Advanced pronunciation words
These words are usually learned by reading, so even fluent speakers guess their pronunciation from spelling and guess wrong. Epitome and hyperbole both end in a spoken ee rather than a silent e, and paradigm has a silent g. Hearing them once fixes years of quiet error.
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