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Let me try to help Portuguese-speaking learners pronounce them in a very easy way. The /a/ sound is like the "a" in agora.
kerfuffle /karfafel/
hullaballoo /halabalú/
cacophony /kakófani/
ragamuffin /ráegamafin/
whippersnapper /uíparsnáepar/
gobbledygook /góbeldigúk/
gibberish /djibarich/
poppycock /pópikók/
discombobulate (disskanbóbiuleit/
flummox /flamakz/
curmudgeon /karmadjan/
lackadaisical /láekadeizikel/
woebegone /uoubigón/
lollygag /lóligáeg/
frankenfood /fráenkanfúd/
Puzzled by a few of my sounds?! Why not take a look at my e-dictionary next door? Sorry, I meant in the next tab above. ;-)