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No ‘Ri-Co’ in Ricochet!hot!

‘Ri-co-chet’ (chat) and ‘ri-co-shay’.
These are two of the more common pronunciations. But both are wrong!

What’s a per-NARL-tee?hot!

This word is often mispronounced by Singaporeans, especially when emotions run high watching the game of football. Do you say PEN-url-tees or per-NARL-tees?

When do you say CON-tract?hot!

Did you know that you will pronounce this word differently depending on how it is used?

No Innovative Pronunciation Pleasehot!

Is this adjective pronounced as IN-uh-vuh-tiv’ or ‘IN-uh-vay-tiv?

Getting Serious with ‘Solemn’hot!
Solemn is pronounced without the final 'n' in the spelling, as in ‘SOLL-luhm’.
Is It Really Delicate?hot!
Do you ‘delicate’ the song to your loved ones or do you ‘dedicate’ the song to your loved ones?
Goodnight Gra-nite!hot!

Many Singaporeans would pronounce this word as ‘gra-nite’, with ‘nite’ rhyming with ‘night’.

What’s the Stress on the ‘Entrepreneur’?hot!

Locally, this word is commonly pronounced as ‘entrePREneur’.

Getting ‘Wenz-day’ Righthot!
Does this word have 2 or 3 syllables?
Is it ‘Wed-nes-day’ or ‘Wenz-day’?
Did She Recite That ‘Po-yem’?hot!

This word is often mispronounced as ‘po-yEM’.

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