Look Up The Pronunciation Of These Words Before Using Them* Three mistakes: educated native speaker Five mistakes: educated foreigner 25 mistakes: the Facebook generation minute (small) – minute (time unit) forte (strong side) – forte (loud; music) line – lineage bloom – blood fuselage – foliage jackal – funeral despite – respite orchard – orchid new – sew monarch – arch – architect vomit – omit alga – algae sting – stingy psychosis – metempsychosis preface – interface – volteface word – sword grove – dove earth – dearth – hearth bull – but – bury – burr chase – phrase chase – chasm bestow – endow imprudent – impudent impassible – impasse broad – road county – country bay – bayou exhale – exhaust gauge – audacity miner – examiner ratio – ratiocination sea – seamstress mullion – bullion indolence – condolence science – prescience predict – indict – victuals pedagogic – demagogic height – weight, freight garage – baggage prey – osprey Sean – Seamus Michael – Michaelmas isle – Isleworth mouth – Monmouth Kansas – Arkansas cheese – Chicago mite – Yosemite cayman – Cayman Leigh – Leicester lough – Loughborough worst – Worcester liar – Liam Evander – Evans early – Eames ear – Eakins * E. g. in Kenyon & Knott: “A Pronouncing Dictionary Of American English”, Springfield (Mass.) 1975