How do you say `quinoa`?

How do you say ‘quinoa’?
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What do you find the most difficult about English pronunciation?
B
Read the first part of the article and find out what things Brits struggle with the
pronunciation of and why, and what help they now have.
The Telegraph
Do you know how
to say ‘quinoa’?
The Co-Op and the Oxford
English Dictionary (OED)
teamed up earlier this year
to create a list of foreign
food names we struggle to
pronounce.
“When a new food or
drink becomes popular, we
keep an eye on how its name
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gets adapted into English,”
Catherine Sangster, head of
pronunciation at the OED,
told the i100.
“Some speakers will
want to say the name in
a completely authentic
manner, matching the
original language, and other
speakers will be influenced
by the spelling or prefer to
Anglicise the sounds.
“In the dictionary, we
give pronunciations that
are accurate and also reflect
the reality of how the word
is being spoken.”
b Do you pronounce foreign words matching the original language or do you adapt the
words to your own language?
B Read the next part of the article and complete the quiz.
pronounce
you
Can
‘prosciutto’?
How do you pronounce a) pro-shoot-oh
‘quinoa’?
b) pros-cute-oh
a) keen-wah b) kin-oh-ah
Can you pass the test?
What about ‘tzatziki’?
a) sat-ziki b) tsat-si-key
How do you pronounce
‘amuse bouche’?
a) Ahh-mooz-bush
b) A-moose boosh
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What about ‘gnocchi’?
a) Nyo-kee
b) Ger-nock-ee
c) Knock-ee
pronounce
you
Can
‘bouillabaisse’?
a) Boo-yah-behss
b) Boul-illa-bass
c) Boo-ill-a-bass
How do you say ‘quinoa’?
What about ‘Parmigiano a) Ah-sigh-ee
Reggiano’?
a) Par-mee-djah-no rehddjah-no
b) Parm-ig-arhn-oh regiahh-no
b) Ah-kai
pronounce
you
Can
‘nicoise’?
a) Ni-koi-se b) Ni-swaz
pronounce
you
Can
‘edamame’?
a) Ed-a-mar-me
b) Ed-a-mami
How about ‘acai’?
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What about ‘manchego’?
a) Man-say-go
b) Man-chay-go
Can you pronounce ‘rioja’?
a) Ree-oh-ha
b) Ree-oh-ja
pronounce
you
Can
‘chipotle’?
a) Chi-poat-lay
b) Chip-pottle
b Which of the foods mentioned in the article do you like? Are they pronounced the
same in your language?
VFind the following in the article:
1 a phrasal verb that means to work together with someone to achieve a particular aim
2 a verb that means to try hard to do something that you find very difficult
3 an expression that means to monitor someone or something closely
4 a verb that means to become
5 a noun that means the way that you do something
6 a verb that means to make someone or something more English
VComplete these sentences with the correct form of the words above:
1 My German grandfather ___________________ his surname Schmidt to Smith when he
settled in England in the 1940s.
2 I ________________________ with a friend to complete the new project on time.
3 They all ______________ very tired on the long walk home.
4 Can you ____________________________ the children while I go shopping?
5 They asked the demonstrators in a polite but firm _________________ to leave the
meeting.
6 I ______________________ to get up early. I am not a morning person.
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= Pronunciation in English is not easy. Here are some things to look out for.
Words which are spelt the same but are pronounced differently depending on their
meaning.
How do you pronounce and what is the meaning of the highlighted words in the
following sentences?
1 The farms produce high quality produce.
2 We must polish the Polish furniture.
3 They wrote down who would lead the mission with a lead pencil.
4 Please don’t desert me here in the desert.
5 I don’t object to the object in question, just to what he is doing with it.
6 The insurers told him the policy was invalid because the driver was an invalid.
7 They were too close to the door to close it.
8 We’re going to record the record in a studio in London.
Words which are spelt differently but pronounced the same.
Look at these words and try to think of another word that has the same pronunciation.
If you find it difficult, there is a clue in each case.
1 eight ____________ the past tense of a verb 2 I ____________ a part of the body
3 board ____________ not interested 4 write ____________ correct
5 meet ____________ something you eat 6 flew ____________ an illness
7 court ____________ the past tense of a verb
8 hole ____________ entire
9 new ____________ the past tense of a verb 10 our ____________ 60 minutes
Words which have a similar pronunciation and can be easily confused.
Look at these pairs of words and decide which is being read to you.
A
B
A
B
sheep
ship
fill
feel
bird
birth
hair
here
but
bud
bear
beer
three
free
work
walk
angry
hungry
world
word
were
where
heat
hit
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B Read the next part of the article and complete the quiz.
Answers:
How do you pronounce ‘quinoa’? a)
What about ‘tzatziki’? b)
Can you pronounce ‘prosciutto’? a)
How do you pronounce ‘amuse bouche’? b)
What about ‘gnocchi’? a)
Can you pronounce ‘bouillabaisse’? a)
What about ‘Parmigiano Reggiano’? a)
Can you pronounce ‘edamame’? a)
How about ‘acai’? a)
Can you pronounce ‘nicoise’? b)
Can you pronounce ‘chipotle’? a)
What about ‘manchego’? b)
Can you pronounce ‘rioja’? a)
VFind the following in the article:
1 team up
2 struggle
3 keep an eye on
4 get
5 manner
6 Anglicise VComplete these sentences with the correct form of the words above:
1 Anglicised
2 teamed up
3 got
4 keep an eye on
5 manner
6 struggle
Look at these words and try to think of another word that has the same pronunciation.
If you find it difficult, there is a clue in each case.
1 ate
2 eye
3 bored
4 right
5 meat
6 flu
7 caught
8 whole
9 knew
10 hour
Look at these pairs of words and decide which is being read to you.
Read word A or B to the students and get them to identify which one you are saying.