Lost In Pronunciation from “Amigo“ to “Zeitgeist“

Take the pronunciation challenge with me and Gideon from @LetThemTalkTV! From “amigo to zeitgeist, we’ll explain how loanwords are pronounced in English. Get a free pronunciation lesson in my course: It reached the finals of the British Council English language teaching awards. More info here: *Links* My weekly pronunciation newsletter: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: Free pronunciation learning resources: 00:00 – Intro 00:39 – amigo 04:19 – ciabatta 05:26 – café 06:46 – doner kebab 09:16 – entrepreneur 11:01 – cul-de-sac 11:32 – gyro 13:52 – English words in other languages 14:08 – karaoke 16:07 – karate 16:54 – pasta 18:39 – pho 20:01 – quinoa 21:56 – zeitgeist 24:23 – which was the hardest? *Disclaimers and further information* 1. There is no one “correct“ way to pronounce a loanword either in the source language or in English. There is linguistic variety around the world and different people will pronounce words in different ways. I’m unable to mention every possible pronunciation of a loanword within this video. 2. Not all speakers of the languages we talk about will have the same phonetic features (or these features to the same degree) as I describe. However, the comments I do make are true for some speakers.