04 September, 2023

Egypt: how to spell

Egypt 

I find it hard to pronounce or remember the spelling of this word as I am troubled by the letter y.

In phonic, y is pronounced as i.

Hence, I always replace Egypt with Egipt mentally when I pronounce it. 


In writing, I remind myself to change y to i and Egipt is transcribed to Egypt.

This exercise helps me to remember Egypt as Egypt.

It is a roundabout way, yet the long way I took in my learning journey helps me to save a lot of time pondering how to unlock the spelling order of this word.


Dexterine Ho Soo Miang