# Aversion

## Swear words

***and other undesirable words***

By learning these words, and learning which words they typically mispronounce *as* such words, students' desire to *not* say them will guide them towards **a)** correctly pronouncing the words and **b)** fixing their overall pronunciation model, by way of them forcing themselves to develop the skill of pronouncing the sounds correctly.

> It's honestly a surprise that this even needs to be explained, but here we are.

<table><thead><tr><th width="142"></th><th width="189"></th><th width="179"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>as</td><td>/az/</td><td>/as/</td><td>ass</td></tr><tr><td>sheet</td><td>/ʃɪjt/</td><td>/ʃɪt/</td><td>shit</td></tr><tr><td>fact</td><td>/fakt/</td><td>/fʌkt/</td><td>fucked</td></tr><tr><td>beach</td><td>/bɪjʧ/</td><td>/bɪʧ/</td><td>bitch</td></tr><tr><td>piece, peace</td><td>/pɪjs/</td><td>/pɪs/</td><td>piss</td></tr><tr><td>can't</td><td>/kcɑːnt/</td><td>/kʌnt/</td><td>c*nt</td></tr><tr><td>I want avocado</td><td>/ɑj wɔnt a.vəˈkɑː.dəw/</td><td>/ɑj wɔn tə ˈfʌ kə dɔɣ/</td><td>yes I've really heard this IRL</td></tr><tr><td>his</td><td>/hɪz/</td><td>/hɪs/</td><td>hiss</td></tr><tr><td>hall</td><td>/hoːɫ/</td><td>/hoːɹ/</td><td>whore</td></tr><tr><td>horse</td><td>/hoːɹs/</td><td>/hoːɹz/</td><td>whores</td></tr><tr><td>knees</td><td>/nɪjz/</td><td>/nɪjs/</td><td>niece</td></tr><tr><td>pitch</td><td>/pɪʧ/</td><td>/pɪjʧ/</td><td>peach</td></tr></tbody></table>

*Tonal* examples in Vietnamese

|           |          |          |           |
| --------- | -------- | -------- | --------- |
| enough    | đủ       | đụ       | fuck      |
| pepper    | tiêu     | tiểu     | piss      |
| big; pork | lớn; lợn | lồn      | ...       |
| part      | phần     | phân     | shit      |
| expect    | mong     | mông     | ass       |
| brush     | bàn chải | bạn trai | boyfriend |
| secret    | bí mật   | bị mất   | lost      |
|           |          |          |           |

Needless to say, mis-intonating these words is problematic in normal conversation, especially if you are speaking your non-native language, as you will likely have several other problems, such as personal accent, mispronunciations, lack of phonemes, grammatical mistakes, missing words, and more!

*Language is a large skill, encompassing a multitude of smaller skills which all work together in concert.*
