Big cows because big horse

Posted by Pak Guru on November 21st, 2016 | 0 comments | cause effect, IELTS, Indo English, pronunciation, speaking

 In Bahasa Indonesia words are pronounced the way they are spelled. This often leads to some humorous mispronunciations when Indonesians apply the same rule to English.
It’s a good idea to try and overcome this problem, especially in words and phrases commonly used in IELTS Speaking. One such word is ‘because‘.
If we say ‘because‘ as it is spelled, then it sounds like:

• big cows

However, when a native speaker says ‘because‘, it sounds very much like:

• big horse

So, next time you want to say ‘because‘, say ‘big horse‘.