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Words you find difficult to pronounce??

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    #32
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Sorry I missed that! Maybe I can catch up if its on RTE player?


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    #33
    KamiKazeKitten
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭KamiKazeKitten


    Ahaha, I can't say Worcestershire either!

    Also study (shameful one I know) - when I was a kid I couldn't say it. Fast forward to now and I'm still calling our study a "dusty" :pac:


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    #34
    primrose_lily
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭primrose_lily


    I cant say the word 'rural' or the name 'Rory'.

    Its the 2 'r's that get me every time, it just sounds so wrong when i say them :/

    The worst thing was when i was in college and i had to do a presentation on the rural landscape of some place. I kid you not, every 2nd word was rural... :0

    I still manage to laugh at it though :)


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    #35
    orchidsrpretty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭orchidsrpretty


    Holles street. I always pronounce it hollows street, drives my sister crazy.


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    #36
    TommieBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,273 ✭✭✭✭TommieBoy


    Homage confuses the blazes outta me... (H)o-Mawjsh or Aw-mudg ? I never get it right :o


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    #37
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Geo10 wrote: »
    Specificity
    Always gets me tongue-tied!

    Mine is specific, so I'm certainly not going to try that one :o


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    #38
    gifted
    Registered Users Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭gifted


    Phenomenal....just kills me :(


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    #39
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    D'Olier St

    For years and years I called that doll lee ay street

    Then I learned it's Dunleer St

    I can't change years of habit, it will always doll lee ay street to me :)


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    #40
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    D'Olier St

    For years and years I called that doll lee ay street

    Then I learned it's Dunleer St

    I can't change years of habit, it will always doll lee ay street to me :)

    I've always pronounced it Dull - leer st.


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    #41
    Gee_G
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Gee_G


    C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

    I've always pronounced it Dull - leer st.
    Me too! Thought that's what it was called!


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    #42
    woodchuck
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,411 Mod ✭✭✭✭woodchuck


    C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

    I've always pronounced it Dull - leer st.

    Same here! I think that's right... but I used to pronounce it dolly-er :o


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    #43
    deelite
    Registered Users Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭deelite


    oldyouth wrote: »
    Mine is specific, so I'm certainly not going to try that one :o

    Me too - I always end up saying pacifically :D


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    #44
    triple-M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭triple-M


    extinguisher


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    #45
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    There's a lovely list of words on this site with examples of commonly mispronounced words and their correct pronounciation. I'm certainly guilty of saying Fillum as opposed to film.:D

    http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/mispron.html


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    #46
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »
    I've always pronounced it Dull - leer st.
    Gee_G wrote: »
    Me too! Thought that's what it was called!
    woodchuck wrote: »
    Same here! I think that's right... but I used to pronounce it dolly-er :o

    You three are most likely all correct

    I'll go with your pronunciation!

    Was a taximan who told me Dunleer


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    #47
    Gee_G
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Gee_G


    mikemac1 wrote: »





    You three are most likely all correct

    I'll go with your pronunciation!

    Was a taximan who told me Dunleer

    Don't change it now, confuse matters altogether! :):)


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    #48
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    It's doll-eer to me, and always has been. Although when I was young I might have fallen to Doll-iyay too. I made a mistake with another Dublin street but for the life of me I can't remember it now.

    Another one I often hear is either 'barm brack' or 'barn brack'. I always said 'barm brack' but both seem to be used universally.

    Edit: Just remembered the street, 'Montague Street'. I pronounced it 'Mon-taygue' when it should have been 'Mon-tah-gew'. My boss at the time sniggered when I said it, my co-worker explained my error, I was so embarrassed, but then I was only 15 at the time.


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    #49
    SicklySweet
    Registered Users Posts: 225 ✭✭SicklySweet


    Swiss :pac: Always comes out as "swish"

    Also there's coincidence.


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    #50
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users Posts: 17,554 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Just realised I never pronounce "asked" properly. It always sounds like "assed"


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    #51
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I have heard 'asked' pronounced as 'axed' too!


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    #52
    candy-gal1
    Registered Users Posts: 6,568 ✭✭✭candy-gal1


    Sasha :o:rolleyes::D

    Think its like an aftermath thing from having a lisp when I was a child, and a stammer sometimes now in some situations, getting better though :)


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    #53
    Sklarker
    Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭Sklarker


    Non-alcoholic. No matter how much I practice in my head I say 'nonal-clolic'. So I usually say 'Any N.A. beers?' in a bar but they always say 'any what?' and I have say it. Ironically I can say it better when I'm drunk


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    #54
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Sklarker wrote: »
    Non-alcoholic. No matter how much I practice in my head I say 'nonal-clolic'. So I usually say 'Any N.A. beers?' in a bar but they always say 'any what?' and I have say it. Ironically I can say it better when I'm drunk

    :D Try saying "Any alcohol-free beers?" and see how you get on. :)


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    #55
    Pang
    Registered Users Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭Pang


    Violence or violin or basically anything with 'vio' at the beginning. I have a habit of over pronouncing the 'o' and it sounds odd and overly posh. I avoid using those words unless I desperately have to.


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    #56
    chakotha
    Registered Users Posts: 912 ✭✭✭chakotha


    Subscription.


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    #57
    dvae
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭dvae


    similary and dave.


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    #58
    simonsays1
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭simonsays1


    constituency


    grrrrrr


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    #59
    Nidge_Weasel
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭Nidge_Weasel


    Invalidity


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    #60
    awesomelakes
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭awesomelakes


    Allele and species.

    I pronounce species as "shpee-sees" instead of "spee-shes". Pretty unfortunate since my course has a huge biology section. :o:o


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    #61
    cmbutterfly45
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭cmbutterfly45


    Swarovski
    No matter how much I try just can't get it right


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