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SallyLou
Beginner August 2014

Words you just can't say?

SallyLou, 1 October, 2013 at 18:43 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 45

A lighthearted thread - do you have any words that for the life of you, you can't pronounce?

For example, a word a spotted on another topic, I can not say brewery. I can split it up and say each section but put it altogether and it turns into a brewer-rer-ry. Thankfully a word I don't need often!

Anyone else?

45 replies

Latest activity by LaurenMitch, 10 October, 2013 at 11:49
  • Hoddy
    Beginner July 2014
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    I'm studying criminological psychology as part of my degree. But don't ask me to say criminological.

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  • *Pugsley*
    Beginner March 2014
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    For years I couldn't say orchestra.

    I still say skeleton and volume in a weird way and have to make a conscious effort to say them correctly. I'm a bit of a weirdo.

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  • Sange!
    Beginner January 1997
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    I can't say Sainsbury's. It comes out as Sainsberries.

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  • *Mini*
    Beginner January 2012
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    Necklace is neck lace, animals will come out as aminals.

    i can't speak.

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  • Mrs C
    Beginner March 2011
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    Millennium is minnellium

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  • Bookish
    Beginner August 2014
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    Squirrel.

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  • Hoddy
    Beginner July 2014
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    For as long as I can remember I pronounce Morrisons as Morrinsons. Just add that extra 'N' in there. My mum still tells me off for it now!

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  • Icklefee
    Super May 2014
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    People laugh at me when I say earrings. I've no idea why, I don't think I say it any differently to anyone else. OH calls spaghetti biscetti. The other week for dinner he told the kids we were having "biscetti bolognese" followed by "perfiteroles"

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  • Kjay
    Beginner August 2013
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    Bin-oc-le-ers =binoculars- I have to make a conscious effort to say it right

    Boyo says I say caravan funny he says I spilt it into two.

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  • Kjay
    Beginner August 2013
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    I will be sure to tell him! Thanks JoJo Smiley laugh

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  • 1234ABC
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    I can't say orientated properly without thinking about it first. It always comes out as en-tori-en-tate-ted

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  • Polka Dot Penguin
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    .

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  • Kjay
    Beginner August 2013
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    I say it more like 'shure' Lan-cash-shure- norther thing perhaps?

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  • Arquard
    Beginner May 2011
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    Crisps. I always seem to whistle the 's' at end! And "Bridge Street" always ends up mushed into Bridgsheet unless I stop and pause between the two words.

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  • Arquard
    Beginner May 2011
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    Crisps. I always seem to whistle the 's' at end! And "Bridge Street" always ends up mushed into Bridgsheet unless I stop and pause between the two words. OH! And I cannot say Multi Storey Car Park. It always, always, always comes out Stulti Morey Par Cark.

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  • ~Peanut~
    Beginner December 2012
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    Marylebone Station. It always ends up being Marley-bone.

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  • Holey
    Beginner July 2011
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    I don't think there are any words I can't pronounce (off the top of my head), but there are plenty I don't know how to pronounce.

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  • Mrs Bass
    Beginner March 2011
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    Brewery for me too, or naything with too many Rs and Ws! I have to say it very slowly.

    i always pronounce broiche wrong too, its a long runnign joke now for my H and my mum!

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  • S
    Beginner October 2011
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    H always teases me about how I say "Bottle". Unless I stop and think before I say it, it comes out as Bockle.

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  • Little Pixie
    Beginner September 2011
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    I say this like Johnathan Ross would.

    I also cannot say regularly

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  • AmnesiaCustard
    Beginner June 2011
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    Anthropomorphism.

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  • B
    Beginner December 2013
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    I can't say permanent. It always ends up as pernament. In fact, a lot of words with n's and m's close together i find hard to pronounce. Phenomenon is another one i can't say, i don't even attempt it! Luckily it's not a word i need to say very often!

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  • WickyWack
    Beginner July 2013
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    Handbag - I say ham bag

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  • ForTheLoveOfMrsBrown
    Beginner January 2012
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    I am OK with nearly everything except one word that I use daily at work. It won't mean anything to anyone, except Ducky - it is the word "neurula". It has a weird combination of "y", "u" and "r"s, with a diphthong thrown in for good measure.

    It should approximate nyuuu-roo-lah. The transition between the first two syllables foxes me. I tend to go for nurr-oo-lah (with no "y" sound). It makes me sound American, apparently. Because we all know they can't speak properly ?

    God, I'm boring myself....

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  • Cilla
    Beginner April 2012
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    At work I frequently mention 'hypodeemic nerdles'

    I think it comes from a 'It'll be Alright on the Night' type of programme where a newsreader mispronounced hypodermic needle. It runs off my tongue a lot easier than the correct words.

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  • AuntieBJ
    Beginner September 2014
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    Abominable. Always comes out as a bomb in a bubble when I say it!!

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  • Twiga
    Beginner April 2012
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    I'm often incoherent, embarrassingly so (see addition/edition thread). However, the one word that gives me palpitations (mainly because I have to say it so much due to my silly job) is quantitative ---> ahhh even writing it is horrid!

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  • Panjita
    Beginner May 2011
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    Anaesthetist - I had loads of fun trying tell people my birth story, I ended up saying the anaesthetic man.

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  • overtherainbow
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    Anonymous and anenomes are mine and chiropractic - I always want to put "ter' on the end of chiropractic.

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  • Panjita
    Beginner May 2011
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    My MIL says:

    Dressing Gownd

    Mataland

    Debenans

    Emphysemia

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  • Erin8
    Beginner June 2014
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    I can only pronounce Waitrose if l concentrate really hard. Otherwise Mr Erin laughs hysterically and tells me l talk like a chav!

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