Word Pronounciation!

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   Seeker7posted 14 years ago

   Word Pronounciation!
   
   What word or words do you have the most difficutly in pronouncing. Mine has to be anaesthetist. Also Antarctic I always say 'antartic'. Very annoying but I can't get my tongue around them!

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   txngalMTposted 14 years ago

   I would have mainly have trouble with "suggestion, suggest," I tend to use the word alot, but I couldn't get people to understand.  I would normally replace "suggestion" to advice.

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   Just Ask Susanposted 14 years ago

   tsunami I really have to think about this word before I say it.
   Diverticulitis is another one. There are probably more but those two came to mind when I first saw your question.

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   FranYoposted 14 years ago

   It's a little word, but I have trouble getting the word "rural" off the tongue.

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   Faceless39posted 14 years ago

   First may I suggest your using the term "Word Pronunciation" (not pronounciation) 
   
   I have trouble saying rural as well, and mostly I just have trouble spelling the word "fucsia."  Is that even spelled right?  I dunno lol..

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   edhanposted 14 years ago

   For me, I had difficult to pronounce the word - Fluid
   
   I used to say it as - flute
   
   And that gets all my friends laughing their hearts out. It is kinda tongue twisting for me to get it right during my school days.
   
   Luckily now I am able to get it right.

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   Rosie2010posted 14 years ago

   There are a lot of words I find difficult to pronounce.  I find it difficult to pronounce words with "th" such as "width" or even simple words "mother" or "father."  I must also mispronounce "fries" as I often get "rice" with my order instead of "french fries."

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   BaliMermaidposted 14 years ago

   Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious and
   antidisestablishmentarianism are the two that throw me. But seriously I cannot roll my r's and that makes a lot of words incorrectly mispronounced.

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   Seeker7posted 14 years ago

   Ooopppps!!! Sorry about the gross spelling mistake pointed out by Faceless 39! My only excuse and it's a poor one, is that I had a few glasses of lovely wine before I wrote the question!!! LOL!

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    lone77starposted 13 years ago

    Good pronunciation is a good thing to strive for, but the main point for me is communication. Does the other person understand what you're saying?
    
    I never had trouble with pronouncing "fuchsia" (FEW-shuh), but like Faceless39, spelling it has always been a hassle.
    
    I've had the privilege to speak with a wide variety of people from many corners of the world. Learning to understand their pronunciation has proved to be a challenge, but a delightful learning experience. On the other hand, my learning to pronounce other languages has been a mixed bag. My pronunciation of Spanish was so good as a teenager, that a visitor to a neighbor from Dominican Republic thought I was native born and rattled off more Spanish than I had learned. But my greatest difficulties with Russian proved to be that of mastering sounds that are not found in English.
    
    I remember when I was a small boy, my younger brother, Terry, could not pronounce "truck." It always came out "fruck," which cause great roars of laughter amongst the adults. Frankly, at the time, I didn't see what was so funny.

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    Freegoldmanposted 13 years ago

    "advertisement,fiduciary,preternatural,obstreperous,consubstantiation,rambunctious" nd a few more

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    EmpressAwesomeposted 13 years ago

    Haha! I have trouble with those words as well, Seeker7. Also, abominable and anemone. Maybe it's just because I don't say them very often.

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    Nellieannaposted 13 years ago

    eleemosynary
    
    I can spell it better than I can pronounce it.  Those double EEs are the snag.  They're not both supposed to be pronounced but I tend to try to.

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    Bubblegum Senpaiposted 13 years ago

    Wednesday. I have a lot of trouble, and usually just pronounce it "Wensday"

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    jg555posted 13 years ago

    I would have to say February and wednesday.

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