Presh Speech Concept

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1. She had the mind to disrespect her mother. ❌❌

She had the gall to disrespect her mother. ✅✅

2. I look forward to meet you. ❌❌

I look forward to meeting you. ✅✅

3. You all are in soup. ❌❌

You all are in the soup. ✅✅

To be in the soup means to be in an unpleasant or difficult situation.

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It's learning time!

Our word for today is 'creature'.

Meaning - A living being like humans and animals.

The word 'creature', is a two-syllable word not three.

Some people pronounce that word the wrong way.

Do not say krea-yeh-ture ❌

Say Krea-ture ✅

The word creature is transcribed as /ˈkriːʧə/

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Capable.
Pronounce it as kay-pa-ble
Not
Car-pa-ble.

Strict.

Pronounce it as strikt

Not street.

The letter c in the word 'strict' is not silent, it makes the sound /k/.

Always speak right.

It's learning time!

Do you know that price and prize are not homophones, that is, they do not have the same sound, hence, they are not pronounced the same way?

Before looking at the pronunciation, let's take a look at the meaning.

PRICE is the cost required to gain the possession of something while a PRIZE is an honour, award or anything offered for winning a competitive contest.

Price /praɪs/ ends with the consonant sound /s/ (that is, the sound of the letter s)

While

Prize /praɪz/ ends with the consonant sound /z/ ( that is, the sound of the letter z).

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Top of the morning to you all.

Our word for today is SACRED.

Meaning: To be holy, deserving respect, especially in connection with God.

Example: God Almighty deserves our sacred service.

That word is pronounced as SAY-KRID not sah-kred.

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Stipend.
Say
stai-pend Not
Stee-pend.

Don't say: con-gra-two-lay- tions.

Say: con-gra-chew-lay-tionz.

My neighbour's face was gloomy this morning.

I was concerned so I asked her what the problem was.

She said, ' they have prospond the election, which means I will have to start preparing for work. I have already planned to travel to see my people'.

I understood what she meant by prospond.

That word is not PROSPOND. ❎

So it is wrong to say, 'they have prospond the election.

You should rather say, 'they have POSTPONED the election'. ✔

Or

The election has been POSTPONED. ✔

Did you learn?

She sat quietly looking at nothing in particular. I guess she was thinking of something serious.

She needs quiet time, I said to myself.

I stood up to leave the park, my eyes caught hers and she looked away.

Her eyes were red with tears flowing like streams of water.

Excuse me please, do you mind sharing your problem with me? I asked.

He is diagnosed with prostrate cancer. God, why? She cried out. 😭

God is listening to your pleas, he will be fine, I told her. (Not knowing who she was referring to in particular).

It may be her dad, I thought to myself.

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Please note, that word is prostate cancer ✔ and not prostrate cancer. ❎

Prostrate simply means lying flat, face-down

Say
con- vuh-say-sion ✅
Not
Con-va-za-sion ❌

Are you guilty of this? 👇

He is a tout (wrong)

He is a lout (correct)

A lout is a troublemaker, always violent and rude while a tout is someone aggressively advertising for customers.

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