Tag interaction

Feb 21, 2014

How to pronounce interaction

By Martin in Pronunciation, Scientific English Tag interaction, international, pronunciation, r

While apparently rather simple at first sight, the word interaction is very often mispronounced. In fact, there are two pitfalls. First, as discussed in this recent post, action is pronounced as [ˈækʃn] rather than [ˈæktʃn], listen here. Second, a remarkable number of people do not pronounce the letter r in interaction, which is incorrect. The

Oct 3, 2013

Pronunciation False Friends

By Martin in False friends, Pronunciation Tag actual, afternoon, aktuell, effective, handy, interaction, intern, nachmittag, no, operator, pronunciation false friend, register, wechselwirkung

In the context of languages, the term false friend refers to the incorrect use of a word in one language that is identical or very similar in terms of spelling to a word in another language. Of course, because of the common origin of many languages, there are many true friends, namely words that are