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[YoMomCrazy]

Is mayonnaise an instrument

[bibi14930]

i think ur videos are good. I just wish u didn't have to start and end the videos with some stupid weird arabian music! 

[ArtemisApollo26]

The thing they said was an oboe wasn't an oboe it was a soprano sax

[philnoll]

That's not how you say clarinet!

[Linguaspectrum]

@philnoll Yes, it is.

[philnoll]

@Linguaspectrum I looked up clarinet in the dictionary. It tells me to use an upside down e for the second syllable.

[Linguaspectrum]

@philnoll The upside down e, or "schwa", is the American pronunciation. I'm British and my videos concentrate on the British pronunciation. There are many differences between US and UK English pronunciation.

Merriam-Webster, the US authority on English, gives /klærəˈnet/ or /klerəˈnet/, while the OED, the UK authority on English, gives /ˈklærɪnet/ or /klærɪˈnet/.

For more information about the symbols used, see The Phonetic Chart - An Introduction on my website.

Thanks for your interest.

Richard

[zhoroscop]

instrâmânţ diĝâridu biugâl tènă sècsâfăun trampit tròmboun flut tiubă hon bès clèrinèt oubou rocodă pèn paips bòngău còngă sneă cau-bèl god acodiân tembâriin hènd bèl mârècâs simbâlz blòc traièngâl clèpă cèstâneţ gòng zailâfăun sistrâm drăm cit ĉelău ilèctric mèndâlin ăcustic gita hap bènĝou vaiâlin baleilaică iucâleili ciibod hamònică electrònic piènău

[ch3ckerfred]

that was a soprano sax not an oboe

[Linguaspectrum]

Thanks for the information and comment.

It's good to learn new things.

Best wishes,

Richard

[ch3ckerfred]

yeah no problem. good video

[MactheParodist]

@ch3ckerfred exactly! and also bongo is not bongo, conga is djembe....very many mistakes haha!

[Pujc]

informative THX!

[whatdaisyknew]

awesome