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Worcestershire, Specific, Squirrel Apr 7, 2015 7:30:27 GMT Frazz likes this

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Post by Liv on Apr 7, 2015 7:30:27 GMT

According to a poll, the above words are the hardest to pronounce in the English language.

The top 10:

1. Worcestershire

2. Specific

3. Squirrel

4. Brewery

5. Phenomenon

6. Derby

7. Regularly

8. February

9. Edited

10. Heir

I have trouble with 'specific' & 'phenomenon' as do most of the presenters on the jewellery channels.

Come to Wales! We can mess your tongue up good & proper.

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3027453/The-trickiest-words-pronounce-English-language-revealed-include-squirrel-specific.html#ixzz3Wbe8ZEyY

Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,618 Mood: FP Swim	Worcestershire, Specific, Squirrel Apr 7, 2015 8:23:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Apr 7, 2015 8:23:40 GMT My family say Dalek and esculator are my bete noirs.( I think they say I say Dialek). The other is self explanatory.
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Liv Full Member TRAVIS FIMMEL- Australian Actor and Former Model Posts: 14,431	Worcestershire, Specific, Squirrel Apr 7, 2015 8:43:35 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Apr 7, 2015 8:43:35 GMT It's Daaaleck in Kardiff.

Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,618 Mood: FP Swim	Worcestershire, Specific, Squirrel Apr 7, 2015 9:06:27 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Apr 7, 2015 9:06:27 GMT Natch! You would have enjoyed Victoria Coren doing her Cardiff accent at the final of 'Only Connect' then Mim!
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Toril Full Member Posts: 16,571 Mood: Iguana	Worcestershire, Specific, Squirrel Apr 7, 2015 10:40:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Toril on Apr 7, 2015 10:40:57 GMT I can pronounce all the words in that list with no trouble at all, but the word I do have think about before saying it is "innovative" so I can get the emphasis in the right place.

Liv Full Member TRAVIS FIMMEL- Australian Actor and Former Model Posts: 14,431	Worcestershire, Specific, Squirrel Apr 7, 2015 11:00:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Apr 7, 2015 11:00:52 GMT You definitely have to concentrate when you are trying to be pacific Attachment Deleted

lily Full Member Posts: 16,766	Worcestershire, Specific, Squirrel Apr 7, 2015 11:56:27 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Apr 7, 2015 11:56:27 GMT My teef get stuck on phenomenon too, also Immingham ... rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-smiley-emoticon

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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 13:37:19 GMT

I'm not too bad on pronunciation but I do struggle to say two words on a row with the same beginning. Like the make of daisy handbag ... Frost French. I really have to line my teeth up before I start.

One of the words I used to struggle with was down to my Cornish roots ... vase. Vaahs or vays is bad enough but where I'm from its said vawwws. But no one north of Plymouth has any clue what a vawwws is.

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Worcestershire, Specific, Squirrel Apr 7, 2015 19:12:40 GMT Liv likes this

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Post by Frazz on Apr 7, 2015 19:12:40 GMT

I don't think there is anything difficult to say in that list, well sober anyway.

I have terrible trouble with consistency and constituency, have to really concentrate, although I think that's more about using the right one in context. LOL

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