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Only Lord knows how I managed to learn English (as my 2nd language). Must have a good sense for it phonetically.

Your work on this is remarkable. How witty to put all this together ~ BRAVO! ~ and thanks Ian for sending it to me ;o)

@mmbmbmbmb Lord knows how ANYONE manages to learn English! = ) Thank you for your kind words! I had a lot of fun putting this video together. Even though I did a lot of research, I still got some words wrong!

TeacherMelanie 5 days ago

@TeacherMelanie ~ whoever manages to find something wrong with your utmost intelligent ~ yet also highly entertaining contribution ... is, in my opinion, nothing but a petty mistake-picker (look up that word ;o) ~ I think I just created it)

Thanks again ~ and kind regards from Canada

mmbmbmbmb 5 days ago

i love this poem they help me at pronunciation of the chaos

thanks to you TeacherMelanie that you post these poem.

lou0918 6 days ago

@lou0918 I'm so happy that you liked this poem! I had so much fun making this video. = )

TeacherMelanie 6 days ago

I've admired for a while your video as probably the best non-British reading anywhere online - including your presentation! I've done a recording of the longer version of the poem and would be interested in your observations (see my channel)

brumplum 3 weeks ago

Our langauage can be so confusing... arrgghhh!

:D

JosephTeachesEnglish 1 month ago

Hi, I noticed that you mispronounced two words not related to town names. 1. topsails: while 'top-seyl' is an acceptable pronunciation in American (and Canadian) English, the correct pronunciation of this nautical term is 'TOP-suh'l' because the vowel sound is reduced in the unaccented syllable. 2. Housewife: it's not referring to a married woman who manages a household. It's a British term for a sewing box and is pronounced 'HUHZ-if'. After all, they're highlighting the tricky stuff!

djweaverbeaver 1 month ago

@djweaverbeaver Thank you for pointing those things out! I thought it was odd that 'housewife' was included in the poem. As I said in the description, the only person who can pronounce this poem perfectly is the author himself! = )

TeacherMelanie 1 month ago

i didnt like that video.

xausyy 1 month ago

@xausyy You're not alone! Not everyone is a fan of the poem. = )

TeacherMelanie 1 month ago

"wont" is pronounced the same as 'want' - not to be confused with "won't" (nb apostrophe between n and t), which is pronounced 'wont'!

davidenespana 1 month ago

@davidenespana According to Cambridge Dictionaries Online, the noun & adjective form 'wont' is pronounced /woʊnt/.

TeacherMelanie 1 month ago

@TeacherMelanie Yup. It seems to be variable. I've always gone the other way.

davidenespana 1 month ago

@TeacherMelanie hmm. Obviously some variation on this one. dictionary-dot-reference-dot-com/browse/wont

davidenespana 1 month ago

Topsham is pronounced pretty much as it is written - Top-Sh'm, with the 'a' heavily de-emphasised. not as in your rendition, Top-sam, ommitting the 'h'. How do I know? Well I've been there many times. It's a small resort town on the River Exe estuary in the county of Devon, England.

davidenespana 1 month ago

@davidenespana I appreciate you taking the time to help me with the pronunciation of certain words! As I said in the description, the only person who can pronounce every word properly is the author himself. My research indicates that it may have been pronounced 'Top-sum' in the past, so I went with what I thought the author had intended. He wouldn't have included it in the poem if it was pronounced as it looks. There is also a Topsham, Maine, where it's pronounced 'Top-sum.'

TeacherMelanie 1 month ago

@TeacherMelanie Ha! I went for the English English pronunciation due to the prevalence of British place names - Reading, Balmoral, Topsham, Dover, Worcester - OK... now you'll tell me these are all also in the USA., which I'm sure they are. ;-)

As this poem amused me, I've had a pop at it and uploaded - First readthrough, unedited. This is also my first upload to Youtube youtu_dot_be/XqEwugxZimw I'm a Londoner, and speak what I consider to be standard English.

davidenespana 1 month ago

@TeacherMelanie Interesting what Wikipedia has to say on this. "There is some difference of opinion on the correct pronunciation of the town. Generally it is referred to as 'topshum' /'tɔpʃʌm/ with the sh sounded as in shoe. Local pronunciation amongst older native Devonians, however, is 'topsum' /'tɔpsəm/ with the s being sounded as in some and the -ham suffix being reduced to um."

- there aren't many 'older native Devonians' left in Topsham these days!

davidenespana 1 month ago

Hats off to you!! I am en ESL teacher - I am very impressed! I will use this in my classes :)

michellemar9 1 month ago

@michellemar9 Thank you so much! I hope your students enjoy the poem. = )

TeacherMelanie 1 month ago

This is the best version of "The Chaos" that I've seen. Great job!

EscherSketcher 1 month ago

@EscherSketcher Thank you for your kind words! I watched a lot YouTube videos of the poem & did a lot of research trying to find the right pronunciation for many of the words. It was fun! = )

TeacherMelanie 1 month ago

Love it! what a great idea, Melanie!

EnglishForTwo 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos

@EnglishForTwo Thanks, Kerry! It was so much fun putting this video together. = )

TeacherMelanie 1 month ago

Ah yes! The 'answers' for the poem now circulating in the net!

Hmm, but at 8:06 there's a mistake with groats/grits, no?

AWS137 1 month ago

Thanks a lot for this video... I am very happy that I knew how to proper pronounce about 90% of these word properly and most of those I did not I didn't even know their meaning.

Now I am even more comfortable with my english skills... Time to get this good at a third language I guess!

Tarcha 1 month ago

That's awesome! There were a lot of words in this poem that I had never seen before (Terpsichore?!), so I had to look up the correct pronunciation of a lot of words. It was a lot of fun! Good luck to you with your third language! = )

TeacherMelanie 1 month ago

This is very good, but it's an English poem with American pronunciation, which is why "four" doesn't rhyme with "Arkansas" here, while it does in British English. :) Also, in the original, "ass, glass, bass" are three different pronunciations (the a in bass being pronunced as in "make").

LaVFdeJL 1 month ago

great video!!! really amazing!!! so much to learn from! thank you! :)

mancho455 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos

@mancho455 You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it = ) Happy New Year!

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago

Thanks^^

LinhoZing 2 months ago

great video!! espero que continues publicando mas videos como estos.

efra829 2 months ago

@efra829 Thank you! I will try my best to make more pronunciation videos, but unfortunately I don't think there are any more poems like this.

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago

Woow that is great! All confusing things are mentioned in one place.That is time-saver for sure.Plus with a rhyme:)

dhnacr 2 months ago

@dhnacr I know! Thank you = ) It's such a fun poem. I'm glad you find it useful!

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago

Thumbed up :) This is what ESL speakers are looking for. English words sometimes tricks people with their appearances. Keep working .

VietnamEyesTalk 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos

@VietnamEyesTalk Thanks! This was a really fun video to put together. English words trick even native speakers! = )

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago

Excelente...gracias...

w1nos 2 months ago

@w1nos You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it = )

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago

I really admire your work ,teacher Melanie

Tariq1409 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos

@Tariq1409 Thank you for your kind words! = ) I'm glad you enjoy my English lessons!

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago

Wow... what a nice is to find something like this... I've been searching something with that pronunciation and finally I find it here. So thank you. I think that could help a lot in pronunciation and understanding the English language.

yalejompze 2 months ago

@yalejompze I'm glad that this video was helpful to you! Don't worry about learning every single word in this poem - I had never heard of some of these words before and I had to research the pronunciation of many words! = )

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago

Sorry, Awesome

JMANZANARE 2 months ago

I was only joking, I really find it AWSOME, thanks you a lot for your job and your kind advice.

JMANZANARE 2 months ago

@JMANZANARE You are very kind! = )

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago

The moral: give it up

JMANZANARE 2 months ago

@JMANZANARE No!!! You should NOT give it up! Don't take the advice. Most native speakers would have trouble with this poem (I had to research how to pronounce some of these words!) = )

TeacherMelanie 2 months ago