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Comment by Teacher Melanie on April 29, 2012 at 1:33

No, Anele! That's not my advice! This is a poem written by Gerard N. Trenité and he included that last line to make the poem rhyme. I do not advise anyone to give up studying English!

A lot of these words are difficult even for native speakers, Robbie! Don't worry about trying to understand every word of the poem - most native speakers don't even know all these words! I had to research many of these words.

Remember, everyone, the point of this video is not the vocabulary! It's just a fun poem that shows you the chaos of English pronunciation & spelling!

Mod Comment by Anele on April 25, 2012 at 0:19

....after that long litany of words....your advice is to give it up?  hahaha.....it's too challenging to give up now! This is one of a kind video, Teacher Melanie.

Mod Comment by Robbie on April 24, 2012 at 17:19

Wow! Great presentation! A wealth of vocabularies are real treasure. Thank goodness, the EC dictionary app is very useful here. My tongue was twisted a lot, but I enjoyed practicing those words. Maybe I should give up.....he he he.

Thanks for sharing this video, Teacher Melanie! : )

Comment by Teacher Melanie on January 29, 2012 at 21:32

Well, Thuonghuynh ... most native speakers don't even understand the poem! It's just to show how English spelling often doesn't match the pronunciation of the word! So, don't worry about understanding the poem! I didn't even know some of these words the first time I read this poem. You can read the words as I say them & match the pronunciation to the words.
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Comment by selma on January 26, 2012 at 10:37

Hi Melanie, thanks for the explanation,

because of seeing this poem was enough to get frustrated :)))

Comment by Teacher Melanie on January 18, 2012 at 19:34

Hi, Yasemin & Ohnie!
You're right - most native speakers have trouble with a lot of these words! I had to look up the pronunciation of a lot of words in the dictionary. I did this to show people that it's OK if you get frustrated with English, because even native speakers think it's a crazy language!
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SpamBuster Comment by Yasemin on January 18, 2012 at 19:31

After watchig this, I really don't worry about my pronunciation. I don't think many native speaker can get through this! heheh :)))

Comment by Ohnie on January 18, 2012 at 19:06

Very nice, Teacher Melanie.  Indeed, I had difficulty in pronouncing a lot of words.  I just didn't realized that there are different versions of this poem.