Are there any words you feel really awkward/self conscious saying?!

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For me it's 'gig'. I can't say it out loud without wanting to cringe/wince/apologise. It makes me feel really fraudulent!

Am I the only one? Does anyone else have words they just can't use?

Willy.

Absolutely nothing wrong with the word but I struggle to pronounce the letter ‘l’ properly so I just sound so dumb saying it. Hate the word so much haha

Same. Had a boyfriend for 2 years with a name like this and tried to even avoid saying it to other people. Never out loud in public to him. For any boyfriend, there's always that weird feeling when you say their name out loud but for his, I just wished he had another name.

When I see this word - I want to sing
" phenomenon du du de du du "

Any one else turn into a Muppet ?

I would be exactly the same. Exactly the same.

Yep, this is mine too, I can't figure out how to pronounce it without sounding like a twat

Disoriented

Always want to say it dis-orien-tated.

Has anyone mentioned specific/Pacific?

My nanna couldn't say certificate to save her life.

Cohort

as in, my child’s school year. Hate it.

Turd - makes me gag

February and croissant.

Frappuccino. Would never order this drink as just couldn't bring myself to say it. Ditto 'grande' 'venti' UUURRRRGGGHHHH.

Fart

NatSci, or even worse, BioNatSci.

short for Natural Science, Biologial Natural sciences university course.

makes me cringe, don’t know why.

Forward Is it For Ward or Ford. I think about it and get muddled

@SausageinaBun I have a lot to do with them and am reliably informed it's 'accent'.

Pseudo. Can't unsay the P.

The name ‘Chandler’
It comes out as ‘Charndler’ and makes me sound like the Queen.

Pianist.

It just comes out ‘Penis’ every time, so I say ‘piano player’ instead.

I was friends with my friend Hamilton for two years before I realised that Hamilton wasn’t his name, wasn’t even his surname, but was a really esoteric nickname his best mates had given him at uni. And I only found out when I mentioned him in front of one of his work colleagues who was all like “oh, do you mean Lee?”

I hate having to say subsidiary out loud, my tongue always tangles. Unfortunately I’m a Group Company Secretary and the Group has a lot of subsidiaries so I have to say it in front of people literally daily.

I remember a thread years ago on Mumsnet where a poster said she nodded off in a meeting, and woke herself up by singing ‘doo doo de doo doo’ after her boss said ‘phenomenon.’

Hilarious.

‘Bum’. 🤮When a friend says she’s going to ‘change his bum’ meaning her baby’s nappy. Grim!

I hated the "hun" phase. When everyone called each other "hun" on facebook!!!

Oh also 'naughty', in any context. Makes me cringe when other people say it too. I have a colleague who says it constantly (he's a teacher so it makes sense!) and it makes my skin crawl, but I can hardly ask him to stop using a perfectly normal word Oddly got no issue with seeing it written down, just spoken.

Pumice. Cannot pronounce this stupid word.

Also have trouble with poem… po-em, pome, po-yem, po-yum… argh fuck.

Ah, you beat me to it!!! Yes I struggle with it, especially ‘specifically’.