Mispronunciation and why you shouldn’t correct it: blog

Claire Thacker 

Mr. Roddy 

IHSS

7 September 2021 

Mispronunciation and why you shouldn’t correct it: blog

The article I read was about the mispronunciation of words in the English language. The article talked about how we shorten words by “deleting” the weak syllable while talking. For example, probably is said instead of pro-ba-bly it’s spoken pro-bly. Another trend is, for example, the mispronunciation of words like espresso. Most people pronounce espresso as expresso. There are a few reasons why this is. One, espresso sounds like the word express. Two, someone could’ve mispronounced it once and someone else could've heard it and thought “wait am I supposed to say it like that,” and then a chain reaction. Another reason is that espresso in french is an expresso. Another thing the article talked about is how you probably should correct people on mispronunciation. This is because of pronunciation prejudice. Mispronouctation shouldn’t bother you enough to actively point it out in public when people say things wrong. If it does you need to work on that. Publicly correcting people on the mispronunciation of words in the English dialect can be thought of as prejudice because of people’s backgrounds. Not even native English speakers say certain words correct so for someone whose first language isn’t English, why would you correct them when most people dont even say espresso correctly. In a learning setting, correcting people’s production is okay and feels less like targeting, but if it’s just day-to-day life it could definitely be conceived as a target or have ulterior meaning. In my opinion, I think its completely not necessary to correct people in a public setting. I see no use in doing it, it just embarrasses and makes people self-conscious about the way they speak. 

Article:

https://theconversation.com/mispronunciation-why-you-should-stop-correcting-peoples-mistakes-163308

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