What is one word that is pronounced properly in the UK, but is usually mispronounced in the US?(It's s***).

Question

The word has 4 letters, begins with "s", but is NOT "****".

It is not "***t".

Answer 1

dnt knwo

Answer 2

There is no such thing as a word pronounced properly in the UK, but mispronounced in the US. All words may be pronounced however native speakers choose to pronounce them. There is no one standard "correct" pronounciation for any word in English. And even those words that you want to claim are pronounced properly in the UK, which UK dialect are you talking about? Truth be told, the only "correct" pronounciation you will probably admit to is your own ;) That's rather chauvinistic, don't you think?

Answer 3

Being someone stuck between learning British English at school and listening to Americans speak English at church (or hey, watching Sesame Street), I remember being really confused about the words below when I was a kid

the letter Z
Vase
Clerk

Answer 4

Being American, this is a guess, I hope it's a good one:
aluminum? (we stress the 2nd syllable instead of the 3rd)
often? (we pronounce the t)
tomato? (we say "ey" instead of "ah")
twenty? (we pronounce it "twenny")
the last letter of the English language? (we say "zee" instead of "zed")
The rest of the English language?

My fiance in Egypt learned British English, he went to a British school. He said that the word "often" is pronounced with a silent t, but that Americans pronounce the t. Is this correct? While living in the States before, he didn't initially understand when people here would say this word while conversing with him.

Answer 5

Kilometer.

Actually the US pronunciation is more consistent with the rest of the metric system, so I guess this isn't a good example. :)

Answer 6

Are you talking about s-hit??!!

I know the Americans call it shee-it sometimes!! (or that's what it sounds like!)

Answer 7

garage

Answer 8

jaguar

Answer 9

coccyx
succinct
flaccid

Answer 10

Is it 'said'?