Tell me words you can't pronounce correctly.
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English is my second language and I sometimes have problems with "twelve". The German word for it is "zwoelf" and I tend to pronounce the "v" in "twelve" like the "f" in the German word. Twelff. I don't have a problem with any other words that I can think of (including squirrel (I saw videos of Germans trying to pronounce squirrel on youtube, lol)), but twelve gets me if I don't think about it first.
My 8-year-old calls pretzels "pren-tzels. No clue why, but she always forgets there's no "n" in that word0 -
Drury
As in Drury Inn and Suites0 -
English is my second language and I sometimes have problems with "twelve". The German word for it is "zwoelf" and I tend to pronounce the "v" in "twelve" like the "f" in the German word. Twelff. I don't have a problem with any other words that I can think of (including squirrel (I saw videos of Germans trying to pronounce squirrel on youtube, lol)), but twelve gets me if I don't think about it first.
My 8-year-old calls pretzels "pren-tzels. No clue why, but she always forgets there's no "n" in that word
And I think pretzels *should* have an "n" in it! Brava for your 8-year-old's creativity!0 -
I think we can safely claim that "rur" is in general a pain in the butt to pronounce, in whatever word into which it may fall! :laugh:0
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I have to say suspicious very slowly, or it just comes out Spishus.0
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For some reason I grew up mispronouncing quite a lot of words, which my husband finds hilarious and takes great glee correcting. One still comes up every few months, I think it's because I read a lot as a child and didn't talk much!
But the worst thing is that even though I now know the right pronounciation for these words, in my head I still read it as the wrong one. So when I read it on MFP, in my head, 'deficit' is actually 'deaf-FISH-it'. There are more, like medicinal = medi-CEE-nal, alibi = ab-libby... I just try to avoid saying these words out loud as half the time I can't remember which way is the right way to pronounce it. I also wonder how many people heard me say these things before my husband started correcting me!0 -
I usually say "ax" instead of "ask." Not that I can't pronounce it. Just so use to saying it.
I was just about to say this was my problem but wanted to see if anyone else had it! Its more just a bad habit lol Ugh. Drives my boss crazy.0 -
Thats like saying mirra instead of mirror? HAHA0
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For some reason I grew up mispronouncing quite a lot of words, which my husband finds hilarious and takes great glee correcting. One still comes up every few months, I think it's because I read a lot as a child and didn't talk much!
But the worst thing is that even though I now know the right pronounciation for these words, in my head I still read it as the wrong one. So when I read it on MFP, in my head, 'deficit' is actually 'deaf-FISH-it'. There are more, like medicinal = medi-CEE-nal, alibi = ab-libby... I just try to avoid saying these words out loud as half the time I can't remember which way is the right way to pronounce it. I also wonder how many people heard me say these things before my husband started correcting me!0 -
I usually say "ax" instead of "ask." Not that I can't pronounce it. Just so use to saying it.
I was just about to say this was my problem but wanted to see if anyone else had it! Its more just a bad habit lol Ugh. Drives my boss crazy.0 -
Specifically --- comes out pacifically every time. Specific too, it's pacific.
Absurd. Just can't say it.
Yew Nork for some reason happens a lot.0 -
sandwich...I always say samwich. Then I correct myself. I hate it!!0
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Specifically --- comes out pacifically every time. Specific too, it's pacific.
Absurd. Just can't say it.
Yew Nork for some reason happens a lot.0 -
Rural ......grrr I hate trying to say it.
^^^^^ this!0 -
I'm so referring back to this when I take phonetics!
This page is fun...
https://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/beastly/#Pecan0 -
"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.
Nothing personal, but my name is Dawn, and I intensely dislike when people call me by a man's name. It never occured to me that the person speaking it may not be able to pronounce it correctly. I usually have to get all Boston on them. I will keep this bit of info in mind for the future, though, so thanks for sharing :flowerforyou:
So how do you say your name? I don't know any other way to say "Dawn."
It's Dawn, like fawn, yawn, or lawn. I never had anyone call me "Don" (with the "ON" sound) until I entered the workforce. I've literally had to say "no, I am not a man. It is DAAWWWWWN. Like Awning" ... sheesh.0 -
I'm so referring back to this when I take phonetics!
This page is fun...
https://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/beastly/#Pecan
Great find!0 -
Feminine.
It's comes out feninine.I can say it slowly correctly, but quickly, it comes out garbled.0 -
OOOH! I thought of a real one.
I don't know how to say Jaguar (I grew up saying "jag-wire"). I don't know if I can't, it just isn't one of those words that comes up in normal conversation. There was one person that called me out on my pronunciation once, but he's from Boston and everything he says comes out funny... :laugh:0 -
I have a hard time with L's. I used to pronounce them as W's. Talking about jeans was hard when we all wore Wewi's (Levis). I once bought a collie from a lady named Woretta Wutzo (Loretta Lutzo). That was hard.
I finally taught myself how to pronounce them, but it sure made for some hard times.0 -
OOOH! I thought of a real one.
I don't know how to say Jaguar (I grew up saying "jag-wire"). I don't know if I can't, it just isn't one of those words that comes up in normal conversation. There was one person that called me out on my pronunciation once, but he's from Boston and everything he says comes out funny... :laugh:0 -
OOOH! I thought of a real one.
I don't know how to say Jaguar (I grew up saying "jag-wire"). I don't know if I can't, it just isn't one of those words that comes up in normal conversation. There was one person that called me out on my pronunciation once, but he's from Boston and everything he says comes out funny... :laugh:
Jinx! And edited to fix my accent marking. "jag YOU are" would make me stabby too.0 -
Popcicle also known as "paws-ick-le". I have to pause mid sentence to say it correctly.0
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Mirror. Always comes out mira0
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"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.
Nothing personal, but my name is Dawn, and I intensely dislike when people call me by a man's name. It never occured to me that the person speaking it may not be able to pronounce it correctly. I usually have to get all Boston on them. I will keep this bit of info in mind for the future, though, so thanks for sharing :flowerforyou:
So how do you say your name? I don't know any other way to say "Dawn."
It's Dawn, like fawn, yawn, or lawn. I never had anyone call me "Don" (with the "ON" sound) until I entered the workforce. I've literally had to say "no, I am not a man. It is DAAWWWWWN. Like Awning" ... sheesh.
I say them all the same as well. I've never been able to figure out what is supposed to be the difference between 'Don' and 'Dawn'.
I also say "puh-kahn".0 -
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"
Woost-a-sheer - easier as I'm a Midlander (UK) but it's not at all pronounced how it's spelt, annoyingly enough. Shrewsbury is also not Shrews-bury, but Shroes-bury. Special language... :P
This is how I was taught to pronounce it and I'm a Texan.0 -
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!
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This thread is making me paranoid that I am not saying some of these words correctly and just never knew it.
There are a lot of things I CAN say correctly, I just get lazy with them. For instance, the days of the week - if my mom and I are having a conversation and a day comes up, "-day" comes out "-dee". Mon-dee, Tues-dee, etc.
I'm also not quite sure how the word "oil" is pronounced. My mom says "oi-ull", my dad says "oll".
Your days of the week thing really messed me up in kindergarten when we were told to "sound it out" when we spell something. Every day of the week ended in -dee!
Also, the letter "W". In Texas, it's always dub-ya. In kindergarten, I was always like, when are we going to learn the letter double-u! :laugh:
I always said double-u, but in spanish it's "doble ve" which makes more sense because it looks like a double V!0 -
I can pronounce most words correctly. But my problem is mental. There are times where the word I am trying to say will not come out of my mouth. Even if it is CAR. I will be able to talk but I can't say CAR. I will say, you know that thing we drive around in??? It has happened on the phone with customers too, very embarrasing. I work in the mortgage business and I was trying to say interest rate and I could not! I just put him on hold and tried to calm my mind down. UGH!!
any chance you take Topamax for any reason? I took it for migraines and it has a side effect that can cause you to not "source" a word for what you need from your brain. It makes your sentences really slow as you file though your memories for the right word.
That was probably the WORST side effect of the drug for me.
For example - I needed my son to get me a Phillips head screw driver. I could see the picture of it in my head and I asked my son for... a.. screw driver... with the top... ummmmm ... not like this! (and I held up a flat head). He looked at me like I was crazy.
...Dawn/Don - My uncles' name is Don. I pronounce it Dahn. My friends name is Dawn. I say her name Daun.0 -
I think maybe I'm giving it too much duration by representing it as "puh-cawn". If you say it "pee-can", you're taking too long to say it. It's almost as if it's monosyllabic...
P'cawn.
And from now on, anyone who says "can" at the end of it, I'm going to repeat it back to them but change the "can" to "can't". As in, "you can't say it that way"! :laugh:0
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