The Hardest words to pronounce in English

Discussion in 'The Rant Section' started by gawain187, May 15, 2009.

  1. masterchef4393

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    lol those are easy
     
  2. gyyr2

    gyyr2 Well-Known Member

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    it means "I must admit I don't have the faintest idea of what is going on."

    As the other poster said, it's a word that is rarely used in speech. I haven't tried to pronounce it!
     
  3. eternity_1314

    eternity_1314 Active Member

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    I find the word specific hard to pronounce. And in my mind I can tell the different between daughters and dollars when i say it it comes out the same...dollars. I don't know why.
     
  4. Raindropz

    Raindropz Anemone--

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    A while back I found the word 'paradigm' to be annoying.. -__- for some reason it was everywhere at the time and I was going nuts. It eventually bothered me enough that I went and looked it up.
     
  5. moor_moth

    moor_moth Well-Known Member

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    Lots of asian people cant say fried properly...
    as in Flied lice :p
     
  6. iris

    iris Well-Known Member

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    I can't say depreciation properly :(
     
  7. kevinliu12

    kevinliu12 Active Member

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    water...without sounding like a retard
     
  8. cdx008

    cdx008 Member

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    My parents say "free" instead of "three"

    Most asians can't do the "th" sound.

    I myself struggle with saying "think", my thinks always sound like dinks..... and my the sounds like da.
     
  9. kawaiigirl

    kawaiigirl Well-Known Member

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    don't have any big problem, oh maybe yes, the word problem is one of my problem. b/cuz, i'm a canto ok, but my parents sent me to a french school and then in the french school, i learn english. But the problem is, i was in secondary 5, we're still learning about verbs .... past tense bla bla bla. i was like wtf ? and in french th word problem is problème. I always say problème and not problem lool :p
     
  10. lala_bel_tempo

    lala_bel_tempo Well-Known Member

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    just go to dictionary.com and then subscribe to it, each day you will recieve a word that may likely be hard to pronounce and use?

    LOL!
     
  11. sorsorgangan

    sorsorgangan Member

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    When I am thinking of the word film, I can't pronounce the word "film" very well.
     
  12. hesqua

    hesqua Member

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    "Assume"... i kept saying "ash-ume" but it should be like "assuuuume"

    And anything with too many Rs in it, my canto tongue have trouble getting around it..
     
  13. Nahmm

    Nahmm New Member

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    i can pronounce any word with precision EXCEPT 'three'

    thats the only word i can't say :( i pronounce it was 'free'

    i think this developed from when i was younger and didn't know better and now that i'm older i can't fix it. i mean i can pronounce it but i can't use it in a sentence without pausing, saying the word, then resuming my speech. it sounds very unnatural so i avoid pronouncing it as it should
     
  14. calmwater

    calmwater Well-Known Member

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    i found cantonese much harder to pronounce correctly than english
     
  15. KaY_xD

    KaY_xD 但願人長久,千里共嬋娟

    idk........cuz' that's my 1st language lol
    it's hard to catch the correct sound i think, cuz my ABC cousins have some weird accent that sounds like they're from the countryside.

    i can pronounce English fine, but here are some words i think i sound weird in pronunciation:

    important
    porn
    button
     
  16. iiimj4everiii

    iiimj4everiii Well-Known Member

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    i say "like" is the hardest thing for me to say. its so hard for me to say "i like you" to a girl i like that's not my gf.
     
  17. s0uljae

    s0uljae Well-Known Member

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    hardest word to pronounce for cantonese speaker should be any word has L and R. and for mandarin they have less of those L and R pronunciation problem
     
  18. [mJ9]

    [mJ9] Well-Known Member

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    plagiarism.i can start but it's hard to finish it
     
  19. Dav

    Dav Well-Known Member

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    lot of asians can't say rural right.
     
  20. negiqboyz

    negiqboyz Well-Known Member

    I think if you have a solid foundation in English - kid school (vowel, consonants, etc); pronunciation won't be that hard. With web dictionary these days, it can't be any easier.