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Below you can find a list of the most important chemical elements and their correct pronunciation. Elements which are often pronounced incorrectly are highlighted in red. I have previously written about iron and copper. Let me also remind you that in English, the letter y (which appears in elements such as Beryllium or Yttrium) is

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During a recent trip, I noticed that many flight attendants mispronounce the word fasten (as in “fasten your seatbelt”). This is quite surprising given that they use this word very often (I’ll come back to often). In contrast to the word fast, the letter t in fasten is not pronounced. Instead, fasten is pronounced as

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