What words do you have trouble pronouncing?

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  • VanishaDawn
    VanishaDawn Posts: 48
    Statistics, monkey (I say moan-key) and worchestershire (Hell, I can't even spell it !)! Lol My mom doesn't say penguin, she says "pang wang" lol
  • ctsenos
    ctsenos Posts: 36
    I can't say "iron" it's hard lol
  • mrslupercio2011
    mrslupercio2011 Posts: 10
    According to my husband, "aunt" and "Italian" I say funny :/

    I say "aunt" how it's spelled, and supposed to be pronounced (not like the bug, 'ant')

    And "Italian" I say with a short 'i' instead of EYEtalian. He makes fun of me >:(

    Does your husband say eye-taly too?
  • harley47920
    harley47920 Posts: 62 Member
    Rear. I have trouble with too many r's as well.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    worcestershire sauce

    I honestly believe it's stranger if you CAN say this.

    :laugh:

    Yes - this one is crazy - can anyone say it!

    Woostah-shurr.

    Really :-)

    I didn't think I had trouble with that word until I started trying to say it on this thread. Now I have no idea how to pronounce it. :laugh:
  • Moonbeamlissie
    Moonbeamlissie Posts: 504 Member
    TBH I tripped over all my words on the daily... really not sure why. My daughter has the same issue.. only worse. Not sure if it is a neurological deal or what. One word though I have had to say a lot this week is Colonoscopy. AND I couldn't even spell it here... because I can't say it.. had to look it up for the spelling..... lol I guess as well.. MFP doesn't even know how to pronounce it because it is telling me my spelling is wrong.. but I looked it up!!! HAHAHHAHAHHAH
  • serendipity22
    serendipity22 Posts: 248 Member
    Specifically.

    I don't know why but I can't say that word without speaking slowly.
  • heyghoge
    heyghoge Posts: 153 Member
    "Dollar".

    I say it like daw-ler. And I got mocked for sounding like a "Canadian". Which I really don't think is a bad thing, but apparently it's something worth making fun of when you live in Michigan.

    There's a lot of words like that, actually. Pretty much anything with both an "a" and an "o" in it.

    ah, the good old flat michigan a. "laaaaaaaansing". :)
  • juliesummers
    juliesummers Posts: 738 Member
    According to my husband, "aunt" and "Italian" I say funny :/

    I say "aunt" how it's spelled, and supposed to be pronounced (not like the bug, 'ant')

    And "Italian" I say with a short 'i' instead of EYEtalian. He makes fun of me >:(


    I do both of those, and so does everyone else I've ever talked to. Those aren't incorrect pronunciations.
  • AggieLu
    AggieLu Posts: 873 Member
    Ross and Russ - I don't hear a difference.
  • Darkskinned88
    Darkskinned88 Posts: 1,177 Member
    "sorry i was wrong" i just cant bring myself to say it lol
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    I can't think of any words I have difficulty pronouncing. I tend to stutter if I try to speak too fast though... I got nothing.
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    job.
  • EnjoyTheSpin
    EnjoyTheSpin Posts: 171
    Speech-language pathologist here to help ; )
  • Saffyra
    Saffyra Posts: 607 Member
    Certificate.

    It never fails to come out as certicafit.
  • burg1801
    burg1801 Posts: 124
    Water. I'm from the south so everyone looks at me weird when I say it.
  • SandysNewLife
    SandysNewLife Posts: 87 Member
    I have always said "oar" for our .Just habit I guess ; )
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    I talk like a nervous chipmunk, I always sound excited. Everything is mispronounced. T's sound like d's and words slur together. I got picked on a lot when I was a kid.
  • myogibbs
    myogibbs Posts: 182
    Rolls Royce. I say Rose Royce....sometimes I can say it when I go slow & really concentrate.
  • TurnLeftNow
    TurnLeftNow Posts: 171
    Crayon

    this is funny, I've met plenty of adults who still say Crown, it's hilarious to me

    When I was in elementary school, I asked someone for a "Crown" and they laughed at me. It was painful. I definitely will never forget that day.
  • snewsome7
    snewsome7 Posts: 189
    I have never been able to say "abracadabra". It comes out as "abercadaber" every time unless I say it SUPER slow. And I also can't say "rural"
  • LJV1031
    LJV1031 Posts: 502 Member
    I was just talking about this yesterday, lol. Philisophical. I can't say it correctly 9 out of 10 times, unless someone literally says it first. Whenever I want to use the word I verbally put out a disclaimer... because I am a little obsessed with spelling and pronunciation. *DANG OCD TENDENCIES* :grumble:
  • alyson820
    alyson820 Posts: 448 Member
    Mississippi and Massachusetts.

    They come out 'mis-a-shippy' and 'mash-a-shoo-shets'
  • LesliePierceRN
    LesliePierceRN Posts: 860 Member
    rural
  • ElementalEscapee
    ElementalEscapee Posts: 552 Member
    I can't say my R's, so apparently I have a Boston accent or something....or, quoting my friend, "You don't have an accent, you just talk funny. LOL." Haha xD Wrist watch= wish wash. And yeah...wabbit....wascal...quacker (cracker)....etc.
  • ashleab37
    ashleab37 Posts: 575 Member
    According to my husband, "aunt" and "Italian" I say funny :/

    I say "aunt" how it's spelled, and supposed to be pronounced (not like the bug, 'ant')

    And "Italian" I say with a short 'i' instead of EYEtalian. He makes fun of me >:(
    It's "ih-tal-yen", not EYEtalian. Americans always piss me off with this!
  • LJV1031
    LJV1031 Posts: 502 Member
    According to my husband, "aunt" and "Italian" I say funny :/

    I say "aunt" how it's spelled, and supposed to be pronounced (not like the bug, 'ant')

    And "Italian" I say with a short 'i' instead of EYEtalian. He makes fun of me >:(
    It's "ih-tal-yen", not EYEtalian. Americans always piss me off with this!

    I am VERY American, and have NEVER said EYE-talian... so I don't think it is an American thing. :indifferent: :tongue:
  • ashleab37
    ashleab37 Posts: 575 Member
    According to my husband, "aunt" and "Italian" I say funny :/

    I say "aunt" how it's spelled, and supposed to be pronounced (not like the bug, 'ant')

    And "Italian" I say with a short 'i' instead of EYEtalian. He makes fun of me >:(
    It's "ih-tal-yen", not EYEtalian. Americans always piss me off with this!

    I am VERY American, and have NEVER said EYE-talian... so I don't think it is an American thing. :indifferent: :tongue:
    Not all people who are American say EYE-talian, but all people who say EYE-talian are American, as far as I've seen. :P
  • Farfourah
    Farfourah Posts: 896 Member
    Feature comes out as future, and version comes out as virgin...;(

    I always try to correct myself, though...
  • VonRockette
    VonRockette Posts: 159 Member
    Massachusetts!!!! I can never go to Boston :'(

    It comes out as Mashtatootsess.

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