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Words you find difficult to pronounce??

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    #122
    ToniTuddle
    Registered Users Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭ToniTuddle


    Shoulder and Soldier.

    Whenever they are used in a sentence I end up saying the other.
    Especially have to say soldier slowly to get it out right. Very feicin annoying!


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    #123
    LucaDat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭LucaDat


    maelstrom...........I have no clue


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    #124
    MurphChops
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭MurphChops


    anonymous


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    #125
    MurphChops
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭MurphChops


    ..... and anonymity


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    #126
    MurphChops
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭MurphChops


    indefatigable


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    #127
    MurphChops
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭MurphChops


    Anemone , im as bad as young Nemo


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    #128
    MurphChops
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭MurphChops


    Kernel is hard to pronounce when I see it spelled like this
    Colonel


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    #129
    MurphChops
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭MurphChops


    exclamation
    often say esclamation


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    #130
    MurphChops
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭MurphChops


    another anon type word

    onomatopoeia


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    #131
    Second Toughest in_the Freshers
    Site Banned Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭Second Toughest in_the Freshers


    Sorry


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    #132
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    Hierarchy


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    #133
    topmanamillion
    Registered Users Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭topmanamillion


    anaesthetist
    litigious


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    #134
    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    I can only think of one word I always pronounce incorrectly:

    "Incorrectly".


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    #135
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    mauve


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    #136
    Grid.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    anesthetize

    deterioration

    specific


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    #137
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,783 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Synthesizer. I always say Synthetizer.


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    #138
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    realtor

    looks deceiving when people say real-uh-tor...confuses me.


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    #139
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    canonical




    I cantonical ;):Dclearly nama!


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    #140
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    Phenomenon


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    #141
    scouttio
    Registered Users Posts: 386 ✭✭scouttio


    My thick Kildare accent struggles with "imagining it".

    Also any phrase with "of the" in the middle
    Shaun uh de dead
    Match uh de day
    ends up sounding like I have a stutter!


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    #142
    Boater123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭Boater123


    My wife had to do a reading at her only siblings wedding and had great difficulty with the word "Elixir" in the passage.

    We got around it, and it brought a great smile to our faces when she stood on up on the altar and carried it off with out any one noticing with "he licks her".

    My own problem comes with phenomenon, I feel like a right muppet when I say it and always feel inclined to finish it with a lyrical du-du-de-du-du.


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    #143
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    :D ^ manamana


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    #144
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    corps.

    why cant it be pronounced as corpse?

    since when does the absence of silent e make the p and s disappear too?


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    #145
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    phlebotomist

    comes out as fleblotomlist...hence, we now pronounce it only as v-a-m-p-i-r-e


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    #146
    Grid.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    nomenclature


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    #147
    Eeden
    Registered Users Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    ^^ :D cuz I use THAT word out loud all the time!! :D

    (do tell!)


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    #148
    Beanntraigheach
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    I mix up the word "colony" and the surname "Connolly".


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    #149
    B00!
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    hierarchy

    I always thought it was high-arkeee... apparently its a higher-arkee than originally considered. :rolleyes:


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    #150
    B00!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,559 ✭✭✭B00!


    anecdote has always set me on edge... is it annadote, uhneckdote? ever heard of a silent c? it always seems to come out as antidote


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    #151
    Grid.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    Remuneration....for some reason i pronounce it as 'renumeration'!!


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