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What one word do you find almost impossible to pronounce/say?

218 replies

Atticustheaardvark · 30/09/2023 00:01

Mine's narcissistic. I pride myself on being reasonably eloquent, but that word has me beat.

Thankfully not a word I find myself needing to utter very often. Just as well, as it takes me about 32 attempts before I stop sounding like Arkwright in Open All Hours.

OP posts:
Nonimai · 30/09/2023 00:56

‘Ethereal’ - I always say e-thuh-REAL.

MichonnesBBF · 30/09/2023 00:58

The non word 'readable' should be a word (it's not) but can I hell say legible.

OnlyTheBravest · 30/09/2023 01:01

Chiswick

Get it wrong every single time.

WhichEllie · 30/09/2023 01:04

I can’t think of any off the top of my head but I admit that some words I just pronounce with an American accent because they’re easier that way. Grin

Sagealicious · 30/09/2023 01:05

Recidivism

Superhair · 30/09/2023 01:06

Car park.

Holly2285 · 30/09/2023 01:11

Ombudsman

JamieJ93 · 30/09/2023 01:15

miscellaneous (defo didn't have to copy and paste) 😵

FrostieBoabby · 30/09/2023 01:20

Parallelogram

Anesthetist

XenoBitch · 30/09/2023 01:24

Deluxe

I keep saying Duluxe

BigBadBoom · 30/09/2023 01:33

Syringe...even thinking about it now I'm not 100% sure where the emphasis should go. And apparently I say 'coleslaw' strangely.

PeggyPiglet · 30/09/2023 01:36

Itinerary

Attentive (always want to say attentative)

Georgyporky · 30/09/2023 01:42

DH can't pronounce"sorry". It comes out as "all right".

CarpeDiemCarpeDontem · 30/09/2023 01:43

Toxicity. Even reading the pronunciation I can’t

Itslookinglikeabeautifulday · 30/09/2023 01:44

Statistics

CarpeDiemCarpeDontem · 30/09/2023 01:45

NinNinJin · 30/09/2023 00:05

Abominable

I learnt once to say “a bomb in a ball” with short a sounds instead of trying to say the word as one and it stuck!

Missingthegore · 30/09/2023 01:47

Berlinlover · 30/09/2023 00:28

Film (I’m Irish)

Column for me

Ends up as col - umee or Colm

Blame Irish language for that :)

Blueroses99 · 30/09/2023 01:48

I cannot spell itinerary without autocorrect.

i cannot say catastrophise (sp?)

Imisscoffee2021 · 30/09/2023 01:57

@NetballHoop Dais is a tricky word and only because I work in heritage I know it's pronounced day-iss, it's one of those words that looks incomplete to me!

Horriblewoman · 30/09/2023 02:01

Phenomenon

Poppins2016 · 30/09/2023 02:08

Anemone

irisheyesaresmiling7 · 30/09/2023 02:32

Certificate

coxesorangepippin · 30/09/2023 02:34

Pharmaceutical

Is it cue tickle
Or soo tickle

StarbucksSmarterSister · 30/09/2023 02:39

Isthmus

OnlyOpenMouthToChangeFeet · 30/09/2023 02:47

NoTeaNoShade · 30/09/2023 00:40

Schedule.

I always take a split second to remember how to pronounce it (and I still don't actually know): is it SHED-ule or SKED-ule🤔

Having an American DH doesn't help matters as he pronounces it the second way and then I'm confused as to which is the British way!

The British is SHED-ule, hope that helps. 😊

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