-ham
, -bury
, -field
, -wich
, -mouth
, -pool
, and -ing
. We will also talk about what these suffixes mean. For example, did you know that any town name that ends in -pool
means “harbour”? Learning these suffixes will improve your pronunciation and knowledge of British town names.
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Thank you my dear master for this interesting lesson. You are great and i honor of having such an english professor like you. ❤️
Great lesson, Jade, although I acknowledge it was really hard to me… Fortunately, most of the famous English cities have easier names, like London, for example. Haha! Anyway, it’s always a good idea to know the right way to pronouce in case one day I ought to go there.
This lesson proves that English is not a phonetic language at all. Do you know the reason why the English spelling is so different from speaking?
I am from Brazil and my mother tongue is Portuguese, which is not 100% phonetic, of course, but our pronunciation is more “predictable”, I think.
Thank you in advance!
Thanks! There are so many lessons and maybe there is already one, but have you thought about surnames?