‘Omicron’ and ‘Eilish’ Among Most Mispronounced Words of 2021 — VOA Learning English
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Each year brings a new set of words that are widely used but difficult to pronounce.
Among the terms making the 2021 list were a new version of the coronavirus, a superstar singer and the names of two digital currencies.
The list identifies words that were most often mispronounced by American newsreaders and television presenters. The U.S. Captioning Company chose the words. It creates captions for live events on television and in courtrooms.
The creation of the list was supported by the language-learning company Babbel. Esteban Touma is a teacher for the company’s Babbel Live service. He said, “As a language teacher, it’s always interesting to see that some of these terms are usually new…
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