Words that you or others struggle to pronounce

[yello]

My wife and I disagree on pronunciation. Literally. I say 'pro-nun-ciation', she says 'pro-nounce-iation'. We are unlikely to call the whole thing off.

 

[Beebo]

We had a sheep shearer who kept talking about the soft shoes they habitually wear to stop the fleeces being damaged as they work, as 'mossacins'

I'm afraid we were such awful people that we kept trying to bring them into the conversation to see who could get the highest 'mossacin' score..

Truly dreadful behaviour I know

One of our friends had a really rubbish pair of Espadrilles which he would wear out.
We all referred to them as enchiladas much to his annoyance and our amusement.

 

[Bromptonaut]

Furloughed seemed to fox some people; more than one described themselves as furlonged.

Our local water utility is occasionally rendered as Anglican Water.

 

[stoatsngroats]

This may be a little dark for some, for which I apologise.
When I drove BR trains, on many occasions there were delays due to ‘a Fertility’ on the line…..
Never encountered one as a driver, but dealt with 3 in career as a driver manager…..

 

[CanucksTraveller]

The two that other people do a lot, and which set my teeth on edge are "arks" when they mean ask, and "nukiller" when they mean nuclear.

"Did I arks about your nukiller family tho?"

 

[Bromptonaut]

The two that other people do a lot, and which set my teeth on edge are "arks" when they mean ask, and "nukiller" when they mean nuclear.

"Did I arks about your nukiller family tho?"

Arks or aks is a West Indian tic. Even folks with no other discernible Caribbean accident sometimes give a clue as their origin with that one.

 

[yello]

The two that other people do a lot, and which set my teeth on edge are "arks" when they mean ask,

I hear 'aks' rather than 'arks'.... but we're probably referring to the same thing. Tbh, I consider it to be almost an accent feature rather than a mispronunciation.

Is water as pronounced by Cockneys (I.e. with the glottal stop) a mispronunciation?

 

[cycling_eejit]

Any word that begins with "th" 🙂

 

[JtB]

I don’t have problems with individual words, but there are combinations of words in sentences that tie my tongue in knots when I’m speaking in Spanish (somehow my brain fails to keep up with my mouth).

 

[MichaelW2]

Grass
Bath
Arse
Path
Math

 

[Cycleops]

Clitoris

I can never get my tongue round it

Much to your wife's/girlfriends disappointment I'm sure.

 

[Cycleops]

It seems Americans have the most trouble with the English language as spoken in the UK. This video will give you a few good laughs:

View: https://youtu.be/cjwUjFc5Qbo



Middlesbrough is Middlesbro and Oldham is Old ham. Hertfordshire is Hurtfordshire. Luton is Lutton.

You may disagree with some of the opinions expressed.

 

[bruce1530]

An aunt always referred to her favourite Italian meal as a "cannatoli"
(Here in the west of Scotland, a "toley" is slang for a turd - and she had bought a can of them...)

 

[mudsticks]

Patio
Crepe
Cheche Creche

These 3 have been highly traumatic. I have heard so many variations in my travels that I just lost my confidence in using them. I do find those from posh finishing schools seem to handle this well. Not sure if their language classes have some a special curriculum.

Btw 'crèche' is easy.

Just like when posh people experience an rta..

"Ooops!! Had a bit of a crèche in the Range Rover dahling.."

 

[Cycleops]

Btw 'crèche' is easy.

Just like when posh people experience an rta..

"Ooops!! Had a bit of a crèche in the Range Rover dahling.."

We always used to say 'a car accident in Knightsbridge'.