There are many jokes about the pronunciation of English words. Because most lexemes are pronounced randomly, and the same letter can even denote several different sounds in one word.
Many of these words cannot be pronounced correctly if you do not know how to do it in advance.
A great example of the Intermediate level is the word "queue". Because it is pronounced like [kjuː]. Our teachers often joke that you can drop four of the five letters of a word and still read it correctly.
But in English there are some words that are generally unrealistic to pronounce correctly, if you do not peep in the transcription in advance. We will talk about them today.
Difficult words and Spelling bee competition
In the USA and Britain, the Spelling bee competition is very popular among schoolchildren and students.
The participant is told a word, and he needs to spell it correctly. Despite the apparent simplicity, it is quite difficult, because many English phonemes have developed under the influence of historical factors and their spelling does not correspond to the general rules of pronunciation.
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