* EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR MOST VIETNAMESE to Notice and Pronounce:

- AME = AIM [ây-em] as in Name, Game, Same, Shame, Aim, Claim, Proclaim…

- ANE = AIN [ây-en] as in Mundane, Gain, Rain, Jain, Pain…

- ALE = AIL [ây-eo-l] as in Mail, Fail, Nail, Male, Female…

- ILE [ai-ô-l] as in File, Mile, Smile, While…

- UAL [u-ô-l] as in Usual, Casual, Actual, Mutual…

- IOUS [i-iệt-s] as in Obvious, Various, Previous…

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* MOST COMMON MIS-PRONUNCIATION BY VIETNAMESE:

- Not [IVE], but [IV] as in Live, Passive, Active...

- [short e] as in Bed, Bet, Beg...

- [long e] as in Bad, Bat, Bag… by widening the mouth and say it a bit long.