• Gloria (Ms. A)
• Words of the Week

Pronunciation:

Vendor is said in two sounds, or syllables, with stress at the front of the word (VEHN – der).

Explanation:

In American English, the letter “v” is pronounced by making a vibrating sound with your top teeth biting your bottom lip 🫦 (like a stronger and harder vibrating “f” sound).

Non-native speakers beware!

Since this letter doesn’t exist in every language, or is used interchangeably with “w” or “b” (as in Spanish, Thai, and Polish, for example), it may often be confused with these letters, leading to some errors in pronunciation.

So, make sure when you’re reading or speaking in English, and you see the letter “v” you make this correct, unique vibrating sound 😊.

Suffix: -or

The second syllable of today’s Word of the Week is made possible by the addition of the suffix “-or”, which is often used to make the word a noun (one who is doing an action).

In American English, it is common to pronounce words that end in vowels + “r” (-ar, -er, -ir, -or, -ur, and -yr) as “er” in “her”.

Take a look at the examples below:

• interstellar (in – ner – steh – LER)
• player (play – ER)
• elixir (ee – liks – ER)
• flavor (flay – VER)
• blur (BLER)
• martyr (mar – DER)

That’s all we have for today’s Word of the Week article on the vendor 🧠📚