Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Divergent Movie SeriesTeaching Improper Pronunciation

In the movie series Divergent...they say the word Erudite.

In the movie they pronounce it...AIR-REE-U-DITE

However, the rules of the English Language make this...AIR-ROO-DITE.

In order for the word to be pronounced with a long "E" before the letter "U" a letter "I" must be inserted into the word before the letter "U"...Eriudite.

You need SOME kind of vowel to make the "E" sound.

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