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2021.08.04 14:24

One more English craziness:

Laid is pronounced like paid, but

not said.
Said is pronounced like bread, but not bead.
Bead is pronounced like lead, but not lead.

😅😅😅

I promise I will keep helping you learn this complicated language. 😂
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  • هادي 2021.08.04 14:37

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    Lead has two pronounce

  • هادي 2021.08.04 14:37

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    ?

  • IG330 2021.08.04 15:01

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    Yeap! There is no such thing as consistency in English pronunciation... That's the one of the hardest parts to learn English. By the way, Korean has relatively more consistent than English in term of the pronunciation. And so, you can read Korean words within a day if you know the rules of Korean phonics.(Even though you don't understand the meaning). I mean you can make sound of Korean words cuz there is very simple rules of pronunciation. There is no variation just like English.

  • YuiSan 2021.08.05 09:13

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    Pronunciation may vary in what part of the world you are at, and also it changes where it's in writings, or in speech. Mesmerizing!

  • Lola 2021.08.05 09:14

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    Really I’m ready to that

  • Eren 2021.08.05 11:31

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    Thank you so much~👏

  • Scott Cecil Allen 2021.08.05 12:16

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    @هادي yes. You can lead (leed) someone as in be a leader. Or past tense, you have lead (led) someone yesterday. The same pronunciation is also for the soft metal lead that can poison you.

  • Saad 2021.08.05 14:07

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    Interesting lesson, luckily I have drilled this many times until it became a second nature. I do have a question though if I may, do you pronounce "I set" and "I said" in the same way? The way you said "said" sounded to me pretty much like the e in set, pet, let etc, while I always pronounced it as ai in paid, raid, maid etc. I wonder if I have been mispronouncing it all the years!

  • Scott Cecil Allen 2021.08.05 14:52

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    @Saad you are correct in your first statement. “Set” and “said” have the same “eh” sound in US English.

  • RYU 2021.08.05 15:21

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    Noooo😭

  • fatiha 2021.08.05 16:53

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    It's very complicate😁😁

  • Shaima 2021.08.05 18:20

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    OMG

  • guinani rachid 2021.08.05 19:22

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    Hello

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