🔠 P*3T = 3 Profound Pronunciation Pitfalls

The sponsor of this post is a "love Triangle 🔺" Not because we're into geometry or Bollywood, but because S2S users trip over this word left and right as they discuss top 3 most popular Amazon books this week. Get clear on 🔺 and 3 more top mispronounced English words that start with "T"

1. Thorough - complete, careful, detailed
"CTO did a thorough code review — every line of the legacy code"

/ˈθʌr.ə/

2. Tenacious - not giving up, very determined
"Tenacious founder never quits, even after 10 failures"

/təˈneɪ.ʃəs/

3. Tangible - something real, you can touch it (not just an idea)
"As soon as you get first tangible results, it's time to raise your seed"

/ˈtændʒə.bəl/

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🅰️ Alpha School: AI-native school with 2 hours of academics per day

Still remember your school days? 90% of the users of our speaking product S2S fall in the age range of 26-39 y.o. However, we do have 1 precocious* user who is still at high school (!) and manages to have meaningful conversations with other ambitious and experienced speakers. Hello, Mark!

As for @ybeymlina, her school days were mainly a waste of time, energy, and self-esteem, which makes her driven to explore better educational alternatives for others

Alpha School was founded by MacKenzie Price and her husband Andrew Price. MacKenzie Price graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Before founding Alpha School for her own children in 2014 and establishing its original campus in 2016, Price worked for a mortgage lender* company, retiring from that career in 2018. In 2025, Alpha graduated its first class of seniors with 11 of those first 12 graduates moving on to a four-year university. The tuition fee* is $40,000 per year

Students spend only 2 hours a day (instead of the usual 6-7) on core subjects with the help of AI, and the rest of the time on real life projects. There're now teachers with subject knowledge in school, only mentors who help to push the projects forward

Resource:
Wikipedia

Post Glossary:

🫧

precocious

(adjective) — a child who develops abilities earlier than usual

"The

precocious

8-year-old wrote a computer program while her classmates were still learning multiplication"

🫧

mortgage lender

— a bank or company that gives people money to buy a house

"The

mortgage lender

approved their loan, so they could finally buy a new apartment"

🫧

tuition fee

— the money you pay to study at a school or university

"Her parents saved for years to pay her

tuition fees

at university"

Would you like to study at this school?
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The English words that got Kenzo hired by an American company

In this epoch of fierce competition, we encourage you to bid farewell to shyness, speak up, and stand out

Post Glossary:
🫧to blow our minds —
to force our brain to break its old model of how the world works and build a new, bigger one. It’s a "paradigm shift"
🫧to be proficient in sth —
to be able to do sth really well without thinking too much about it
🫧to bid farewell —
to say goodbye

What side are you on?
💪 - I'm hiring
👩‍💼 - I'm looking for a job
🌼 - I don’t need anyone!

3 Challenging to Pronounce words that came up during Alpha School Talks

As @EnglishForImpact readers met via Zoom to discuss Alpha School with 0 teachers and 2 hours of academic studies with AI per day, 3 words tripped them over with pronunciation:

🫧(Money) laundering - hiding illegal money by making it look legal
/ˌlɔːndərɪŋ/
"The fund that fuels Alpha school was used to sponsor gubernatorial campaigns, which raises suspicions of money laundering"

🫧Over-reliance on (AI) - depending too much on (AI)
/ˌəʊvər rɪˈlaɪəns/
"Fears about Alpha school include over-reliance on AI"

🫧Primarily - mainly; mostly
/praɪˈmerəli/
"Alpha school primarily benefits kids from upper class families"

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😎 How Scrub Daddy used English words to get $200K

Aaron Krause (a.k.a. Scrub Daddy) got $200K from Shark Lori Greiner, in exchnage for 20% of his business. His pitch became the most viewed one on Shark Tank's YouTube and the sales skyrocketed. Breaking his pitch down to empower you to get heard internationally with your products and services

Scrub Daddy's Full Pitch Transcript
Hi Sharks, I'm Aaron Krause from Philadelphia, and I'm known as the Daddy of the Scrub Daddy—the cutest but most high-tech scrubbing tool in the world. Today, I'm seeking a $100,000 investment in exchange for 10% equity in the Scrub Daddy business.
It's the greatest kitchen scrubbing tool you've ever used because Scrub Daddy completely changes its texture by just adjusting your water temperature. Let me show you how that works.
Here I've got some hot water; here I've got some cold water. When I immerse the Scrub Daddy in the hot and cold water, a complete transformation occurs. Now to show you that, I've got 10-pound weights. Under the 10 pounds, it's soft and compressible—like a sponge, for your general scrubbing applications. But here, check that out: it's hard and firm—that's for heavy-duty scrubbing applications.
We burned on brown and gravy, tomato sauce, cheese, and mustard onto a glass stovetop and a stainless steel pan. I'm going to take the Scrub Daddy, and you're going to see it just attack that burned-on mess, scrubbing it right off. And remember, I'm just using water here—no chemicals at all—and it's going to cut right through that.
It won't scratch any of your surfaces, but it will clean them beautifully. Now, this Scrub Daddy is not really smiling anymore, so I'm going to put him here in the warm water. In just a couple of seconds—voila!—he's back to bright, fresh, and clean every time.
Sharks, that's not just another smiling face. You put it on your hand, you can get to the bottom and clean the sides in one move. And that smiling mouth? That cleans spoons, knives, forks, spatulas—even large serving spoons—on both sides at the same time.
Sharks, with your help, Scrub Daddy will be scrubbing and smiling in every kitchen in the world.

3 Things about ScrubDaddy's use of English

🫧

stated his goals (to be in every kitchen of the world)

🫧

kept his sentences short, simple, conversational (Remember, I'm just using water here)

🫧

used visuals and metaphors (sponge = high tech scrubbing tool; back to bright, fresh, and clean; scrubbing and smiling)

Video Glossary

🫧

contestants

- people who take part in a competition
Scrub Daddy is a

contestant

for an investment from Sharks

🫧

put your product to the ultimate test

- try your product in the hardest or most important situation to see if it really works
Scrub Daddy

puts his sponge to the ultimate test

as he cleans dirty surfaces

🫧

visual cues

- things you see (colors, pictures) that give you information or help you understand something
Scrub Daddy uses

visual cues

: water, stove, kettlebells

Working on your own product and want to present it to the international audience effectively?
💓Text PitchUP to @ybeymlina to apply to join PitchUp club or simply have a chat about issues you're facing (eng or rus are ok for reaching out) She’ll get back to you from Sunday ;)

Tech skills VS "Just Words"

The communication gap between tech and business development teams is real. @ybeymlina keeps witnessing that both from her personal experience as a PM at Yandex, founder at Antler, and from learning others' stories. Without tech, there is no product, and without the ability to verbalise your ideas, there're no users

The bearded guy Rick Rubin manifests the power of words, and it's beatiful to watch

Rick Rubin

Produced major albums across genres: Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash (revitalized his career), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Adele, and more

Co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, started in his NYU dorm room in 1984, pivotal in popularizing* hip-hop

Founder of American Recordings; earned multiple Grammy Awards including Producer of the Year

Known for merging rap with rock; produced Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s "Walk This Way" and Slayer’s "Reign in Blood"

Estimated net worth around $250 million

Renowned for a minimalistic, patient production style focusing on artist authenticity

Anderson Cooper

(interviewer)

Broadcast journalist and CNN

anchor

* of Anderson Cooper 360°, and a 60 Minutes correspondent

Graduate of Yale University (1989); began journalism in war zones. Has won 18 Emmy Awards, 2 Peabody Awards, and other honors.

Member of the Vanderbilt family (prominent American family known for

immense wealth

* built during the Gilded Age primarily from shipping and railroad empires)

Publicly came out as gay in 2012

Resources
🫧Rick Rubin — 60 Minutes Interview
🫧Rick Rubin — Wikipedia

Glossary

🫧

pivotal in popularising

— very important in making something well-known

"TikTok was

pivotal in popularising

short videos"

🫧

an anchor

— something that holds firmly in place (

literal

: for ships;

figurative

: a steady, reliable person/thing that holds everything in place)

"The ship

dropped

an

anchor

in the bay"

"The

anchor

introduced the breaking news story"

🫧

immense wealth — a very large amount of money & resources
"

The king had

immense wealth

from gold and land

"

If you want to ignite the hearts of others with your products or services, reach out to @ybeymlina to apply to the PitchUp Club