The most awkward word to pronounce?

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Psycho 30 ENE 2021 a las 16:25

I'm trying to think of the most awkward word in English to pronounce. Iron, missile, vehicle, are all pretty weird.. Because you can say iron as eye-rin or eye-urn, missile as miss-ull or miss-eye-ull, vehicle as vee-uckle, or vee-hick-ull...

But i think 'Rural' is the weirdest word to pronounce, ever. Is there any word more weird sounding than that? I never even try to pronounce it "correctly" anymore, i just say it as 'rule'

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MikeBob2013 31 ENE 2021 a las 9:56

For some folks (and I'm not one of them - just sayin) 'nuclear' seems to be a tough one. I keep hearing it pronounced as 'nuke-yoo-lar.'

Some other (really common) words I frequently hear mispronounced are: 'ask' ("AXE") and 'especially' ("EX-specially").

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Radene 31 ENE 2021 a las 10:00

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Not "fbuy"; it's "fbeeh". The "i" is for "investigation", not "idolatry".

"fbeeh" sounds wrong too, since it's "buh" not "be". "fbuhih".

No no. It's just B. Because the "uh" sound comes from the U in "Bureau" already. So it needs to be a B with as little attachments as possible. You need to immediately go on to the I.

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MikeBob2013 31 ENE 2021 a las 10:03

Are y'all referring to the eff-bee-eye?

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tmwfte 31 ENE 2021 a las 10:49

Publicado originalmente por Radene:
No no. It's just B. Because the "uh" sound comes from the U in "Bureau" already. So it needs to be a B with as little attachments as possible. You need to immediately go on to the I.

You don't pronounce "b" as "be", though. That's the name of the letter, not the sound it makes.

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Adversary 1 FEB 2021 a las 0:31

I typically have issues with the word proselyte and variations thereof, namely proselytizing. Which is inconvenient given how many religious discussions I wind up part of on a certain Mongolian pottery app.

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Frostylicious 1 FEB 2021 a las 0:53

Idk if it’s been mentioned already, but...

“Horror”, because if mispronounced someone would get offended

And also...

“Iron”, some people pronounce it as eye-run (two syllables) while others can dash through it with one syllable altogether.

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Frostylicious 1 FEB 2021 a las 0:54

Publicado originalmente por TRASH:
February.

Oh ye this one can be awkward as well.

Also “Wednesday”.

Lots of words out there that would apply here.

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CeleStar 1 FEB 2021 a las 2:27

Sts sounds, I hate it, like in ghosts. Or posts. It's weeeird. And Like "sss" to "tuh" fine. But back to "sss"? U gotta like reset ur tongue or something.

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Messy 1 FEB 2021 a las 17:06

Pseudo

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Alaskan Catfish Hike 1 FEB 2021 a las 17:22

Publicado originalmente por Sixtyfivekills:
Shrek.

I cannot say that "r" with my accent correctly no matter how hard I try.

I say r after like ehl. I feel you-ehl pain

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Albemouff 2 FEB 2021 a las 4:22

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Sts sounds, I hate it, like in ghosts. Or posts. It's weeeird. And Like "sss" to "tuh" fine. But back to "sss"? U gotta like reset ur tongue or something.

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