Can YOU pronounce these ten basic words correctly? From mischievous to et cetera, the simple terms that native English speakers struggle to get right 

• English teacher Lucy Bella Earl shared top ten most mispronounced words
• List outlines words that native English speakers find themselves stumbling over
• The list of words includes salmon, espresso and athlete 

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'Ask' and 'almond' are among the simple words many of us struggle to pronounce correctly.

That's according to Lucy Bella Earl, from Bedfordshire, who shared a video revealing the top ten most commonly mispronounced words that has since been viewed 250,000 times by people attempting to hone their pronunciation skills.

From mischievous to espresso, the list outlines ten words that native English speakers often find themselves stumbling over. So how many can you get right?

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From mischievous to et cetera, one English teacher has revealed the terms that native English speakers struggle to get right

1. The letter 'H' 

How people pronounce it: haytch 

How it should be pronounced: aitch

2. Salmon

How people pronounce it: sal-mon

How it should be pronounced: sa-mon 

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3. Almond  

How people pronounce it: ahl-mond

How it should be pronounced: ah-mond

4. Mischievous

How people pronounce it: mis-che-vee-us

How it should be pronounced: mis-che-vus 

5. Et cetera

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1. The letter 'H'

2. Salmon

3. Almond

4. Mischievous 

5. Et cetera 

6. Espresso 

7. Athlete 

8. Specifically 

9. Ask 

10. Quinoa 

How people pronounce it: eksetera 

How it should be pronounced: et-set-er-uh

6. Espresso 

How people pronounce it: ex-pre-sso

How it should be pronounced: eh-spress-o

7. Athlete

How people pronounce it: ath-er-lete

How it should be pronounced: ath-leet

8. Specifically 

How people pronounce it: pacifically 

How it should be pronounced: spe-ci-fi-cally 

9. Ask 

How people pronounce it: aks

How it should be pronounced: ah-sk

10. Quinoa

How people pronounce it: kee-NOH-ah

How it should be pronounced: keen-wa 

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There’s a lot to explore on this planet. For instance, fairy rings, which are weird bald spots that appear in African grasslands. On this front, a team of scientists have made some headway. They wrote about their findings in the journal Nature.

Jen Guyton

 
Scientists define fairy circles as evenly spaced, circular bald spots in areas otherwise covered by vegetation. The spots can be between 2 and 35 meters across and have so far been spotted in the grasslands and deserts in both Africa and Australia. The most famous fairy circles in the world can be found in a stretch of sandy soil in Namibia, where scientists have been trying to nail down a culprit for years.

There are currently two prevailing theories. The first is that the circles essentially make themselves when plants opt out of growing in these spots in order to out-compete other plants nearby. The second is that the circles are the product of underground activity by rodents, ants, or termites. Both theories make sense; plants have to be extra-strategic with their growth in dry regions, and many fairy circles abut termite mounds or anthills.

Ecologist Corina Tornita of Princeton University decided to put both theories to the test. She and her colleagues created computer simulations that incorporated just about every element of fairy circle existence: termite colony growth, mortality, rainfall, vegetation spread, root systems—you name it.

Tyler Coverdale

 
After crunching the numbers and reviewing the simulations, the researchers realized that neither theory was correct—at least on its own. Fairy circles required involvement from both plant and animal mechanisms to form.

The study authors say their results show that “interactions among social-insect colonies and vegetation can explain a diverse global suite of regular spatial patterns,” and that understanding weird natural phenomena will require considering a broad range of elements, including “behaviours and competitive dynamics of cryptic ecosystem-engineer species, the ways in which plants and SDF respond to bioturbation and climatic variability, and the movement of water through soil in different environmental contexts.” 

In other words: Even seemingly simple shapes are the result of complex networks, in which living and non-living things all influence one another. Some "fairies" are six-legged, some have roots, and others are made out of water or dirt, but it takes all of them together to make what looks like magic.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4112330/From-swearing-staying-late-10-surprising-personality-traits-highly-intelligent-people.html

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http://alistapart.com/article/learning-from-lego-a-step-forward-in-modular-web-design

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bs or legit?

https://ui-router.github.io/tutorial/ng1/hellogalaxy

https://ui-router.github.io/tutorial/ng1/hellogalaxy

https://brilliant.org/

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