Pronounce this Poem

The Chaos is a poem with many pronunciation irregularities. Will any of you give it a try? Let's see your Audioboo recordings!

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Permalink Reply by Teresa Nguyen on January 10, 2012 at 10:46

Hello Teacher & everyone,

OMG, where is my tongue? I can't find it in my mouth now...lol...it's really difficult to read the poem fully. I'll try to read, but I'm not sure I can post my recording soon.

Hope you all enjoy very well with this poem :):):)...

Teresa

Permalink Reply by Gabriel Sowrian on January 10, 2012 at 13:36

Dear Tara!

Gosh! It’s evident from this poem that English is a tortuous language when it comes to pronunciation. Though the piece is a tough nut to crack, I find it challenging and don’t want to miss out on all the fun! Here’s my recording to be sized up by your kind self!

For the info of my fellow members, I’ve read the poem purely with a standard form of British pronunciation that I practise (Received Pronunciation) except the word “lather” as I want to make three different sounds of the letter ‘a’ in a row. Enjoy!

Best regards,

~ GS ~

AdminPermalink Reply by Tara Benwell on January 10, 2012 at 15:17

Wow! That was fantastic. Our members will find this so useful! You really did an excellent job. Thank you for taking the time to record this.

Permalink Reply by Gabriel Sowrian on January 11, 2012 at 2:14

Dear Tara!

Thank you very much for your appreciative comments; I felt flattered. It made me more than happy to learn that my little effort could prove useful to other members. I really and truly am grateful to you for coming up with the challenge!

Regards,

~ GS ~

Permalink Reply by Gabriel Sowrian on January 12, 2012 at 6:47

Hi JM…!

Thank you for your admiration. Girl, if you thought it best to humour the complication involved in reading the poem, you’ve succeeded! You know what? I burst out laughing when I read your phrase “…or just escape”! I like your sense of humour…!

Well! On a serious note, I suggest that you go for it. These things are sent to try us and we’ve to accept it though English (language) often tease us mercilessly! Hope to hear your voice very soon. Don’t worry about how many mistakes you make; it’s part and puzzle of learning! See you around!

Regards,

~ GS ~

Permalink Reply by Prostomolotova Galina on January 10, 2012 at 18:24

Gabriel, it's amazing! The poem is so long and contains so many challenging words...and you read it so perfectly! Bravo! Tara is right, personally I find it very useful. I've printed it and listened to it two times, making some notes. I think you're a real professional in everything connected with phonetics. I'm going to use this recording for my phonetic exercises. Thank you very much!

Permalink Reply by Gabriel Sowrian on January 11, 2012 at 3:42

Dear Galina!

I was overwhelmed by your words; you’ve written a very generous appraisal of my pronunciation capacity. I owe a debt of gratitude to you for you are the one I can count on whenever I need assistance or bitterly disappointed! You’ve been a willing helper to me from day one. Thanks a trillion, my friend!

Galina, I’m absolutely delighted by the manner how you are going to incorporate Tara’s poem and my recording in your phonetic exercises. This, I bet, will be a good illustration to show your students the inconsistency in the spelling and sound relationship of the English words. Good Luck!

Warm Regards,

~ GS ~

Permalink Reply by Ohnie on January 18, 2012 at 19:25

That was awesome, Gabriel. Very impressive!

Permalink Reply by Mayumi on January 22, 2012 at 7:17

Dear Gab...

You know what I did? I downloaded it and I always listening to it...

Thank you for reciting it for us..Wow! You are really a master of a masters!!

SpamBusterPermalink Reply by Oriani on September 29, 2012 at 17:19

Hi , Gabriel.

I couldn't be able to listen to it. It says that it has been deleted.

Permalink Reply by Gabriel Sowrian on September 29, 2012 at 17:50

Hello, Oriani!

The thing is "Vocaroo" will keep the audio files uploaded by a member, who registered under a 'Free Account', ONLY for a few months. After that they'll delete those files! That is why there's no sound coming from the Vocaroo audio player I've embedded here! (I was not aware of all these earlier!) I'm sorry for the disappointment, my friend!

This is the reason why I stopped using 'Vocaroo' voice recorder and began utilizing 'Audioboo' and 'Audiopal'. I may rerecord the poem and post it as a blog by itself; you never know! ;-)

Regards,

~*GS*~

Permalink Reply by janedvr on January 10, 2012 at 15:20