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To ask what words you can’t say?

380 replies

ohheyfreakingout · 01/02/2019 15:52

... even when they’re written in front of you

I can never seem to say anaesthetise.

My friend can’t say kettle properly and my brother has trouble with vinegar!

OP posts:
MuddyMoose · 01/02/2019 15:54

Spaghetti. It always comes out wrong & is even worse the harder I try to say it properly.

eastie1122 · 01/02/2019 15:54

Funeral... specific... 😂

Thingsthatgo · 01/02/2019 15:55

Squirrel and millennium

Stickerrocks · 01/02/2019 15:55

Familiarity - I have to say this regularly at work & I just can't.

Phenomenon - the Muppets ruined it for me.

recrudescence · 01/02/2019 15:55

Coin

domton · 01/02/2019 15:55

I had really delayed speech when I was little, and am left with only 1 letter combination I can't pronounce, the 'isi' combo. I can't make the 's' soft, it comes out as a z. So, position, composition (I'm a musician, it comes up more often than you'd think).

Anything else with that combination of letters. :)

IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere · 01/02/2019 15:56

Ibuprofen
Profiteroles
Phenomenon

CherryBlossom23 · 01/02/2019 15:56

Rural

AlbusSeverusMalfoy · 01/02/2019 15:56

Alzheimers and sixth

EmeraldShamrock · 01/02/2019 15:56

Children it comes out as trilldren.

Gatehouse77 · 01/02/2019 15:57

Mnemonic - get my m's and n's muddled

Fuckingnamechanging · 01/02/2019 15:57

physicist

LakieLady · 01/02/2019 15:58

Uninhabitable.

I can only say it if I take it slowly, otherwise an extra syllable or two creeps in.

Triffictriffid · 01/02/2019 15:59

Toyota. Comes out as toyoyta
Coyote. Comes out as coyoyte 🤷🏽‍♀️

EnglishRose13 · 01/02/2019 15:59

Legislation.

I have to say it often. It's embarrassing.

Youmadorwhat · 01/02/2019 16:00

phenylalanine....always gets my tongue in a twist!! 😂😂 I dropped chemistry as soon as I could!!

Bluesmartiesarebest · 01/02/2019 16:00

Anemone

Practicallyperfectwithprosecco · 01/02/2019 16:00

Mnemonic
Phenomenal
Phenomenon

MissCalamity · 01/02/2019 16:01

Cumulative

zzzzz · 01/02/2019 16:01

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EyeDrops · 01/02/2019 16:01

Reservoir and chaise longe. Haven't the foggiest.

FrancisCrawford · 01/02/2019 16:02

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Headinthedrawer · 01/02/2019 16:02

Remember.Comes out as renember. My Ths. Think (fink) I was off the day we were taught how to make a 'th' sound at pre school.I honestly had no idea what my drama teacher meant when I was 14 and she was yelling at me to pronounce "something...NOT somefing!!!".I just can't.And J dodnt realise I should.

finova · 01/02/2019 16:03

Heroin feels really awkward

AthelstaneTheUnready · 01/02/2019 16:03

Shropshire

i lose confidence at 'schrsro...'