Hard words to pronounce in British and American English

Does it drive you crazy that English words are pronounced differently to the way they're spelt? Don't worry, we can help.

We're looking at more words that English learners find tricky to pronounce and comparing how we say them in British and American English.

In this video we look at how we pronounce these tricky words in English:
• colonel
• youths
• gauge (and gouge)
• oesophagus
• debut
• rural
• disease
• anemone

We talk about:
• syllables
• the tricky English th sound
• confusing vowel sounds
• British and American differences
• different R sounds
and lots, lots more.

To see our other videos on how to pronounce difficult words, click here:    • Difficult words to say in English  

We'd like to say a big thank you to all the non-native speakers who helped us make this video. You were wonderful.

Make sure you subscribe to this YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/subscription_...

Facebook Page:   / simpleenglishvideos  
Twitter: @vickivideos

To get notified by email when we publish a new video, sign up to our mailing list: https://forms.aweber.com/form/46/1978...

Visit our website to see our videos with transcripts and much more: http://www.SimpleEnglishVideos.com
There you can get email updates on new videos and live classes and also download a free copy of 'Fix It', a checklist for correcting common English mistakes
http://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/fr...