The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité. English poem.
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Uploaded by tonguetwisters170 on Aug 21, 2010
"The Chaos" is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation, written by Dutch writer, traveler and teacher Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), also known under the pseudonym Charivarius. It includes about 800 examples of irregular pronunciation, and first appeared in an appendix to the author's 1920 textbook Drop Your Foreign Accent: engelsche uitspraakoefeningen . ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaos I also found this on the web credited to George Bernard Shaw, but that seems to be incorrect, although I am sure he would have approved of and enjoyed it. Note chaotic lack of hairstyle (Einstein or Frankenstein?) to comport with the theme of "Chaos"
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Sward pron. Sw-ord, nor Swaard.
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key. - one too many 'I's between aye and whey
mauve pron. moh- v, not marv
aver pron. uh-vur, not a-vair
skein pron. skane, not skeen
victual = pron. vittle (vittler, a provider of vittles)
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mauve = moh- v, not marv
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american english
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are you a native speaker?
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Your hair. I approve. Indefinitely.
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finger was supposed to sound different from singer
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terpsicore was supposed to rhyme with trickery.
mrwhatshisname 8 months ago 4
@mrwhatshisname
[turp-sik-uh-ree]
nikolettakanakis 3 months ago 2