Accent Mastery

Here are 5 of the most commonly mispronounced words:

Espresso (often mispronounced as "expresso")
Nuclear (often mispronounced as "nucular")
Mischievous (often mispronounced as "mischievious")
Ask (often mispronounced as "aks")
Sherbet (often mispronounced as "sherbert")

What other words can you think of that are often mispronounced?

Accents are a very important component in the way individual is perceived in a professional setting. This academic paper investigates how significantly a person’s accent affects the way they are perceived as an individual.

The author discusses stereotypes associated with different accents and also explores why certain accents are considered to be more attractive or prestigious than others. The author concludes that it is important to be aware of how accents alter our judgments about others and how we might be perceived, based on the way that we speak.https://inkblotuoft.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/alexandra1.pdf