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Words you cannot pronounce

Started by The name master, July 17, 2016, 15:28

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The name master

Is there a word that you can't say correctly? I couldn't say "superiority"  for a few moments a few minutes ago.
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Petzbreeder

I tend to say words like "Inventory" the American way. A few people have given me strange looks before because of it.

sans the skeleton

most of them because i have really bad pronunciation issues

especially words like steak, photography, and specific (or any variation thereof)




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sylar

Quote from: Petzbreeder on July 17, 2016, 15:36
I tend to say words like "Inventory" the American way. A few people have given me strange looks before because of it.

how are you MEANT to pronounce it?? what have i been doing wrong this time


anyway. i found out cicada is not pronounced kai-ka-da when i was like 21, so i guess that counts? embarrassing

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Shaymin

Quote from: sylar on July 17, 2016, 18:38
how are you MEANT to pronounce it?? what have i been doing wrong this time


anyway. i found out cicada is not pronounced kai-ka-da when i was like 21, so i guess that counts? embarrassing

inventory is pronounced in-vun-try rather than in-ven-tor-ee. i know cause my mom loses it every time i say it the latter way lol




Inferna

my friends take the mick over the word oven because myself and the majority of my family say aw-ven instead of oh-ven. It must be an islander thing lmao

I can't pronounce the word fluorescent I end up saying 'flur-lecent'?? I also only learned how to say miscellaneous like a year ago I always thought it was 'miss-cal-eh-nos.


Captain Jigglypuff

I have mispronounced many Pokemon. Unown, Rayquaza, Druddgion, and Mantine are some of the ones I learned how they are pronounced from Pokedex Pro for the 3DS. Porygon 2 also gave me trouble because I wasn't sure if the 2 was just a number or an exponent since Porygon is digital and computer programs use numbers. I kept calling it Porygon Squared.
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E.C.A.M.B.S.

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Sometimes I struggle to pronounce "notoriety." I would say "Nuh-TOR-ee-ety" when it should "No-to-RAI-ety." Satiety is another confusing word. I used to say "Say-shi-ty" thinking it was pronounced the same way as "satiated," when it's most commonly pronounced "Suh-TAI-ety."

Captain Jigglypuff

What does satiety mean? I've never heard that word before. Also I thought for awhile that meme was pronounced as "may-mee" not "meem."
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Milsap

Satiety:

The quality or state of being fed or gratified to or beyond capacity :  surfeit, fullness

The revulsion or disgust caused by overindulgence or excess
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Quote from: E.K.A.N.S. on July 18, 2016, 02:39
"No-to-RAI-ety."

wh-......??????????????????

Quote from: Shaymin on July 17, 2016, 18:55
in-vun-try

im...................





ok honestly itd be easier 4 me to list the words i CAN pronounce

Quote from: Poison2007 on July 17, 2016, 18:18
specific

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Shaymin

also who pronounces chimney as "chimley" because i'm afraid you're banned




sylar

Quote from: Shaymin on July 17, 2016, 18:55
inventory is pronounced in-vun-try rather than in-ven-tor-ee. i know cause my mom loses it every time i say it the latter way lol

oh. i pronounce it both. 'invuntry' is when im feeling especially lazy tho lol.

the christians gave me
comic books as if i would
be scared of burning in hell
while i was already there


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Inferna

when people say 'ideer' instead of idea like where did the r come from???

Another random word I can't pronounce is the name of that fruit called a physalis (sp?) I end up saying the name of a similar sounding std instead lmao


The name master

#14
Earlier today I pronounced hypno (hip-no) as hype-no. What is wrong with me???

EDIT: how am I supposed to say Quagsire?

I think it's pronounced quag (similar to the word quack) sire.....
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