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Original poster

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!

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Gooseygoosey12345 · 02/02/2019 22:47

I can't say deodorant... or strawberry! Also nobody had ever noticed I had a slight lisp until DH 🤷🏻‍♀️

Gooseygoosey12345 · 02/02/2019 22:53

Also can't say seat heater, you know like in a car. Always say heat seater, without fail, every time.

TheHorseOnSeventhAvenue · 02/02/2019 23:04

Cutlery
The more I think about it the worse it gets
I refer to knives and forks and avoid the word

Sarcelle · 02/02/2019 23:16

Half-hearted comes out as I've farted.

Phenomenal is a problem for me too.

Blameitonthedog · 02/02/2019 23:19

Jeremy - comes out as Jeriminney

Menarefrommarsitwouldseem · 02/02/2019 23:34

Legislation
Ombudsman

Someone at work says fabulous as fabberlous and it drives me insane as she seems to say it 50 times a day.

foodenvy · 02/02/2019 23:36

My mother says many words wrong...dinosau, caffuchino 🤷🏻‍♀️ Bugs me.

greenelephantscarf · 02/02/2019 23:41

squirrel - just how ?

ChuckyMonkey · 02/02/2019 23:46

I have to spell out WED NES DAY to be able to spell it

cinnabarmoth · 03/02/2019 08:09

'Statistics' slightly troubles me, but 'statistician' I really struggle with. Which is both amusing and deeply irritating as I have a degree in statistics and therefore need to use both words not infrequently.

proudestofmums · 03/02/2019 08:21

DH and I have a family joke - we always say basghetti and hostipal between ourselves (spell check is having a nervous breakdown!!) because that is what DS said when he was little. Cue a startled neighbour the other day when I said without thinking that DH was in hostipal!

Kevintherootvegetable · 03/02/2019 10:11

Hygge- just how?

MamaDane · 03/02/2019 10:14

@Kevin do you know how to pronounce the German letter ü? Then it's basically hüg-geh

foxtiger · 03/02/2019 11:14

I think I pronounce "tell you" in a weird way - more like "telly-ou" where the Y sounds more like a vowel than a consonant. I always notice myself doing it when it's too late and find it very irritating!

TooGood2BeFalse · 03/02/2019 12:20

Remuneration.I always say renumeration

domton · 03/02/2019 12:36

I thought it was renumerate Blush good job I never have to say it.

Rezie · 03/02/2019 12:44

pneumonia

Sewrainbow · 03/02/2019 13:07

Tousled

Korvalscat · 03/02/2019 13:37

Obelisk, Particularly - I add an extra la before ly, it happens with other words occasionally but that is the main one. I can say anemone unless I have to read it out loud then it becomes anenome every single damn time.

Original poster
ohheyfreakingout · 03/02/2019 18:18

Oh god you have all made me feel SO much better Grin

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Judeslife · 03/02/2019 18:26

Substitutability, just have to make a generic beety sound to cover the last three syllables

DistanceCall · 03/02/2019 22:05

HappyEverIftar, in Spanish "qué salidas" means "what exits" or, in slang, erm, "how horny!" (referring to several females).

payperview · 03/02/2019 22:09

Dh can't say zebra. He can only say zeeebra.
DGrandmother can say giraffe. She says gi-raff.

HappyEverIftar · 04/02/2019 03:52

DistanceCall I am Shock I didn't know.

Quesadillas quesadillas Quesadillas...

gingermary · 04/02/2019 03:59

It don’t say them incorrectly but I swap cucumber and computer round. So I might say ‘pass the computer from the fridge’ or ‘I’ll find the file on my cucumber’. No idea why and done it for years. My children think it’s hilarious.