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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:
rose789 · 01/02/2019 18:57

Photographer.
I always say photo- grapher

CantWaitToRetire · 01/02/2019 18:58

Reciprocity

I'm doing a lot of stuff at work trying to understand the impact of Brexit on our business and this word has come up a bit and I regularly stumble over it.

JustOneShadeOfGrey · 01/02/2019 19:00

Wenceslas as in Good King Wenceslas. I add too many las on the end, like I can’t stop.

Stroller15 · 01/02/2019 19:03

Helluva.

I say it like 'ahooga' for no human reason.

seenna · 01/02/2019 19:03

Anaesthetist

Pilgrimages - can say the singular no problem but the plural just sounds wrong. Think I emphasize the wrong part.

Optimist1 · 01/02/2019 19:07

Apocalypse. (I can spell it, I know how it sounds but no matter how hard I concentrate when saying it, it comes out as acopalypse!)

NotTheMrMenAgain · 01/02/2019 19:10

Vocabulary. Unless I concentrate, I can't stop and keep going with the 'ary's.

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 01/02/2019 19:12

Asphyxiate.
Always end up saying something like asfiskiate.Grin

bumpsadaisy11 · 01/02/2019 19:12

Moustache & croissant!!

Blankiefan · 01/02/2019 19:13

Methodical.

I always try to put another "og" in it.

Knittedfairies · 01/02/2019 19:16

Dominic. Fortunately I don't know any Dominics now, but oh how Donny-Mick suffered in my reception class...

mintich · 01/02/2019 19:17

Tribunal- I say it to rhyme with funeral.

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 01/02/2019 19:19

worchestershire sauce (well I can say the sauce part)

Tomdix · 01/02/2019 19:19

Can’t say Catastrophise. Just say if fhe worst was to happen!

dalmatianmad · 01/02/2019 19:22

Aspergers

Binoculars

Perfume

BertyFlanter · 01/02/2019 19:23

@Chelsea26 that poem is amazing. Well worth the long read 😀

BatshitCrazyWoman · 01/02/2019 19:26

Tragedy. Tradegy is how it comes out ... Blush

Mummabear2212 · 01/02/2019 19:29

Anaesthetist
Hippopotamus
Alpaca

VenusClapTrap · 01/02/2019 19:30

Croissant
Squirrel
Seagull

DearPrudence · 01/02/2019 19:33

I can say veterinarian but I really can't say veterinary. I just don't know how many syllables it's supposed to have.

DS can't say tortoise - he says toy-toise. He's sixteen.

ImaginaryFriends · 01/02/2019 19:39

Tax disk .... always came out as tax dix (dicks).

I use to be in charge of sorting them out for a fleet of vans.

Thank goodness we don't use them anymore.

Atthebottomofthegarden · 01/02/2019 19:40

Sphere. Or saphere...

MissTook · 01/02/2019 19:44

Chippenham.It comes out as, Chippinumb. Confused

Vuyo85 · 01/02/2019 19:44

laparoscopy

Mousetolioness · 01/02/2019 19:48

ExMIL is Polish - had trouble one day with 'gazebo', it came out as gazooby! And now I have to stop and think before I mention gazebos...