More muddled and misheard words? Don't worry. Here's the answer

I heard this at a Toastmasters Public speaking training evening.
WORRY was the word. A Spanish speaking speaker was given a topic (by somebody whose first language was from the Indian continent) about worrying and fretting. Since the speaker who repeated the word fretting was unsure of its meaning, he wisely concentrated on talking about worrying.

PRONUNCIATION
worry - pronounced to rhyme with hurry (not woe - re, nor war - re, nor to rhyme with warren)

SOUNDALIKES - DIFFERENT MEANINGS
gate and gait

French words

French O sound eau sounds like OH!
et sound like ay
ge the e softens the g. Think of rag and rage.
e after c makes an s sound, hissing - think of picnic but mice.

beau
bouquet
connoisseur
finesse
garage (pronounced arge not idge)
mortgage (silent t)

English
er (hesitation)
err (make a mistake)

More memory aids for necessary and desert and dessert

It is not necessary to be baffled by spelling.

N
E
C
E
S
S
A
R
Y

Now Everybody Can Excel Super Spellers Are Really Yummy

Now Everyone Can Excel Simple Sentences All Remind You

One C is enough but two SSes are Necessary.

DeSert
Sand. Just Sand. One S.

DeSSert
Too much Sugar Stop!

I just made this up.

Make up your own memory aid. (Technical term for memory aid is mnemonic.)

Here are some I've read previously:

NeCeSSary
One collar and two sleeves - are NeCeSSary.

Never Eat Cheese Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young.

Desert is just Sand but
Dessert is So Sweet.

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Angela Lansbury is an author and teaches English and public speaking.
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