a - nony - mous, so I was wondering if there were any "nuklear" words that you guys had trouble with.
Basically, I want to embarass my roommates with tonguetwisting words
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
a - nony - mous, so I was wondering if there were any "nuklear" words that you guys had trouble with. Basically, I want to embarass my roommates with tonguetwisting words | ||
Excalibur_Z
United States12180 Posts
Learned it from the Saturday morning Carmen Sandiego cartoon years ago, never forgot it =) | ||
YNi-Soul
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FrEaK[S.sIR]
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I'd know. edit: pnuemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis that is... | ||
Abang_Zealot
Indonesia866 Posts
eg. Hour But now I don't think any word is hard except maybe those adapted from a foreign language like french (eg. Quiche) =P | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka26952 Posts
The act of declaring something worthless. Thanks Mr Townsend in Gr 10 english. | ||
exalted
United States3612 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
please ban the person that says antiestablishmentarianism, that word is so cliche i get like a headache looking at it | ||
Sky101
United States1758 Posts
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N.sL)_CirCle
New Zealand478 Posts
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Arbiter[frolix]
United Kingdom2674 Posts
On November 15 2004 22:56 Sky101 wrote: I hear alot of non-native English speakers pronouncing beach as bitch and sheet as shit. A very common problem for Korean learners, actually. | ||
Casper...
Liberia4948 Posts
fun bitch | ||
yeehaw
San Marino888 Posts
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yeehaw
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Abang_Zealot
Indonesia866 Posts
On November 15 2004 23:02 yeehaw wrote: I always pronounce mass as Mass. Or is this the other way round, I dont know :p ?????????????????????? | ||
DJEtterStyle
United States2766 Posts
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dork_of_death!!
United States374 Posts
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[BOyGiRl]ShaRp
Korea (S)1912 Posts
I have no problem pronouncing any other word in English but that one is hard.. Do you just say "Sesss" or go like "Se - ddu - sss" | ||
AK-Nemesis
2005 Posts
we're just not used to biting our tongues like that, but that probably wont give ur roomates enough headaches tho, as they'll simply pronouce it with the S sound. | ||
Elvin_vn
Vietnam2038 Posts
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0x64
Finland4395 Posts
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Random()
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
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[BOyGiRl]ShaRp
Korea (S)1912 Posts
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Brett
Australia3820 Posts
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Random()
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17046 Posts
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Mora
Canada5235 Posts
On November 16 2004 01:16 Random() wrote: How can you strech it if you speak fast? Like "shit, give me that shitty sheet of paper fast"... it really comes down to how you're used to pronouncing things. Do u have the same problem with: fit and feet? sit and seat? hit and heat? bit and beat? or it and eat? | ||
Energies
Australia3225 Posts
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Random()
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
On November 16 2004 01:44 Teroru wrote: Show nested quote + On November 16 2004 01:16 Random() wrote: How can you strech it if you speak fast? Like "shit, give me that shitty sheet of paper fast"... it really comes down to how you're used to pronouncing things. Do u have the same problem with: fit and feet? sit and seat? hit and heat? bit and beat? or it and eat? No, I think not. Not that's much of a problem, but since someone brought it up, I tried to pronounce "sheet" and "shit" and noticed that there's no difference in how I would pronounce them, provided I don't make long "eee" on purpose. However, I feel distinct difference for the pairs you've provided. | ||
LaptopLegacy
Netherlands602 Posts
I always mix up the places of the 'r's, e.g. procastrinating, procrastrinating, procastinating, bleh... Also, I am a master of procrastinating, lol | ||
baal
10486 Posts
Beacuse well you can still say biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch and it wouldnt sound like beach | ||
vGl-CoW
Belgium8305 Posts
I just end up pronouncing it "t" usually ;( | ||
comabreaded
United States2166 Posts
On November 15 2004 22:44 Excalibur_Z wrote: PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS Learned it from the Saturday morning Carmen Sandiego cartoon years ago, never forgot it =) oh thx. my mom taught me how to say this word when i was 7 but i never knew how to spell it. | ||
TS-Rupbar
Sweden1089 Posts
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Tnargav
Poland174 Posts
earlier <--this is only word | ||
RoTaNiMoD
United States558 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
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Piece_Of_Pie
Australia169 Posts
im embarresed that wrote that in a public forum now.... | ||
uhjoo
Korea (South)1740 Posts
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Malmis
Sweden1569 Posts
Link Edit: removed a word because a dutch guy told me to | ||
Legionnaire
Australia4514 Posts
On November 16 2004 05:24 Piece_Of_Pie wrote: as a small child i used to pronouce hospital as horse-piddle im embarresed that wrote that in a public forum now.... Your lying, thats from the old joke that used to do the rounds every 2 years at school!~ Hold your tongue and say "i was born in a hospital" (horse piddle) / "i was born in a pirate ship" (pile of shit) | ||
RamenStyle
United States1929 Posts
Like the name Spain itself. The always include an "ae" before. "ae-spain" instead of spain, "ae-stick", "ae-stupid", and so on. And some koreans still have trouble with "f" and tend to "simplify" the vowels. Even tho, nowdays most of them can pronounce the "f"(i remember with nostalgia when i got asked if i would prefer a coke or an orange "hwanta" But then again i found english speaking ppl funny when trying to speak korean, spanish or french. But let me say something: french girl trying to speak english is extremely sexy | ||
tenbagger
United States1289 Posts
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Fedaykin
Netherlands2003 Posts
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Fedaykin
Netherlands2003 Posts
On November 16 2004 06:19 Malmis wrote: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (a village in wales) This is kinda offtopic... since we're discussing English words here, not Welsh | ||
raidern_br
Brazil603 Posts
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Brazil603 Posts
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RamenStyle
United States1929 Posts
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32244 Posts
If you want to say 'us' (nosotros) they tend to say when they are kids NosotroSS and pronounce the s very hard. you should not pronounce like a snake but in spanish when you are little thats what most do. Maybe its that. They are not used to pronouncing Spain cause for us they S would sound very hard. | ||
Chibi[OWNS]
United Kingdom10598 Posts
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Chibi[OWNS]
United Kingdom10598 Posts
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Delux
Hungary75 Posts
Landwirtschaftsproduktionsgenossenschaft Umm.. maybe "farmars' collaboration" in english (a nice feature of the former socialism ) Only 3 letters in hungarian And hungarian also has a "hard r" and no "th"... That is why the hungarian accent is said to be funny And english words with "r" and "th" are hard to pronounce at first. "soft r" becomes "hard r", "th" becomes "d" or "s"... You get it. | ||
Famouzze
971 Posts
On November 16 2004 06:40 Fedaykin wrote: I find February a tough word to pronounce, I tend to skip the r and make it sound a little like 'febuary'. that's actually correct. in the dictionary it says pronouncing it either way is acceptable, and almost everyone I know in the US including myself says it like febuary. Can anyone explain what they mean by hard r? I only speak english and I have never heard that term before. I don't see how an r can be more hard than it is in english. do you mean that thing where you roll your tongue like in spanish? | ||
Delux
Hungary75 Posts
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Shiv
France447 Posts
On November 16 2004 01:26 Manit0u wrote: I also heared that people from France have problems learning english since they can't pronounce "h" (I hope I remember what I heared ) Ew, not really... How do you pronounce 'h' anyway? I mean, we do have 'h', and it's like the same in English as it is in French... | ||
Sky101
United States1758 Posts
Something about their language I think. For example I know that (I think) 3 is pronounced like "Tsam" whereas it would be written in English as "Tam" | ||
shinigami
Canada423 Posts
whereas the actual pronunciation is "Sah-soo-kay". Stupid romanji... | ||
Mandalor
Germany2362 Posts
DNA | ||
shinigami
Canada423 Posts
It comes out "pork"! ^__^;; Edit: Well, more like "Poke!" | ||
Chibi[OWNS]
United Kingdom10598 Posts
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Sky101
United States1758 Posts
On November 16 2004 10:39 Mandalor wrote: desoxirybonucleinacid DNA De-Soxirybonuclei-Acid. Much easier to pronounce now that they're not stuck together eh? | ||
Jim
Sweden1965 Posts
horse(it always sounds like whores when I say it vitamin(sounds like white in the beginning) | ||
maleorderbride
United States2916 Posts
I worked in a thai restaurant for 9 months and my name was still unpronouncable to the entire kitchen staff (all thai). My name is Cyra BTW. They called me cy-cy or cy-la after they had all given up. | ||
shinigami
Canada423 Posts
On November 16 2004 10:48 Sky101 wrote: De-Soxirybonuclei-Acid. Much easier to pronounce now that they're not stuck together eh? Deoxiribosenucleicacid "De-Oxi-Ribose-Nucleic-Acid" (DNA) Fixed typos o.o! | ||
zooBie
India122 Posts
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Silvanel
Poland4601 Posts
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Delux
Hungary75 Posts
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MoltkeWarding
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I have a personal interest tho, but I bet there's not a single Hungarian university course in the country. | ||
Fedaykin
Netherlands2003 Posts
But Finnish looks cool, so cool I'd like to learn it. But then again, I suck at learning a languages so maybe it's not worth the effort Although nobody would want to learn dutch either, I guess. Dutch is, according to myself, one of the most illogical languages that exist, you'd be surprised how many Dutch make mistakes in their own language | ||
fjfjfjfj
United States32 Posts
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fjfjfjfj
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BlaZnDReaMe
United States52 Posts
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Soun
Poland373 Posts
On November 16 2004 01:26 Manit0u wrote: No western language is a problem if you speak polish first. Main problem for most people here is "r" (we got really hard "r" while in english it's soft "r"). I also heared that people from France have problems learning english since they can't pronounce "h" (I hope I remember what I heared ) You should hear a my boss speaking. He's Scottish, and he has the strongest RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I've ever heard. By the way, we also have that sound in Catalan, but it's still funny. Fonetically, I think it's an r with a slash over it. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28262 Posts
but pronunciation is fucking impossible. de trein is geel geschildert wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf. | ||
Soun
Poland373 Posts
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ReTrooper
Germany526 Posts
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XDawn
Canada4040 Posts
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Delux
Hungary75 Posts
Well I had some time to practice it Someday I'll learn Spanish too. It sounds cool. | ||
subtle
United States187 Posts
often daquiri rural (or even integral) coup de etat / de grace (but that's probably cheating) auxiliary equilibrium For me, I had been pronouncing "horrible," "iron," and "vapid" incorrectly for years before someone told me what was up. | ||
listal
United States228 Posts
On November 16 2004 15:38 KeepOfOnE wrote: Discombobulator is discombobulate even in the dictionary? lol +_+ or a slang dictionary? if you're going to use words like that... go mary poppins! supercalifragilisticexpialidocious =] i personally always had trouble saying that disease that someone (EDIT: Excalibur_Z stated it) said early on... when fine silica fibers enter the lungs and cause long-term damage... pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis~ it's ridiculously long, but in third grade my friend looked through the guiness* book of world records, found it, and spent over an hour trying to space it out for me reading it just now i still constantly mess up sili-covol-cano tt | ||
KOFgokuon
United States14883 Posts
of course i can say virtually NOTHING right in chinese so it's even | ||
useLess
United States4781 Posts
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Minam_Lee
Korea (South)59 Posts
On November 15 2004 22:44 Excalibur_Z wrote: PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS Learned it from the Saturday morning Carmen Sandiego cartoon years ago, never forgot it =) never fogot? how could you memorize so long word... | ||
ahk-gosu
Korea (South)2099 Posts
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Minam_Lee
Korea (South)59 Posts
On November 15 2004 22:59 Arbiter[frolix] wrote: Show nested quote + On November 15 2004 22:56 Sky101 wrote: I hear alot of non-native English speakers pronouncing beach as bitch and sheet as shit. A very common problem for Korean learners, actually. yes i agree i'm still confused to pronounce it | ||
Minam_Lee
Korea (South)59 Posts
and to listen "can" "can't" | ||
mindspike
Canada1902 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
On November 16 2004 15:00 BlaZnDReaMe wrote: where do you go to college? I lived in Taiwan for the last year of my life, just got back to the states, but have tons of friends that go to school there~ NTU (national taiwan university) was always tight as hell to visit n pick up girls around 4-5 pm, Went to Shida for 2 weeks and decided it wasn't for me because they're all fuckin hardcore into learning though...haha... Chiao Tung University, my Chinese is really poor so I can't really talk to chicks that well but I'm doing good, I'm fucking scared as hell to ride a motorcycle here though, the traffic here is so terrible and I know I'll die if I ride | ||
baal
10486 Posts
On November 16 2004 15:29 Soun wrote: Chinese people always call the name of the dish they're serving to the table. For spanish-speakers, check this: "PRATO DE ALOZ" (when it should be "plato de arroz"). It's demonstrated that they can pronounce the r and the l. I've been told that they have the same symbol to this sound, and that's why they tend to misplace the sound, but I don't know it for sure. Can a chinese confirm or disconfirm this, please? In japan the letter "L" do not exist, thats why they pronunce "R" instead of "L". Oh and there cant be a consonant without a vocal next to it (except TSU), so they use the "U" (a very soft U) between consonats for example DOG they say DOGU. | ||
Mora
Canada5235 Posts
On November 17 2004 00:27 baal wrote: Show nested quote + On November 16 2004 15:29 Soun wrote: Chinese people always call the name of the dish they're serving to the table. For spanish-speakers, check this: "PRATO DE ALOZ" (when it should be "plato de arroz"). It's demonstrated that they can pronounce the r and the l. I've been told that they have the same symbol to this sound, and that's why they tend to misplace the sound, but I don't know it for sure. Can a chinese confirm or disconfirm this, please? In japan the letter "L" do not exist, thats why they pronunce "R" instead of "L". Oh and there cant be a consonant without a vocal next to it (except TSU), so they use the "U" (a very soft U) between consonats for example DOG they say DOGU. and n, as n is a letter by its lonesome. | ||
TvP On Guillo
Denmark646 Posts
On November 15 2004 22:50 Manifesto7 wrote: FLOCCINOCCINEHILIPILIFICATION The act of declaring something worthless. Thanks Mr Townsend in Gr 10 english. FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION* | ||
dork
Canada2207 Posts
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Piece_Of_Pie
Australia169 Posts
On November 16 2004 06:32 Legionnaire wrote: Show nested quote + On November 16 2004 05:24 Piece_Of_Pie wrote: as a small child i used to pronouce hospital as horse-piddle im embarresed that wrote that in a public forum now.... Your lying, thats from the old joke that used to do the rounds every 2 years at school!~ Hold your tongue and say "i was born in a hospital" (horse piddle) / "i was born in a pirate ship" (pile of shit) i wish that was the truth i really do | ||
FrEaK[S.sIR]
2373 Posts
On November 16 2004 20:00 listal wrote: is discombobulate even in the dictionary? lol +_+ http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=discombobulate yes, it is. What makes you think it was slang? | ||
exalted
United States3612 Posts
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Norway
United States341 Posts
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Pumpkin
United States1141 Posts
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Muhweli
Finland5328 Posts
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karelen
Sweden2407 Posts
for some reason i cant pronounce that states name correctly.. | ||
BlaZnDReaMe
United States52 Posts
go hit up MOS n Luxy, live right bro Armin Van Burren is at Luxy on the 19th and playing at a beach party on the 20th in Tainan, i reccommend u go man, gonna be hella tight parties. msn me @ shellymustang@hotmail.com or email me, can get you on the VIP list if u wanna go ciao On November 16 2004 23:40 exalted wrote: Show nested quote + On November 16 2004 15:00 BlaZnDReaMe wrote: where do you go to college? I lived in Taiwan for the last year of my life, just got back to the states, but have tons of friends that go to school there~ NTU (national taiwan university) was always tight as hell to visit n pick up girls around 4-5 pm, Went to Shida for 2 weeks and decided it wasn't for me because they're all fuckin hardcore into learning though...haha... Chiao Tung University, my Chinese is really poor so I can't really talk to chicks that well but I'm doing good, I'm fucking scared as hell to ride a motorcycle here though, the traffic here is so terrible and I know I'll die if I ride | ||
BlaZnDReaMe
United States52 Posts
I've been back in the states for 3 months, not a day goes bye that I don't miss that insanely awesome country, I plan on visiting Taipei again in 2005 and moving back in 2006 for 2-3 years, how long u gonna be there? Oh, and if u want, I can give u the msn's for the coolest taiwanese bw players, S.L[Rush] and SoBaD[Rush] are some fun ppl that im sure you'd love to meet, as well as play some games with | ||
ProudCappi
United States366 Posts
New klee eye | ||
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