Words you can't pronounce

[TheMatt]

I'm Canadian so apparently I cannot pronounce "about." Don't get me wrong, I think I pronounce it just fine, but according to my yankee buddies on vent it comes out aboot, just like the stereo type says...

it's sad really...

no.nononononononnonononononnononono.
im canadian too.
Are you from Nova scotia?
becuase thier probably just being dicks


Ive only met Nova scotians that say aboot.

lol, I'm in Ottawa and always have been. So no, no semi-Irish accent for me.

 

[PurpleLeafRave]

Bollucks, and I guess pretty much all other words British people make up

Hey... its spelt "bollocks" and we will make up any words we want to... Its OUR language! >

What he said! Don't say otherwise or I'll shank you bruv, up the batty! (English words ftw)

 

[Brown Cap]

This is the longest word in the english language. 1,909 letters, It is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8, A Tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme that has 267 amino acids.

This is the word

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl-
glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalyl-
(23 Lines of letters later)
...-sylalanylalanylthereonylarginylserine.


Dont ask for the whole word, i'm not writting 1,909 letters

 

[Squarez]

Innovative.

I can say it on it's own, but in a sentence it just trips my tongue over.

 

[kemosabi4]

My brother can't say Audi. he calls it 'Aw-dee'.

What's the correct way? Isn't it ow-dee?

 

[AlexWinter]

Bollucks, and I guess pretty much all other words British people make up

Hey... its spelt "bollocks" and we will make up any words we want to... Its OUR language! >

What he said! Don't say otherwise or I'll shank you bruv, up the batty! (English words ftw)

You could just as easily criticise the less intelligent side of America by blurting out ridiculous sentences comprised of your informal 'American'

 

[kemosabi4]

Pikey

 

[kemosabi4]

This is the longest word in the english language. 1,909 letters, It is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8, A Tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme that has 267 amino acids.

This is the word

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl-
glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalyl-
(23 Lines of letters later)
...-sylalanylalanylthereonylarginylserine.


Dont ask for the whole word, i'm not writting 1,909 letters

Sorry, but I beat you to it. Actually, I think you got a shorter version.

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine. The longest technical word in the English language. It has 189,819 letters.

 

[Brown Cap]

I'm aware of that word - the only thing is there was a strong debate on proving if it was an actual word. So I just went with the runner up (AND THAT WASNT based of Latin or Greek)

 

[kemosabi4]

I'm aware of that word - the only thing is there was a strong debate on proving if it was an actual word. So I just went with the runner up (AND THAT WASNT based of Latin or Greek)

Fair enough

 

[Mr.Top Hat]

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia = fear of long words

Wow thats ironic.

 

[dadadahahaha]

Masks
Ghosts
Requiem

 

[BuckminsterF]

Kyrgyzstan

 

[la-le-lu-li-lo]

i spent most of my child hood being unable to pronounce "dracula" properly.

if you still can't pronounce that, just say bird of Hermes. epic cookie for reference.

Hellsing??

epic cookie for you.

Woohoo!! *does a dance*

 

[A Pious Cultist]

Cthulhu. Try to figure that one out, bitches.

Pronounced, tooloo

You sure? I've only ever heard it pronounced ka-thoo-loo.

 

[Ancalagon]

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.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Nothing, really. I have no problems with pronounciation... That I know of...

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Cthulhu. Try to figure that one out, bitches.

Pronounced, tooloo

You sure? I've only ever heard it pronounced ka-thoo-loo.

I pronounce it Quthooloo.

 

[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...

 

[Kinguendo]

Bollucks, and I guess pretty much all other words British people make up

Hey... its spelt "bollocks" and we will make up any words we want to... Its OUR language! >

What he said! Don't say otherwise or I'll shank you bruv, up the batty! (English words ftw)

Well, except "batty" is a word that originated from Jamaica and "shank" is an American one. And lets keep it to British words that not only Chavs say, shall we?