words that are hard to pronounce

Jen · Outlaw Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 169 City: McQueeney, TX

i've always wondered what words people have a hard time saying b/c to me it's some of the easiest that are the most confusing to say. Like drawer (as in like a dresser drawer), i, like most of my friends, say it as if it started with a "j" instead of a "d".

what are some words y'all have trouble saying?

heliboy911 · Guest

It really depends where you live. I say kazza "Kuh-zaw" and a lot of people say "Kah-zuh". I say McAfee "Mi-caf-e" others say "Mic-af-fe"

DockSecret · Addict Joined: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 756 City: Austin, TX

I can't even say my own last name right, so Nguyen is a hard word to pronounce.

Jen · Outlaw Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 169 City: McQueeney, TX

hahaha...thats' ok docksecret, most people dont say mine right even though it's pretty easy

i said Kazaa "kah-za"

Chales · Guest

dwarf

Heezey · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 8:19 am Post subject:

wednesday. everyone says it wendsday.

Bill Y Bob · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 8:44 am Post subject:

Very true Heezey Laughing

ohsix · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 9:26 am Post subject:

docksecret- how do you pronounce your last name? a dude that plays for the dallas cowboys has the same last name and i think they pronounce it "win" it may be speeled differently though.

Jim M · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 2933

one I notice is 'sure', like 'are you sure', some people annunciate it completely different, slurring a h like shhure. Or the Southern way- 'Are you shir?'

ohsix · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 11:23 am Post subject:

reservoir is hard to pronounce for some people.

Tyler T · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 11:25 am Post subject:

pneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis....ive only heard a few people say it right in my life...bet you can't do it Razz

DockSecret · Addict Joined: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 756 City: Austin, TX

Yeah, that guy has the same last name as me. I guess it sounds like win, or maybe when, or in between, w/ an N somewhere? I dunno, I can't say it right =P

Dragonlady8 · Guest

Aluminium and Cinnamon
Docksecret~ I've heard that name pronounced several different ways by the people themselves.
My last name only has 3 letters, basic grammar and people still can't get it right. Shocked

Face-Plant · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 703 City: Riverview

yea my mom cant say either of those right, i think they 're pretty easy

DockSecret · Addict Joined: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 756 City: Austin, TX

Ahhh ok, well I used to be pretty bad at even saying my birthday when I was little. 23rd, for some reason it sounded real weird to me and everyone else, I think it's better now, oh yeah, i guess so people don't think i'm TOO dumb, I used to only speak vietnamese till I was 5, then got stuck in school and forgot vietnamese and stuck only w/ English.

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

people butcher my first name (aubrey) all the time..

my friend cant say funeral... its pretty funny to hear her try tho

BW · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 602

one of my friends says Coidincidence instead of Coincidence. I dont think it is hard to say though.

Maestro · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 3:35 pm Post subject:

My sister's BF says Ma-trass instead of Mattress... ???

My buddy says supposebly instead of supposedly...

Jello John · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1936

I've been having trouble with the word "the" recently.

My last name gives everyone problems. I've probably heard hundreds of pronouciations for it.

How could people mess up Aubrey?? It is Ah-Bree right?

DockSecret · Addict Joined: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 756 City: Austin, TX

That "th" sound, blah, like in twenty-"th"ird. Yeah, I swear, if Thomas was pronounced w/ the same th sound rather than the T, I couldn't say my name at all!

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject:

Most americans think that we Canadians cant pronounce about, or out right. They think we say aboot and ooot.

Jake0306 · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 4:17 pm Post subject:

I always have trouble saying specific...i somehow slur it into some weird-ass word that sounds like i'm retarded.

Heezey · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 5:48 pm Post subject:

For some reason people say Finch instead of Fitch, like Abercrombie and Fitch

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

jello - nnooo. see, i knew that someone would screw it up.

its "au-bre" well, im not exactly how to write it out to explain it to you...

whats your last name?

DaveBrowning · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject:

one of the hardest is rural. some more are specific and specifically. a girl at my school says "su-pif-ic" it hilarious Laughing

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

in the dictionary, type in 'aubrey' and then theres a little thing that u can push to listen to it - the guy says its close to perfect

[/url]http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm[url][/url]

Maestro · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 6:03 pm Post subject:

People seem to have trouble with "Hilfiger" --> Hilfinger, etc...

ohsix · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 6:06 pm Post subject:

are any of yall old enough to remember girbaud clothes? those were the sh*t when i was in 4th and 5th grade and i still dont think anyone knows how to pronounce the name, including me.

Jen · Outlaw Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 169 City: McQueeney, TX

one of my friends cant say tylonol, she says tynonol

ohsix · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 6:14 pm Post subject:

sweet link aubs. it wont work.

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

lol sry wes - try this one http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Nephilim · Addict Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 658 City: Ephrata, WA

im kinda retarted when i say nuts its more like nauts and i say crayon craen but thats cuase well i dont know why.

Dragonlady8 · Guest

Here's a couple more:
spaghetti -> pa'schetti
with -> wif or wid
maybe it's more of a phonics/phonetic thing Confused

Maestro · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 6:42 pm Post subject:

I've heard the word 'asked' be pronounced 'axed' far too often...

Grace B. · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 6:51 pm Post subject:

I used to not be able to say aluminium for the longest time. One of my friends can't say kitchen, its pretty funny!