Hardest Words to pronounce.....

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  • Gold 26
    Gold 26 Posts: 676
    Yeah, my wife struggles with specifically. And anonimity.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    seanw1010 wrote:
    worstichire sauce, or however its spelled

    worcestershire. :D

    i used to have a problem with ennui. now i know its pronounce on-wee. that makes me perfect from now on. well... almost. ;):p:D
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  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    English is not my mother tongue so I have some difficulties with many words.
    But the hardest for me is:

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  • Rock on
    Rock on Posts: 216
    catefrances wrote:
    worcestershire. :D

    Pronounced wister-shire. I know. :rolleyes: :p
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    There are quite a few words I struggle with in English, but I'm currently studying Czech. There are some ridiculously difficult words in Czech.

    This is a Czech tongue twister: Vlk zmrzl, zhltl hrst zrn. Sentences like that are of course not very common... Although there are definitely a lot of words that seem impossible to pronounce at first...

    A nursery rhyme:

    Vlk zdrhl z Brd.

    Vtrhl skrz strž v tvrz srn.
    Blb.
    Prsk, zvrhl smrk,
    strhl drn, mrskl drn v trs chrp.
    Zhltl hrst zrn skrz krk,
    pln zrn vsrkl hlt z vln.
    Vlk brkl, mrkl a zmlkl.
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    jamie uk wrote:
    if you have trouble with 'rrrr's, in that your 'r' sounds more like a 'w', then Harare is the worst for sure.


    i dunno if thats true or what... but it made me laugh :)

    sorry if its true... but the Harare thing is :D

    edit: i just re-read it... i thought you meant you had that speech impediment... but alas you dont... rhododendron
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Rock on wrote:
    Pronounced wister-shire. I know. :rolleyes: :p

    well we pronounce it woostersheer. and thats woo as in wood. :p:D
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    catefrances wrote:
    well we pronounce it woostersheer. and thats woo as in wood. :p:D


    "woo-ster-shir" is how i say it... :D

    is there anyone from Worcestershire who can tell us how its said?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    Smooth. Loathe. Mouth.

    The th-sound in general, although I can produce it. I just have to practise a little harder so I can produce it more smoothly.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    dunkman wrote:
    "woo-ster-shir" is how i say it... :D

    is there anyone from Worcestershire who can tell us how its said?

    yeah but you say it with an accent im sure. thats where the shir comes in. :p:D
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    dunkman wrote:
    "woo-ster-shir" is how i say it... :D

    is there anyone from Worcestershire who can tell us how its said?

    If you can read IPA you can look it up in most dictionaries. In fact, most dictionaries will even have a table which shows which sign represents which sound.

    edit: woos-ta (as in ago)-sha (again as in ago) (in RP)

    http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=NxBqeBdfda0 :D
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    http://www.foodhistory.com/foodnotes/leftovers/sauce/worcestershire/01/

    It's actually pronounced "Holbrook's" OR "Lea & Perrins". ;):p:D
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jeanie wrote:
    http://www.foodhistory.com/foodnotes/leftovers/sauce/worcestershire/01/

    It's actually pronounced "Holbrook's" OR "Lea & Perrins". ;):p:D

    yeah thanks for that girl. youre a big help. :rolleyes: :p
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  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    dunkman wrote:
    "woo-ster-shir" is how i say it... :D

    is there anyone from Worcestershire who can tell us how its said?

    This is how I'd say it. Not from Worcestershire but am from one of the other 'shires' and shire is said shir with a soft r.
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  • mole1985
    mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    I think 'sorry' is a hard word for many people...
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    catefrances wrote:
    yeah thanks for that girl. youre a big help. :rolleyes: :p

    That's how it's pronounced at our house. :D

    Solved a lot of problems. :)
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Chime wrote:
    This is how I'd say it. Not from Worcestershire but am from one of the other 'shires' and shire is said shir with a soft r.

    well okey dokey tis your language, so ill take this. :D
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Chime wrote:
    This is how I'd say it. Not from Worcestershire but am from one of the other 'shires' and shire is said shir with a soft r.

    try and say this sentence in a Sean Connery accent :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    jamie uk wrote:
    if you have trouble with 'rrrr's, in that your 'r' sounds more like a 'w', then Harare is the worst for sure.

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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    dunkman wrote:
    i dunno if thats true or what... but it made me laugh :)

    sorry if its true... but the Harare thing is :D

    edit: i just re-read it... i thought you meant you had that speech impediment... but alas you dont... rhododendron

    what do you mean 'alas you don't' ? I'm pretty fuckin pleased I don't :p Specially as my favourite song is Red River Rock, man I'd never be able to shout out a request for it .
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....

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