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Hello everyone, and welcome back
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to English with Lucy.
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Today, I've got a pronunciation video for you.
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I'm going to teach you how to pronounce
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ten commonly mispronounced girls' names.
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So I've got ten of the most popular names
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in the UK that are commonly mispronounced.
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So if you have any of these names yourself,
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you're going to have to say it a million times
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on the phone, spell it out for people,
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correct people.
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Sometimes you might get so bored of it
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that you don't even bother correcting people any more.
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So let me know if you have this name
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and how you deal with people mispronouncing it all the time.
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Now some of these are mispronounced because
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there are various different ways of pronouncing them.
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So I will go through those and if I miss any out,
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comment down below.
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So this video is a pronunciation lesson.
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If you want to improve your speaking
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and pronunciation even further,
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a great alternative to reading books
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is listening to audiobooks.
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And you can read the book at the same time as listening.
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And you can hear how the words are pronounced.
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You can get 30 days for free on Audible.
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That's a whole free audiobook of your choosing.
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The link is in the description box
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along with some of my audiobook recommendations
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if you want to learn the British English accent.
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And I've got some recommendations for American as well.
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Let's get started with the lesson.
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The first one is this one.
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So the official pronunciation of this name is Siobhan,
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but obviously you can name your baby whatever
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you want to name it.
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So if you want to call it Siobhan, that is absolutely fine.
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It's a lovely name as well.
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I think I actually had more Siobhans in my year
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at school than I did Siobhans.
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Yeah, you can call it what you want,
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but commonly mispronounced, so be careful.
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The next one is a gorgeous name.
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I absolutely love this name.
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It is this one.
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And the S is silent.
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And this causes some confusion.
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It should be Isla.
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Isla.
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I think I just love any name with like the I sound in it.
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I think it's so beautiful.
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Isla.
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Now the next one is actually a combination of
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two names.
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And this is mispronounced purely because
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people misread it.
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So we've got Kristin and Kirstin.
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Kristin, Kirstin.
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But yes, a number of times I've emailed
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someone called Kristin, and I've greeted them as Kirstin.
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And it gets a bit embarrassing.
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So yeah, be extra, extra careful over
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Kristin and Kirstin
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Number four, there is no right or wrong with this one.
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You can say Eva, or you can say Eva.
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The best thing to do is just ask.
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Number five, much like Eva or Eva
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is Kyra or Kyra.
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With this particular spelling, it could be either or.
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It could be either Kyra or Kyra.
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But with other spellings,
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it could be a little bit more clear.
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The next one, another one where you really should just ask.
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Is it Mia or is it Mia?
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Who knows.
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Ask the poor person.
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The next one is confusing
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purely because it has three vowels in a row.
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Oh my God.
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It should be pronounced Gaia, Gaia.
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But I'm pretty sure there will be someone in the world
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that calls it Gaia.
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Actually on that line of thought,
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one of my school teachers was actually called Gay,
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which comes from the meaning happy.
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But yeah, bit of a shame, actually.
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It's not a name that I hear so frequently nowadays.
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Next one.
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Anything containing "Lee" spelled like this.
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So it could Leigh on its own.
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It could be Ashleigh.
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People who have this in their name
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frequently complain of being called "lay" or Ash "lay",
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et cetera.
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Next, we have this one.
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Now obviously it depends on the parent.
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This one should actually be Kaia
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like in Mya.
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Some people might pronounce it by saying Kaia.
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And the last one is this one.
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Again it depends on the parent.
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It could be Layla, or it could be Layla.
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I personally prefer Layla because it's got that
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I sound in it, which I think is so beautiful.
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Right, guys.
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That's it for today's video.
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I hope you enjoyed it.
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And I hope you learned something.
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Those were ten popular girls' names
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that are commonly mispronounced.
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Comment below if you have a name that is often
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said or spelled incorrectly.
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Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.
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And I have my Twitter.
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And I will see you soon for another lesson.