Arguing Pronunciation Novels & Stories

Napatakip naman ng mukha si Ian at natatawang umiiling. "Wag kang mahiya, Ian! Proud tayong kog-nak ang pronunciation ng Cognac kasi hindi naman pang-sosyal ng pronunciation na kon-yak. Pangngungo kaya iyon. Try mo takpan ilong mo, tas sabihin mo, kog-nak, tunog kon-yak," malokong sabi naman ni Caitlin.

to see". It can be various belief systems, religions, ideologies, and science. Example sentence; It is illuminating just to know Ambassador Hugo's energetic conclusion and then move slowly into its utopian dimensions of Maharliakas' Weltanschauung." May problema sa pangungusap. How dare they call this a utopia when it's a dystopia? Now, the big problem was that I can hear a "V" in its first letter. Pronunciation might be deceiving! And the tone, morphology, phonology, phonetics! But I think we are included in the "Spell" category today. I know there's a G on its last letter but I don't want to die. I don't want any of us from District G to die.

So far magaling ito sa spelling at marami itong alam na salita… Problema talaga nito ay ang mga pronounciation. Sabi ko naman sa kanya na understandable ‘yun dahil iba talaga ang standards ng pinas pagdating sa ingles hindi kagaya ng mga foreigner chill lang. Pero gusto niya pa ring matuto dahil namamanghaan siya kung paano nagbabago ang mga boses at mood ng mga pinoy ayon sa lenggwaheng binabanggit especially kapag nagpapalit nang lenggwahe. Kaya nag- suggest ako nga mga app at videos na kung saan pwede siyang mag- practice mag- isa. Kung ayan talaga gusto niya, edi ibigay natin. Willing naman matuto ang tao kaya go ahead.

Sobrang mali ba? Dahil sa hindi maipaliwanag na paggaan ng aking kaba,napatawa nalang ako ng marahan. "Yeah, since we do not have that sturdy accent of yours, we just pronounce words on how they are supposed to be read and pronounced. Why? Does it sound so bad?"