For today’s English lesson, let’s look at how to pronounce 6 words in English that are often mispronounced. The words are buffet, comfortable, espresso, plumber, subtle, and salmon. Here are the hints you need to know:
- buffet…the [et] at the end of buffet has an [ay] sound: buff-AY, like day and stay
- comfortable…this word us usually pronounced with 3 syllables: KAMF-tuh-bull
- espresso…there is no [x] in this word: es-PRESS-oh
- plumber…the [b] is silent: PLUM-er
- subtle…the [b] is silent and the [t] sounds like [d]: SUH-dul
- salmon…the [l] is silent: SAH-mon