roll should be pronounced like "role" so it's tootsie role ; poll as pole and not "Paul" ; toll as tOwl and not "tall". 7. gross - should be pronounced like " grows" so it's "grows income" 8. chocolate - should be pronounced as chack-luht ( the second vowel is a neutral vowel, or the schwa); the first syllable is lengthened. 9. cleanliness - first syllable should be pronounced as " klehn and not kleen/clean" ; "eh" is just like how we pronounce the 2nd vowel in our Filipino ALphabet. 10. Thailand - "TH" here is pronounced as "strong t" therefore "h" is silent so correct pronunciation is Tie-laend and not thigh-laend. 11. shepherd - " ph" is with the sound of "p", so " h" is silent; correct pronunciation is sheperd. 12. Stephen- "ph" is with the sound of " v". 13. predicate - correct pronunciation is " preh-duh-kuht" and not "preh-di-kayt"; the first syllable is lengthened. via http://www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?t=93197

B. The following list was gathered by an English major from UP Diliman: CLEANLINESS- kLEN-liness not kLEEN-liness ARRAYa-RAY not A-ray STIGMATA- stig-MAH-ta not STIG-ma-ta WHOLEHOWL not HUL SCIONSAY-uhN not SI-UN

NEWSNUS or NYUS UTENSILu-TEN-sil, not U-ten-sil CHARACTERISTIC- CHAR-acteristic, not charac-TER-istic CULTURE- KuHL-ture not kul-ture CAFFEINE- ca-FIN or CA-fin not ca-FEIGN POMADEpo-MADE not PO-made AUDACIOUS- o-DAY-SHUS not o-DA-shus BODACIOUS- bow-DAY-shus not bo-da-shus VISCOUNT- VIE-count not vis-count BEAUbow not biew BUCOLIC bu-CO-lic not bu-co-lic APROPOS- a-pro-PO not a-pro-pos DEGASDey-GA not DE-gas POTASSIUM- po-tas-si-um not potashum CENTENNIAL- \sen-te-n-l\ CALCIUM- cal-ci-um not calshum MORTGAGE- MOR-gij not MORT-gage SAUCE- sos not sows THAILAND- Ty-land (no H) GROSS- grows- not gros PIZZApeet-sa not pee cha CATEGORY- CA-te-go-ry not ca-TE-go ry MATUREma-tur not ma-chur FLAMMABLE- fla-ma-bol not fley-ma-bol COMPROMISE- COM-prah-mize not com-PRAH-mis PERCENTAGE- per-CEN-tage not PER-cen-tage MANGO- mAng-go not mEng-go NEW HAMPSHIRE- nu- ham-shir not nyu hamp-shire ARKANSAS- ar-kan-so not arkansas CONNECTICUT- conneri-cut not connec-ti-cut GUITARIST- GUITAR-ist not GUI-tarist EVALUATE- i-val-YOO-wait not eVAL-wait EXAMPLE / EXAM / EXACT / EXAGGERATE / EXHIBIT igsample, igsam, igsakt) COCOA- kow-kow not kok-wa EXHAUST- ig-zost (no H) GRADUATE-gra-joo-it PRODUCE- pro-doos not pro-jus SECRETARY se-kre-tEri but not se-kre-trAri RADIUS -rey-di-yoos not rey-joos LENGTH-lengKth (w/ k sound) INVENTORY- IN-ventory not in-VEN-tory ORGANIZATION- OR-ganization not or-GA-nization TUESDAY-Toos-day, not Choose-day PROCESSES- PROS es eez not PROS es uhs EXPECTANT-ik SPEC tunt not egz PEC tunt

MANDALA-MUN dull uh not MAN da lah ARDUOUS- AR joo wuss not AR doo wuss PLAID- PLAD not PLAYD EROGENOUS- i ROJ uh nuhs not e ROJ eh nuhs BURY- BEARee not BUR ee CIRCUMSTANCES- Its cir-cum-STAN-ces, not cir-CUM-stan-ces MENU- MEN-yoo not me-NOO ROSE- rohz not rohs BUSY- biz-ee not bee-see OF- uhv or ov not off RISE -rize not rice COMFORTER- CUHMferter not comFORterr DIABETES-die-uh-BEE-tis not ja-BEH-tis AFFIDAVIT-af-i-day-vit not af-i-da-bit JEOPARDY- JEPerdee not JOpardee CAPABILITY- kay-puh-BIL-i-tee not cah-puh-BIL-i-tee FLAMMABLE flam-mabl not flame-able CHOCOLATE choclit not choc-o-late RADIANT ray-diant not rayjant VULGAR- VaL-gar (short a) not VOOL-gar OVEN UH-ven not ow-ven SHOVE -shuv not showv ANY Eh-nee not Ay-nee PURCHASE per-CHIS and NOT per-CHEYS. SOUTHERN Sa-DERN and NOT SAW-dern GIGANTIC pronounced as JAI-gan-tic CUPBOARD Ku (like the u in up) KU-bird HAMBURGER HEM ber-guhr CHOCOLATE chalk-lit via http://vanillamarcos.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/commonly-mispronounced-english-words-by-filipinos/