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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:
Enta · 01/02/2019 16:05

Satiated.

I can't get the syllables in the right places.

gloriawasright · 01/02/2019 16:07

Literally
Episcopal
These are two I can't say.
But then there are words that I can't bring myself to say , they will never pass my lips .
Making love
Cum
Oh Christ even writing this makes me queasy

Gatehouse77 · 01/02/2019 16:09

My sister really struggle with diverticulitis.

whyameyehere · 01/02/2019 16:10

coin

DoYouLikeHueyLewisandTheNews · 01/02/2019 16:12

Apathetic
When I was little, I couldn't say remember

proseccoaficionado · 01/02/2019 16:12

Ibuprofen ... or is it ipubrofen? I NEVER know

HirplesWithHaggis · 01/02/2019 16:14

Carl or Karl. I'm Scottish.

gingajewel · 01/02/2019 16:17

Celery, I always say cerely and when I try and concentrate I get all in a middle?

gingajewel · 01/02/2019 16:17

*muddle

happytoseeyou · 01/02/2019 16:18

Worcestershire comes out with extra (wus-ter-sher-sher-sher) especially when trying to say sauce afterwards, I have to give up after the 3rd sher and point at the bottle.

Also struggle with pendulum - I say pal-eng-ium if I don't stop, take a breath and think about it first.

Luckily not two words I have to say often :-)

Howlovely · 01/02/2019 16:20

Archipelago. It always seems one syllable too long.

WFTisgoingoninmyhead · 01/02/2019 16:23

Binoculars it always comes out as binoclius!

BBInGinDrinking · 01/02/2019 16:24

I can't say no thank you but just when it comes to gin, wine, chocolate and cake

spugzbunny · 01/02/2019 16:25

Brewery ... although it gets better if I've recently been to one

ImportantWater · 01/02/2019 16:26

Oligarch.

NormaNameChange · 01/02/2019 16:26

Necessarily. It comes out “ness-a-celery” really quite embarrassingly.

I can’t however spell people without saying PEE O PULL in my head and the same for FEB RUE ARRY.

I’ve (shamefully) been overheard whispering it once or twice when I forget where I am and I’m in general thought to be quite a smart woman. Confused

ErickBroch · 01/02/2019 16:26

Jewellery!

BluthsFrozenBananas · 01/02/2019 16:28

Aurora. I know it’s becoming a popular baby name at the moment and I’m dreading the day someone I know calls their daughter it because I just can’t pronounce it right.

ALongHardWinter · 01/02/2019 16:29

I struggle with 'phenomenon' and 'phenomenal' unless I say it really slowly.

MamaDane · 01/02/2019 16:29

Trousers lol

BakedBeeeen · 01/02/2019 16:30

bureaucracy

waterandlemonjuice · 01/02/2019 16:31

I struggle with phenomenon and phenomenonal too

MrsCobbit · 01/02/2019 16:33

Abominable

TheDarkPassenger · 01/02/2019 16:34

Cctv

My friends kill themselves laughng cos it goes cccctv or even longer sometimes. Like a stutter but only on that one word

TORDEVAN · 01/02/2019 16:35

Binoculars ... always comes out as Binoc-lee-ars

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