What words do you have trouble pronouncing?

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  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    The two words that a lot of folks here in England seem to have problems with are my name, Kyle and that of my colleague's, Karl. Somehow they always seem to sound the same and so often we get confused for each other at work (and it doesn't help that he took over my old job! :laugh:).

    Of course as a Scot, when I say Karl it's sometime like there's a schwa between the r and the l as if it were writen -Karǝl

    We do the same with film which comes out as filum :happy:
  • jsherrill92
    jsherrill92 Posts: 775 Member
    wheelbarrow.. I always say wheelbarrel
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    These words:

    "Wallstreet has my best interests in mind".

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  • petkova
    petkova Posts: 72
    Screwdriver ... (and all other words in English) .. but then again I am Bulgarian so my eastern European accent is killing hahaha
  • elcyclista
    elcyclista Posts: 393
    Polypropylene.

    Or maybe I do say it properly but I haven't heard it from someone. Just from reading. XD
  • MomsTooBig
    MomsTooBig Posts: 201 Member
    worcestershire sauce

    Oh yes! How could I forget this one??!!
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
    I have trouble pronouncing "liked" when talking casually. I say (liked-ed) in two syllables lol. Someone brought this to my attention yesterday during a conversation :/ lol
  • punkybuddah
    punkybuddah Posts: 10 Member
    Ihave trouble saying NO when im offered another drink in the bar :0

    But to be fair i cant say tsunami so i just say big wave :D
  • Churble
    Churble Posts: 85 Member
    I can't say the phrase "I edited it" it always comes out something like "I editeded it". It's like having a weirdly specific stutter.
  • ValHallaGirl
    ValHallaGirl Posts: 73 Member
    Omg.. I can't even talk right sometimes so, words are always coming out wrong. I have lived in Texas (two different areas) for a while and I blend in now. I can't say any day of the month with 6th in it that's one of my worth i think, there's too many to make a list.
  • nursedb
    nursedb Posts: 297 Member
    I say chennel for channel...been made fun of for that a few times...lol
  • catshark209
    catshark209 Posts: 1,133 Member
    Any of the words that end in "ly" like regularly, ordinarily, etc etc. But then again I learned English when I was 8 or so. My accent comes out quite a bit.
  • stephcricket
    stephcricket Posts: 8
    Jewerly...I comes out like Jury....I am from the south...but I talk way tooo fast!!!
  • rc630
    rc630 Posts: 310 Member
    Golf. I say it more like "gulf."
    I also say "year" like "yuhr." I think the one that bothers people most is that I pronounce "all of you" as "y'all."

    Also, watching too much Top Gear has me referring to Maserati with the "Mas" rhyming with spaz, Bugatti with the "-atti" rhyming with "batty," and struggling to call the car a PRE-us instead of a PRY-us
  • DayumStraightIAmEllie
    DayumStraightIAmEllie Posts: 160 Member
    Draw.....i have been saying drawl for all of my life. Never knew it was incorrect

    I used to mix up specific and pacific....yes those were the good old "aint she cute for mis-saying that" days
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