Words you can't pronounce

[Iskenator67]

90% of all medication names out there.

 

[Fud]

I usually don't have trouble pronouncing things if I hear them. I can't think of any off the top of my head. However, whenever I read I occasionally don't read proper nouns, I just recognize them. This can lead to problems if I ever want to talk about the books...

 

[kemosabi4]

I have trouble saying "corollary" and "indubitably."

I can't say 'corollary' right either. I also used to have a problem at school with the French 'matelas pneumatique'. And my French teacher used to make me try to say it two or three times a lesson, to everyone's amusement. I suppose it worked, though, since I can now say it.

I guess it did. I guess your French teacher's attempt at your humiliation was his (her?) way to make you say it right.

My problem with "corollary" is the fact that it's awkwardly spelled. I have a hard enough time trying to speak as it is (as my brain moves faster than my tongue, causing me to trip up and stutter repeatedly. Sometimes I need to start a sentence three of four times before I actually get the word out of my mouth). That, and I always want to pronounce it phonetically. It's not that bad, though, after going through geometry and two years of American history...

I have the same problem. My brain is too fast for my mouth. Sometimes, when I'm asked a question, I'll say the opposite of what I meant.

 

[Sindaine]

Yes, it is, but he thinks it's Aw-dee, because, and I quote, 'It sounds cooler'.

He's only 15, but damn....

 

[Heart of Darkness]

I have trouble saying "corollary" and "indubitably."

I can't say 'corollary' right either. I also used to have a problem at school with the French 'matelas pneumatique'. And my French teacher used to make me try to say it two or three times a lesson, to everyone's amusement. I suppose it worked, though, since I can now say it.

I guess it did. I guess your French teacher's attempt at your humiliation was his (her?) way to make you say it right.

My problem with "corollary" is the fact that it's awkwardly spelled. I have a hard enough time trying to speak as it is (as my brain moves faster than my tongue, causing me to trip up and stutter repeatedly. Sometimes I need to start a sentence three of four times before I actually get the word out of my mouth). That, and I always want to pronounce it phonetically. It's not that bad, though, after going through geometry and two years of American history...

I have the same problem. My brain is too fast for my mouth. Sometimes, when I'm asked a question, I'll say the opposite of what I meant.

Stupid brain...can't you act slowly while I talk? Fast brains are a blessing in disguise...

Yeah, I hate when that happens, too. Or when you switch words around unknowingly.

 

[Sigel]

I have problems with the word specifically and specific. I sometimes say pacifically and pacific instead.

 

[kemosabi4]

Yes, it is, but he thinks it's Aw-dee, because, and I quote, 'It sounds cooler'.

He's only 15, but damn....

I know your pain. I have an 11 year old cousin who is horribly stupid. He stutters and mispronounces words awfully, but everytime you correct him, my aunt and uncle get all fucking defensive. And if they aren't around to save the day, he just uses the excuse that "I can say it however I want." God, I wanna fucking strangle them. I could go off on a rant all day about their family, but that would be off topic.

 

[ccdistancerunner]

Vietnamese.

Let it be known that on this day, I, kemosabi4, has found another hockey fan on the Escapist!

LOL I was beginning to think they didn't exist either. What's your favorite NHL team?

Wings

The mortal enemy of my Blues...
Somehow I knew this would happen.

The Wings are the mortal enemy of the Blues? Well, the Pens are more like our mortal enemies. Damn Sidney Crosby.

Blues and Wings have a longer history and a more storied rivalary.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

That's a place in New Zealand.

 

[Noamuth]

I stumble a lot with the word 'specific'. But apart from that, I can't think of any words that I have trouble with.

But I'm sure there are lots of them.

 

[Biosophilogical]

unless i say it very slowly and deliberately i cannot say autumn (aw-toom). I say it as aw-doom, with very little emphasis on the d. It sounds (almost) like aw-oom.

 

[Sharpeye42]

i couldn't pronounce fatigue for awhile but my cousin can't pronounce sing or song he says sin or son.

 

[Murlin]

French words count to?
Enregistrer (to save a game) damn those r's in french

 

[whiskey_hicks]

Eligible.

God I hate that freaking word. I always have to slow down my speech when I say it to ensure it's pronounced right and in return I always sound like I'm seven years old in return. And if I don't slow it down then it sounds like I said "illegible".

Which I can't say any better for the record.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Until last year i couldnt pronouce soilder, i just kept saying shoulder.

 

[Spore]

most of you guys here prolly wouldn't me able to pronounce my name since most of you are native englishspeakers I presume...

give it a whirl: Gerdjan

voiceclips are appreciated, I like a good laugh

 

[The Last Parade]

or perhaps I just have very little trouble pronouncing words, and I don't like halo it's lost everything that made it special and it can't seem to move on. Even splinter cell has realized that they can't keep doing the same thing and it's far harder to change a stealth game, so if ODST fails I give up on halo... I kinda went off track... haha