Damilola's English
September 17, 2018 DRS Etiquette & Image Consulting 0 Comments Category :
Online English Pronunciation Free Classes with Damilola. Do you want to avoid ambiguity when speaking & be understood in personal & work life? Work with me towards better pronunciation of English words by understanding where and how we produce sounds for accuracy. This week pronunciation titbit: “Gigantic.” Broad swaths of Nigerians pronounce this word in a way that's different from its accurate pronunciation. They tend to pronounce this word as “jai-jan-tik.” Native speakers pronounce it “jai-gan-tik” /dʒaɪ’gæntɪk/. Note that the second “g” in the word “Gigantic” changes to /g/ instead of /j/.