Words are hard
Added 2022-05-13 01:22:56 +0000 UTCOkay so while recording last night, it became very clear that I cannot say Sisyphus. Like, I just can't. It comes out as Sissy Fuhs and it sounds ridiculous and Amy and Lia teased me. I remember I had a friend in college who COULD NOT say the word specific. She would always say Pacific and it was actually kind of cute.
Are there any words you cannot say? Please don't make me feel alone, haha.
~ Megan
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When I first moved to Los Angeles I amused people greatly with my pronunciation of Sepulveda and Cahuenga. The former I mastered quickly, but I still stumble over the latter. (Thank goodness I donโt live on the west side!)
Madge Doty
2022-05-13 22:18:32 +0000 UTCexcept I CANNOT say palanquin EVERRRRRRRRR
Megan Erickson
2022-05-13 17:44:39 +0000 UTCMegan--LOLOLOLOL -Lia
Megan Erickson
2022-05-13 17:44:28 +0000 UTCMy husband calls tuna "chu-nah" with his Aussie accent...and ppl will invariably say "chicken?"
Megan Erickson
2022-05-13 17:44:06 +0000 UTCIf you go to Instagram and search Graham Norton, they posted a video of Benedict Cumberbatch doing a sound over in a documentary. He attempts to say penguin multiple times and itโs hysterical. Also, I never pronounce his last name correctly.๐
Daisy
2022-05-13 10:59:17 +0000 UTCOmnipotent, Non-Sequitur, and Trois (the number 3 in French). I donโt have a problem with pronouncing them if the words come up in conversation, but if I see them in writing, I doubt myself and say: omni POE tent, non-se COY tur, and troy. I can usually avoid the first two, but I buy cheap wine, with Menage a Trois being my favorite, and more than once Iโve pronounced it wrong โ even right now when re-reading what I typed I thought โMenage a Troyโ! ๐
Kathi
2022-05-13 07:51:23 +0000 UTCA word I canโt say in any accent is โanatomicallyโ - I have to say it super slowly to get it right otherwise my brain goes โanatomyโ and tries to add โcallyโ on the end of it. And Iโm teaching how to make crochet stuffed toys at the moment so Iโve used it quite a lot ๐
Sarah @afternoonaasks
2022-05-13 07:30:03 +0000 UTCSo when I travel in the States people donโt understand my British accent specifically on the word โwaterโ which as a Brit, I say โWar-Tuhโ so then I have to Americanise the pronunciation and say โWar-derrrrrโ but then I feel like a dick, cos it sounds like Iโm taking the piss with a very bad impression of a US accentโฆ. But it usually means I get Water. ๐
Sarah @afternoonaasks
2022-05-13 07:07:06 +0000 UTCCacophony as kack-uh-foh-nee, I still hear it this way in my head when I read it even though now I know!! And if I were to say it out loud, I'd definitely need a second to remember the correct pronunciation.
Lisa C
2022-05-13 02:33:41 +0000 UTC2 words that I had only read and not ever heard pronounced when in my 20s.....awry......vicar. So I used to say ahww- ree, instead of ah- rye, and the first time I tried to say vicar, I said vye- car instead of vih- cahr. Felt dumb for sure to hear the right pronunciation. Also, even now when I read the word Thai, I sometimes say in my head thigh๐
LauraPat H
2022-05-13 01:45:54 +0000 UTCI went to grad school in the UK and was constantly made fun of for my American accent. I had a hard time pronouncing Edinburgh, though I think I've somewhat got it at last :p
Alice
2022-05-13 01:33:27 +0000 UTCOminous. It ain't Oh-MINUS. In highschool, we had to read out loud in English and while reading Jane Eyre I hit the word lachrymose. I paused, hoping that my teacher would fill in as she sometimes did for me. She didn't. So I jumped in and went with larch-EE-mouse. "Thank you," she said, "I knew you couldn't do it, but just wanted to hear what you'd say."
Hannah
2022-05-13 01:33:07 +0000 UTC
