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Many words that begin with “W” are mispronounced. This has become so commonplace that even many English teachers overlook it! No wonder this error has continued to perpetuate.
To be pronounced correctly, these words require a “wh” sound on the first “W” letter in the word. However, this “wh” sound (requiring a bit of forced air from the diaphragm to achieve the “wh” sound) has, over time (due to lazy inattention?), been dropped from many “W” starting words, and so the sound has mostly, and even popularly, been kept entirely silent!
This has been a disaster to the English language as it actually changes the meaning of many words. Take a look at these examples of changing word meaning by leaving out the “wh” sound from the beginning “W”:
Which as in “Which one?” Without the “wh” sound, it becomes “witch” as in “That witch can fly!”
Where as in “Where are you?” Without the “wh” sound, it become “wear” as in “You wear pants.”
Whale as in “That whale can swim,” Without the “wh” sound, it becomes “wail” as in “Sad enough to wail.”
Whet as in “This stone whet my knife,” Without the “wh” sound, it becomes “wet” as in “Rain is wet.”
Why as in “Why are you sad?” Without the “wh” sound, it clearly becomes the alphabet letter “Y.”
Whether as in “Whether I live or die...” Without the “wh” sound, it becomes “weather” as in “Lovely weather isn’t it.”
Whine as in “Big girls don’t whine.” Without the “wh” sound, it becomes “wine” as in “Drink that Italian wine.”
Whey as in “Good milk makes good whey.” Without the “wh” sound, it becomes “way” as in “No way will I eat a grasshopper.”
Whig as in “In early America, the Whig Party existed.” Without the “wh” sound, it becomes “wig” as in “Due to hair loss, I wear a wig.”
Many other mispronounced “wh” words don’t change meaning except to the degree that they can confuse hearers because they are simply not pronounced correctly. Butchered “wh” words sometimes leave the grammar educated hearer smiling at the child-like error and wondering why so many “wh” words are mispronounced by supposedly educated people who should obviously know better.
Some of the mispronounced words that don’t change their meaning are: when / wen, while / wile, whang / wang, wharf / warf, white / wite, wheel / weel, whim / wim, wheat /weet, whack / wak, what / wut, whatever / wutever, whiff / wif, whinny / winny, wheeze / weeze, whew / hew, whittle / wittle, whiz / wiz, whirl / wurl, whisky / wisky, whisper / wisper, whooping cough / hooping cough, whoopee / woopee.
Go through this above list a few times, pronouncing the correct “wh” words, then repeat the exercise every week for a few weeks. You can overcome these English errors. This is very basic for speaking good English, and with persistence you can be a master over the “wh” sound even if most other people you associate with are unaware of the correct pronunciation.
If you want to be average and have your conversations remain neutral, sometimes boring, and never stand out, then fill your sentences with as many common everyday words as possible. However, if you want to catch people’s interest, hold their attention, and obtain their esteem, you will need to add more interest and power into your vocabulary. Doing this creates a win win situation for both you and your audience or friends.
Some very overused and thus boring and tiresome words we frequently keep hearing are: Awesome, cool, man, dude, guys (when incorrectly referring to both genders), far out, I’m good, gross, my bad.
Addressing someone by their first given name is nearly always a winning alternative. "Dude" is a popular yet commonly misused word. If most people knew its true origin, they might not use it so inappropriately. A dude is now defined in several ways: A beau (boyfriend), a high class person, or a pretty boy.
In the early American wild west, wealthy eastern city folk unfamiliar with the frontier clothing and lifestyle would vainly dress inappropriately in mostly city made "western attire" and travel west to vacation at a cowboy working ranch. These tourist catering ranches soon became known as "Dude Ranches" which offered lodging, meals, horseback riding, campfires, hiking, etc. Typically, rich eastern visitors too often unwittingly made themselves into a tongue-in-cheek laughing stock.
Thus arose the popular American origin of the word "dude" -- a rich "know nothing about ranching" imitation cowboy. Obviously, there are far more nice and appropriate titles to use today when addressing your friends.
Here are some alternate suggestion words for overcoming some of these mangy overused outbursts, and which may rekindle conversational interest:
“Awesome” and “cool” substitute words: Beautiful, amazing, outstanding, wonderful, charming, moving, heart touching, revealing, jaw dropping, powerful, spot-on, enriching, gracious, right-on, animating, entertaining, intriguing, tremendous, marvelous, exciting, ingratiating, surprising, very good, conspicuous, excellent, praiseworthy, miraculous, luminous, winning, astonishing, unbelievable, prominent, outshining, distinguished, outlandish, overdone, outrageous, kingly, queenly, princely, honor-worthy, power-punch, so musical, heart stopping, so rare, perfect.
Substitute any of these above words for “awesome” and “cool” and watch how much more intelligent and colorful your conversations become.
“Gross” substitute words: Awful, disgusting, bad, nasty, sickening, yuck, yucky, distasteful, unpleasant, agitating, irritating, offensive, tedious, unruly, rambunctious, disorderly, boisterous, sadistic, snot-nosed, creep, low-life, stupid, inept, dorky, insignificant.
“Man” and “guys” substitutes: friend(s), people, folks, associates, teammates, hey you, lover boy, lover girl, hey guy or guys (for males only. A big mistake many people make is including females as guys!), hey girl or girls, hello lady or ladies. Greetings (or welcome) everyone.
When addressing by occupation, or affiliation: fellow classmates (or fellow gun owners, swimmers, campers, artists, workers, etc.). When you feel it is appropriate, you might address by profession using either a first or last name: Doctor Smith, Attorney Smith, Fisherman Joe, Driver Smith, Teacher Smith, Salesman Sam, Fire Fighter Henry, News Reporter Smith, etc.
Unfortunately, “My bad” is a negative phrase that has recently become common. Besides being poor English slang, you are in fact simply stating that you are a bad person as opposed to a good person. This is very different than saying, “I made a mistake,” which is actually what you are trying to say. Simply say, “My mistake,” “My fault,” or “Sorry, my error.”
If you say negative bad things about yourself, you are subconsciously recording them in your mind and after repeating them, over time your subconscious mind will accept them as true. You thereby subconsciously belittle, deceive, and hurt yourself!
To live a happier more progressive life, always try to find and emphasize the positive side of situations. Positivity betters yourself subconsciously and energizes you in both mind and body. You can do this. Also, with effort, if you try, you can find positive sides to unhappy events — even in some very negative circumstances.
Corrupted word contractions: These are bad English and tend to lessen the status or intelligence of the word user: Here are some of the worst: gunna, might-uh, got-ta, haf-ta, hope-ta, can’t-cha, will-ya, got-cha, see-ya. Prove yourself brighter by eliminating these corrupted contractions; instead say it right, “I’m going to...,” “We have got to…,” etc.
Filler words are tedious dribble. A filler word is a meaningless word, phrase, or sound that fills in an unwanted pause or hesitation in speech.Technically known as pause fillers or hesitation forms, some of the common filler words in English are: Um, uh, er, ah, well, like, right, and-and, okay, you know. Rather than use them, its so much better to just let the pause happen, saying nothing.
Among the worst, most popular, and frequently used fill-in culprits is “like.” Overuse and complete misuse of “like” such as in the following sentences is too common among teens, and strangely enough, it is also spilling over into adult use. Note the following example:
“We were just craving chocolate ice cream, like, in a cone, because cones are so, like, really crunchy. And so we, like, started running straight to “Dream Ice Cream,” like, we had to have it, like, right now! That place! It’s, like, really the best!”
Best advice, don’t overuse slang words, and don’t use “like” as a slang word at all. Smart people will actually “like” and admire your grammar much more if you don’t.
Commonly overused words are tedious
The true English sound is "WH"arf
Beautiful Prince's Wharf at Heart of the City
Auckland, Australia
Mispronounced "Wh" words can confuse hearers and cause you to appear less intelligent
The windy exhilaration of riding on a ferris "wh"eel reminds us that the "wh" sound is also made with a little wind from the diaphragm.
An easy way to catch people's
interest is to attract them with
uncommon words
This astonishing fishing princess outshines many older sportsmen with her skillful winning catches.
(Note the usual boring "cool" or "awesome"
words are not relied upon!)
Speeding along by learning and practicing descriptive words and words tailored for a situation is rewarding and life changing!
Take time to relax your mind and body. Fishing success takes time and patience.
Be positive and review the grammar you
learn so you can use it much better.
Filler words are irritating and unwanted
Sailfish are one of the most spectacular to catch at up to ten feet long! And they can swim 70 miles per hour! Bullhead Catfish are slow moving bottom mud dwellers. Will your use of English soar like a sailfish or linger slovenly, more like a Bullhead? Please absorb the advice offered in this website and add more success into your life!
Catching "appealing communication" requires skilled use of your most effective
"fly words."
A "top fisherman's" secret for success!
We can wish and hope for the success we desire, but until we study, plan, and work
with passion toward that goal, it will remain
a mere wish -- a misty unfulfilled dream.
Words that are vulgar and what we call “swear words” often get bleeped out on sound media, such as TV and movies that are not X-rated. This is the norm for moral societies that are governed by principles that enable the “good” to flourish and that which (remember to say this “wh”ich) … which is “evil” be suppressed for the general progressive happiness and welfare of a good society.
Obviously, there is healthy uplifting language as opposed to unhealthy degrading language. We can also call these opposites clean and dirty language.
Some strong opposite conditions are: love-hate, friend-enemy, happy-sad, clean-dirty, forgiving-unforgiving, jealous-generous, healthy-diseased, kind-unkind, etc.
If an opposite quality tends to life, health, and long-term happiness we generally classify it as good, and if it tends to bring death, sickness, and long term unhappiness we generally classify it as not good to some degree or bad.
Many words and phrases we use are simply descriptive of events without showing any particular moral value.
As most people by far desire moral goodness and happiness, society enacts punishments for actions that rebel against and interfere with the moral goodness and happiness of others.
People who participate in violent acts of harm to others are rightfully punished and/or rehabilitated according to the nature and severity of their crimes. The proper use of written and spoken language also reflects this moral position established by society.
Bad immoral people tend to hide their bad actions and behavior to avoid being punished by moral laws. This also happens with bad language. Immoral people have promoted immoral language that they love to use, and have successfully hidden some of it!
Some language meanings are bad and immoral, but the words and phrases occasionally become popular and are not obvious to a less aware and morally supportive general public.
Here are some examples of disguised bad language and slang which a morally good person —likely meaning you — can now become aware of and avoid using:
SCREW — Some commonly used immoral words and phrases have blatant sexual meanings that are hidden from many people without them even realizing it:
“Screw you, I’ve been screwed, that’s a screwy deal, we’ve all been screwed. He screwed me in spite of that promise. Whassup dude?... Oh, I’ve just been screwing around, screw it, etc.”
Be smart and keep your speech clean, Use “screw” only when it applies to screws and bolts, not as bad slang with your social interactions.
SUCKS — If something turns out bad, or someone doesn’t like the situation they often use the word “suck” not realizing what it really refers to which is actually a deviant sexual act. "That sucks, that really sucks." “You low-life c=ck sucker,” "He’s just a sucker."
Many people, unaware of its sexual derivative, believe “sucker” only means a gullible person, or only refers to something unpleasant or gone awry with no sexual affiliation. If someone says, “That math problem really sucks,” that person obviously does not realize what this deviant pseudo-transformed word “sucks” is technically saying in our present society.
Although it has become common slang — mostly misused by many out of ignorance — if its true identity were known by most everyone, it would likely never have become acceptable slang except by vulgar people.
Other degrading and bad swear words are often used at times when highly emotional events occur. Extreme expressions of disgust, dismay, sorrow, exhilaration, astonishment, hate, love, pain, etc. may evoke any of the following words or phrases:
God, G=d dam, dammit to h=ll, Je==s Ch===t, for Ch===t’s sake, and other similar phrases that take the name of God in vain (disrespectfully).
For professed Christians and Muslims that honor their religious faith, this is a sin (one of ten commandments that God wrote with his finger on stone tablets as a favor to reform the recently enslaved Hebrew Israelis from their wicked saturation in Egyptian paganism, and to help them recognize and worship the real God of heavenly powers.
Such blasphemous phrases also include uses of an acronym such as OMG or a word like geez (the first syllable of Jesus’ name) or gosh (a modified form of God). For Christians, such flippant use of sacred words and any similar language disrespectful of deity and of the sacred blessing powers of deity should be repented of.
For others, including atheists, it may not be considered a sin, but is, nonetheless, hurtful and very offensive for many Christians and other religious worshipers of God to hear.
Expressive swear words that might be an offense to any religious group or believer in a god should always be avoided. If you feel like you must vocally vent your strong feelings, choose ahead of time some benign inoffensive words that you can resort to.
Alternative Suggestions: Crazy, absolutely crazy! Foolish, just plain foolish! Hot Ziggity! Wow! Am I dreaming?! Love it - love it! Tootie-fruitie!, Crash bang boom! Zip my lip! Talk about hot! Hot hot hot! Tough, but all is forgiven! Blast my dynamite! Shut up! What in the blazes?! Amazed - I’m simply amazed! Get out of here!
Be creative and possibly compose your own better and more personal expressions. But best of all, little by little if needs be, learn to control any arising strong negative emotional outburst by taking five very deep breaths, slowly breathing in and out each time, and repeating in your mind something like this, “I will relax, all is well.”
Shouldn’t all sexually related and nasty degrading swear words such as: F=ck, sh=t, cr=p, a=s h=le, but= h=le, he=l, dam=tt, and their related derivative phrases be removed from the mind and mouth of every good person?
Let us all take the pure-in-heart loving advice handed out by Thumper the Rabbit, a charming character in the classic Walt Disney movie “Bambi.” When something with mean intent had been spoken, Thumper was reminded of advice his father once gave to him, so Thumper suddenly turned about scornfully and said, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”
Most people can tell the difference between singular and plural words and phrases, but for some strange reason the following bad use of mixing singular with plural is one that many people are very used to hearing, and so they thoughtlessly stumble with it.
With careful thought, it is easy to realize it is wrong to do this, so just don’t do it!
Never say, “these ones!” An example of mixing singular with plural: “Do you prefer the blue cups to these red ones?” These is plural, and one is singular, but "ones" is a word rarely used except in uncommon speech conditions such as an indefinite pronoun which becomes an impersonal ‘you’ such as: "One should always be kind" or "It depends upon one’s ability." Otherwise the use is a fatal attempt to make "one" into a plural!
Say “this one” or “these,” but never say "these ones"! The description is either singular or plural, but it cannot be a mixture of both.
This is the correct sentence: “Do you prefer the blue cups to these red cups?” Simply never say, “these ones!”
Some words should simply always be pronounced correctly! Please don't allow your speech to to use the following very bad "shiver worthy" pronunciations:
Say "pure" as in her, not "p-your" as in shore. Say endure as in pure, not as "en-door." Say "adult" as in result, not "add-ult." Caribbean- Americans say "cur-rib-e-un," but the British often say "carr-i-be-an." Either one is OK, but when in America use the American version.
Say "for sale," don't say "for sell" or "this item is on sell," but do say "I will sell this car," and "this item is on sale,"
A long list of words that end with an "L" somewhere in the last two letters are often pronounced wrong: The "A" in these words is correctly pronounced with a strong "A" as in "aim" or "angel." Say ail not el, bail or bale not bell, Dale (a name) or dale (a small valley) not dell, gale (a strong wind), not gel as in bell. It is hail not hell, jail not jel, kale not kel, mail not mel, nail not nel, pail or pale not pel, quail not quel, rail not rel, sail not sell, tail not tell, trail not trell, yale not yell, exhale not ex-hell.
Many people don't know which to use, but it can be easy if you follow these simple rules.
Note that "she" or "he" is always followed by a verb (an action word such as likes, finds, goes, plays) and usually further followed by a noun (a noun is a person, place, or thing, such as boy, home, salt, dog).
Examples: She likes cake. Tell me if he can go. She and he walked away.
Use "her or his" at the end of a sentence when preceded immediately by a verb. Otherwise "her" or "his" is always followed by a noun.
Examples: Her dress is white. Go and find her. That was his concern and hers.
There are literally dozens of topics and examples that would further propel us along in our English usage to better “say it right.” However, adding any further more complex suggestions that might improve our English grammar would reach beyond the primary goal of this website — that of presenting a few remarkably effective basics that can provide correction and sparkle to our basic English use.
This website was created as a quick and fundamental guide to remind all who visit here that correctly grasping just a few important fundamentals of our English grammar will greatly enhance our lives and allow us to communicate much more clearly and intelligently.
We can be understood and appreciated much better! Isn’t that exciting to realize? After all, who doesn’t desire to talk with more appealing grammatical smoothness and alacrity?
Here’s wishing you a lifetime of happiness! Be assured that ever seeking the "good" in life will eventually bring remarkable success to you and your loved ones, now, today, and always!
Words best not ever used at all!
So, what is good and bad language?
Never mix singular with plural
Severely mispronounced words produce bad English without you even knowing it!
Easy use of she or her, he or his
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Oh, how I wish I hadn't said that. I've got to control my language. I will do better!
I must do better!
Relax as you enjoy your fishing. You can eventually pull in words that will taste especially great on everyone's plate!
At times when we are angry, disappointed, frustrated or feel betrayed we tend to vent our emotions with extremely negative outbursts that verify our unhappy or grief-stricken
state of mind.
We can feel listless and stuck. We might resemble an old decaying
ship with a useless broken rudder
Steel screws are very different from the cleverly hidden sexual slang expression
of being screwed
Sucking on straws is clearly very different than the cleverly hidden sexual slang that promotes the word "suck."
Don't let bad disguised words fool you.
Moreover, disrespecting and
railing about God, damnation, sexual sins, manure, and other stinky excrement simply identifies a person as one who has lost control and is feeling extreme mental pain. If this is sometimes you, step out of the putrid mire and wash yourself off. Make the change. Don't allow yourself to suffer on with scars of filthy swearing and becoming darkened low life!
A representation of God's ten directives for a happier life given through prophet Moses. By living these laws, God would further bless the Hebrew colony banished from Egypt.
Crowds of people were anxious to hear Jesus' parables and advice for happiness some of whom he had healed from illnesses including leprosy, deafness, and blindness.
Thumper reminds us that saying bad things, including bad language, takes away from everyone's happiness.
Notice how this black key can change the sound between these white keys.
Learn a few basic fishing rules
well, and with persistence, you
will land big fish! Learn a little
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