[语言交流]How Turks Learn English Pronunciation

How Turks Learn English Pronunciation Phonetics 101
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Note: The following tidbit was published in the Turkish daily Newspaper Sabah. It''s author had his tongue firmly planted in his cheekle cavity.
We translate and paraphrase... Remembering how to pronounce "Fish" in English
When he looks at the spelling of the English word ''fish'' a Turk''s instinct is to pronounce the word as "feee-sh". To help himself remember the correct pronunciation, he must memorize the character sequence ''ghoti''. After that, he simply needs to remember to pronounce the ''gh'' as in the English word ''tough'', the ''o'' as in the English word ''women'', the ''ti'' as in the English word ''nation'' -- and there you have it. F - I - SH...
[size=-2]Thanks to H. Ulu?1997
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Thesenext two come from a Turkish friend -- who swears he used them ascrutches when he first started learning English. Do we believe him?Well, we haven''t made up our minds yet. Anyway he says...As an English language pronunciation exercise, I used to repeat two phrases to myself over and over. The first one was, "I run each team". And the second was, "Why high, one why?". But to help me pronounce the phrases correctly, I''d say the Turkish phrases "Ayran i鐃im" and "Vay hayvan vay?" -- which gave me a close approximation of the sounds I wanted, though the syllable accenting wasn''t very good.
The first Turkish phrase means, "I drank Ayran" -- Ayran being a national drink of ours made from yogurt. The second one means, "Oh! animal oh!". And I''m not kidding, these phrases got me going --
taking my first baby steps in English!
[size=-2]Courtesy YS, May 1997