Deborah Oyioka

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

LEASE as /liiz/? ❎
LEASE as /liiz/? ❎

LOOSE as /luuz/? ❎
LOOSE as /luuz/ ❎

Friends, the S in these words takes the unvoiced sound /s/ of SIP, not the voiced sound /z/ of ZIP.

★LEASE as /liis/ ✅
★LOOSE as /luus/ ✅

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

QUASH as /kwash/? ❎
QUASHED as /kwasht/? ❎

SQUASH as /skwash/? ❎
SQUASHED as /skwasht/? ❎

Friends, the A in these words takes the short low back sound /o/ just like in the word SQUAT /skwot/ or WHAT /wot/.

★/kwosh/ ✅
★/kwosht/ ✅

★/skwosh/ ✅
★/skwosht/ ✅

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

LAUNCH as /'lau-nch/? ❎
LAUNCH AS /'lau-nch/? ❎

Friends, the AU in LAUNCH is a digraph (a combination of TWO LETTERS representing ONE SOUND), and it represents the long low back sound /o/ (/oo/).

The part LAU— takes the sounding /loo/, not /lau/.

★LAUNCH as /'loonch/ ✅

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

ARE THEY HOMOPHONES? NO

BAD & BUD? ❎
BAG & BUG? ❎
CAP & CUP? ❎
HAT & HUT? ❎

BARRED & BIRD? ❎
BARN & BURN? ❎
HARD & HERD? ❎
PARK & PERK? ❎

★You use slightly different VOWEL SOUNDS for the words in each of the above pairs.

They are MINIMAL PAIRS, not HOMOPHONES.

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

DEBUT as /dibut/? ❎
DEBUT as /debut/? ❎
DEBUT as /dibat/? ❎

Many people "innocently" mispronounce this word due to lack of proper guidance.

It has two correct/alternative pronunciations:
★DEBUT as /'debiuu/ ✅
★DEBUT as /'deibiuu/ ✅

[Deborah Oyioka @debbiecoxie]

@lindahoguttu Z

[Motivational Quotes @motivational]

Admit your mistakes

[Motivational Quotes @mo_15228584587]

"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues." - Rene Descartes http://t.co/lfrlrvSML0

[Motivational Quotes @motivational]

The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime. -unknown

[John-Allan Namu @johnallannamu]

Arresting and charging the boda boda riders involved in that horrifying incident is important and should happen. Harder but necessary will be to go deeper & start to eliminate the culture that normalized mens preying on and brutalizing women. Both the barons and boda guys do this

[Motivational Quotes @motivational]

Working hard to change

[Motivational Quotes @motivational]

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. -Henry Ford

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

DEVELOP, DEVELOP, DEVELOP

Friends, the first E in this word takes the short high front sound /i/, not sound /e/.

You say "di'velop", not "de'velop".

The noun form DEVELOPMENT is pronounced "di'velopment", not "de'velopment" that we commonly hear and 'innocently' use locally.

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

RECIPE as "ri'saip"? NO
REQUISITE as "rikwisait"? NO

Friends, RECIPE is pronounced "resipi/resapi", NOT "ri'saip".

Meanwhile, REQUISITE is pronounced "rekwizit", NOT "rikwisait".

But NOBODY in this world is perfect/spotless.

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

ANSWERS
1. MACE
2. ONUS
3. YEAST

A special salute to @Calebodipo, @DrKomboC, and @OwitiSeth1 for getting everything right.

I also salute @mwengamwega, @HalkeHd, and @mangua_duke.

*See the phonetic transcriptions of the wrong words that were also given in the attempts.

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

Remember that CACHE is pronounced "kash", not "kashe/kashei" as commonly mistaken locally.

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

THIS WORD 'COUNSEL': Friends, many people often mispronounce this word as ''kansl'' which is for CANCEL. We should remember that COUNSEL is pronounced with the vowel glide ''au'' - ''kaunsl'', just like COUNCIL. [COUNSEL and COUNCIL are homophones.] @KTNNews @KTNNewsKE @KTNKenya

[Deborah Oyioka @debbiecoxie]

@WilliceOchieng1 @KTNNews @KTNNewsKE @KTNKenya collision

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

WHICH IS WHICH: The words DESERT (noun) and DESERT (verb) are pronounced differently. The noun DESERT (a large area of land with very little water and very few plants) is pronounced ''dezat'', but the verb DESERT (to abandon/leave) is ''di'zaat''. @KTNNews @KTNNewsKE @KTNKenya

[Willice Ochieng @WilliceOchieng1]

REMEMBER: The words BLEW and BLUE are pronounced the same way - ''bluu'', just like BREWS and BRUISE - ''bruuz'', or CREWS and CRUISE - ''kruuz''. Such words are called homophones - different spellings and meanings, same pronunciation. @KTNNews @KTNNewsKE @KTNKenya