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Tell me words you can't pronounce correctly.

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  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

    Well that was a long word.

    And now I'm scared.
  • elusive_design
    elusive_design Posts: 1,095 Member
    Woost-a-sheer, Faithful Jewel is correct! My gramps used to go insane when he heard American's say Worst-ester-shire
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    Gadget and mascara
  • bennettinfinity
    bennettinfinity Posts: 865 Member
    My dad can't say ORANGE - it comes out more like OINGE

    I had a neighbor that couldn't say CRAYON - came out like CROWN...

    I personally have trouble with RURAL... it comes out more like RULE or at best RURL.... All part of my love affair with the English language! :wink:
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    After a couple drinks, I can't pronounce anything
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    worcestershire sauce

    To this day, I am still not quite sure what the correct way to say this word is..............obviously I mean "Worcestershire" and not "sauce". Lol I can pronounce "sauce"

    I dont think there actually IS a correct way to pronounce it...LOL

    Definitely this word for me. And as long as we're talking about food, my German husband giggles every time I say spoetzl wrong.
  • PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot
    PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot Posts: 596 Member
    I have a hell of a time with "patronize". Is it a "long" or a "short" a? I've heard it said both ways. Yet despite how I say it, I'm usually told that it's the other way.
  • jasonmh630
    jasonmh630 Posts: 2,850 Member
    worcestershire sauce

    To this day, I am still not quite sure what the correct way to say this word is..............obviously I mean "Worcestershire" and not "sauce". Lol I can pronounce "sauce"

    Pronounced "Woo-ste-Shire" sauce, I believe. :)
  • derrickyoung
    derrickyoung Posts: 136 Member
    i have two daughters Meagan and Hailey. Married to my wife Patti I can not pronounce their names

    usually if calling younger one it usually comes
    PameaHailey

    Older one
    HapaMeagan
  • Tifftiff321
    Tifftiff321 Posts: 61
    Delicious lmao
  • SuperC_85
    SuperC_85 Posts: 393
    For some reason my tongue trips all over 36th..
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    I usually say "ax" instead of "ask." Not that I can't pronounce it. Just so use to saying it.

    I can say "ask" but have difficulty with "asked". I can say it with concentrated effort but when used in everyday speech, it comes out as "ast"
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Rural
  • PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot
    PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot Posts: 596 Member
    Oh, and the name "Carl". It usually ends up coming out like "Curl". I'm stupid.
  • zillah73
    zillah73 Posts: 505 Member
    "Acrylic." I have also been told that "Don" and "Dawn" aren't pronounced the same, but I pronounce them the same – I think that's a CA vs. LA accent thing, though.
  • hush404
    hush404 Posts: 95 Member
    Familiar.
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    I have a hell of a time with "patronize". Is it a "long" or a "short" a? I've heard it said both ways. Yet despite how I say it, I'm usually told that it's the other way.
    That's awfully patronizing of them.

    In my idiolect, the pronunciation difference corresponds to a meaning difference.

    If I'm spending money in someone's business, I am pay-tronizing them, with a long a, like in neighbor or weigh. :wink:

    If I'm being condescending, I am pa-tronizing them, with a short a, like the a in cat or hat.
  • morethenjustmum
    morethenjustmum Posts: 170 Member
    For ages i switched specific and pacific
    also rhinoceros always comes out rhinososaurus, but i think that's having three dino obsessed boys.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Sometimes I can't say 'retarded'.

    thats just not true... its a word you use frequently!
  • FaithfulJewel
    FaithfulJewel Posts: 177 Member
    worcestershire sauce

    To this day, I am still not quite sure what the correct way to say this word is..............obviously I mean "Worcestershire" and not "sauce". Lol I can pronounce "sauce"

    Pronounced "Woo-ste-Shire" sauce, I believe. :)

    Only after you looked that up, right? ;)
  • MrsG31
    MrsG31 Posts: 364 Member
    I live in the south and there is always a debate on whether it is PeCAHN pie or PeCAN pie.....I am sad to admit I have used both b/c I am not sure which one it is supposed to be.

    My former supervisor's name is Lara. I have worked here for over 6 years and I STILL have to make an effort to say her name correctly. She used to laugh at me all the time. It's LAR-uh...not Laura, not LAIR-uh.....I get tongue-tied just typing this out!
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    worcestershire sauce

    To this day, I am still not quite sure what the correct way to say this word is..............obviously I mean "Worcestershire" and not "sauce". Lol I can pronounce "sauce"

    Pronounced "Woo-ste-Shire" sauce, I believe. :)
    Around here, it's "wist-uh-shur". Like "wistful", the "uh" you say when you're collecting your thoughts, and "sure" as in "certain."
  • Iceberg_Simpson
    Iceberg_Simpson Posts: 737 Member
    I have a lisp. Anything with an 'S', I can't pronounce correctly.
  • daw0518
    daw0518 Posts: 459 Member
    QUINOA.

    I don't care what you say, I still pronounce it 'KEY-NO'.
  • CassandraBurgos83
    CassandraBurgos83 Posts: 544 Member
    marlboro-not that I smoke, but it grinds my gears that I can't spit this one out correctly.
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    I live in the south and there is always a debate on whether it is PeCAHN pie or PeCAN pie.....I am sad to admit I have used both b/c I am not sure which one it is supposed to be.

    My former supervisor's name is Lara. I have worked here for over 6 years and I STILL have to make an effort to say her name correctly. She used to laugh at me all the time. It's LAR-uh...not Laura, not LAIR-uh.....I get tongue-tied just typing this out!
    There's no debate in the south. It's "puh-CAWN". "Pee-Can" is what those damn yankees have, and they can keep it!
  • AllieBear88
    AllieBear88 Posts: 170 Member
    give up

    quit

    can't

    just one bite

    not today

    I'll start tomorrow

    Nice!
  • MrsG31
    MrsG31 Posts: 364 Member
    worcestershire sauce

    To this day, I am still not quite sure what the correct way to say this word is..............obviously I mean "Worcestershire" and not "sauce". Lol I can pronounce "sauce"

    Pronounced "Woo-ste-Shire" sauce, I believe. :)

    That's how I say it, lol!

    On a side note: I was born in Worcester, MA and everyone always says War-chester...and that is NOT how you say it. It is more like Wuss-ter, but I know the way it is spelled makes it difficult for people.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    I live in the south and there is always a debate on whether it is PeCAHN pie or PeCAN pie.....I am sad to admit I have used both b/c I am not sure which one it is supposed to be.

    My former supervisor's name is Lara. I have worked here for over 6 years and I STILL have to make an effort to say her name correctly. She used to laugh at me all the time. It's LAR-uh...not Laura, not LAIR-uh.....I get tongue-tied just typing this out!

    In the south, it's always PeCAHN. My northerner husband says peCAN, with the accent on the first syllable.

    Where I come from, Lara is often a last name, so that would be doubly confusing to me.
  • cornfritter22
    cornfritter22 Posts: 230 Member
    For some reason "field goal" comes out as "field gold".
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