| exalted United States. November 15 2004 22:41. Posts 3611 | Profile Blog # |
I go to college in Taiwan and therefore in my American Literature class (a joke), I get called on to read lots of times. Turns out I find out today I don't know how to say postumous (I don't even know how to spell it, rofl). I remember when I was younger I would always say anonymous
a - nony - mous, so I was wondering if there were any "nuklear" words that you guys had trouble with.
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 Excalibur_Z United States. November 15 2004 22:44. Posts 10289 | Profile # |
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
Learned it from the Saturday morning Carmen Sandiego cartoon years ago, never forgot it =) |
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| YNi-Soul Australia. November 15 2004 22:46. Posts 323 | Profile # |
| Totalatarinism - It's just hard to get right (for me, atleast) |
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| FrEaK[S.sIR] November 15 2004 22:46. Posts 2373 | Profile # |
except it isn't hard to say, it is just long.
I'd know.
edit: pnuemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis that is...Last edit: 2004-11-15 22:49:29 |
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| Abang_Zealot Indonesia. November 15 2004 22:49. Posts 866 | Profile # |
Well when I was learning English 4 years ago, I have problem saying words with silent beginning:
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 |
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 Manifesto7 Osaka. November 15 2004 22:50. Posts 24937 | Profile Blog # |
FLOCCINOCCINEHILIPILIFICATION
The act of declaring something worthless.
Thanks Mr Townsend in Gr 10 english. |
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| exalted United States. November 15 2004 22:51. Posts 3611 | Profile Blog # |
words that you can say without looking like an idiot, please  |
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| exalted United States. November 15 2004 22:53. Posts 3611 | Profile Blog # |
however, i must reminisce, i remmeber being so proud and exalted within my little clique of middle school kids by being able to spell supercalifraglisticexpialidocious although its phonetically simple.
please ban the person that says antiestablishmentarianism, that word is so cliche i get like a headache looking at it |
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| Sky101 United States. November 15 2004 22:56. Posts 1749 | Profile Blog # |
| I hear alot of non-native English speakers pronouncing beach as bitch and sheet as shit. |
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| N.sL)_CirCle New Zealand. November 15 2004 22:57. Posts 478 | Profile # |
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 Arbiter[frolix] United Kingdom. November 15 2004 22:59. Posts 2673 | Profile # |
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. |
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| Casper... Liberia. November 15 2004 23:00. Posts 4948 | Profile # |
let's go to bitch ok?
fun bitch |
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 yeehaw San Marino. November 15 2004 23:02. Posts 888 | Profile # |
| I always pronounce mass as Mass. Or is this the other way round, I dont know |
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| yeehaw San Marino. November 15 2004 23:06. Posts 888 | Profile # |
| Ans of course polysyllablic words are generally hard for me as well. And words with stacking(?) syallables. A wholely unrealistic example: This example is a extra excessive exploitary exaggeration. |
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| Abang_Zealot Indonesia. November 15 2004 23:07. Posts 866 | Profile # |
On November 15 2004 23:02 yeehaw wrote:I always pronounce mass as Mass. Or is this the other way round, I dont know
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| DJEtterStyle United States. November 15 2004 23:20. Posts 2761 | Profile Blog # |
| Thesaurus. I had to concentrate so hard and speak so slowly before I got it perfected. |
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| dork_of_death!! United States. November 15 2004 23:57. Posts 374 | Profile # |
| if they're taiwanese, words with "r" in them will kick them in the nuts |
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| [BOyGiRl]ShaRp Korea (S). November 16 2004 00:01. Posts 1912 | Profile # |
I think its hardest to pronounce " Seth's "
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" |
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| AK-Nemesis November 16 2004 00:03. Posts 2005 | Profile # |
most taiwanese would find words that has "TH" in the begining hard.
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. |
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| Elvin_vn Vietnam. November 16 2004 00:12. Posts 2038 | Profile Blog # | |
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| 0x64 Finland. November 16 2004 00:48. Posts 3568 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Random() Kyrgyz Republic. November 16 2004 00:59. Posts 1237 | Profile Blog # |
| What is the difference between pronouncation of "sheet" and "shit" by the way? Assuming you speak fast, of course. |
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| [BOyGiRl]ShaRp Korea (S). November 16 2004 01:00. Posts 1912 | Profile # |
| shit is shit and for sheet you stretch the eee sound |
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| Brett Australia. November 16 2004 01:09. Posts 2971 | Profile Blog # |
| Those whose first language isnt english at my law school seem to struggle with 'unconscionability'. |
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| Random() Kyrgyz Republic. November 16 2004 01:16. Posts 1237 | Profile Blog # |
| How can you strech it if you speak fast? Like "shit, give me that shitty sheet of paper fast"... |
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| Manit0u Poland. November 16 2004 01:26. Posts 9847 | Profile Blog # |
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 )
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| Mora Canada. November 16 2004 01:44. Posts 5190 | Profile Blog # |
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? |
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| Energies Australia. November 16 2004 01:51. Posts 3225 | Profile Blog # |
| Lemon, After saying it 600 times. |
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| Random() Kyrgyz Republic. November 16 2004 01:57. Posts 1237 | Profile Blog # |
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. |
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| LaptopLegacy Netherlands. November 16 2004 01:57. Posts 602 | Profile # |
procrastinating
I always mix up the places of the 'r's, e.g. procastrinating, procrastrinating, procastinating, bleh...
Also, I am a master of procrastinating, lol |
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| baal November 16 2004 02:09. Posts 10486 | Profile # |
The difference between shit and sheet is not the duration of the "eee", its just that the "i" is pronunced with a very very slight e sound, so the tone is not as high as you would say in sheet.
Beacuse well you can still say biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch and it wouldnt sound like beach  |
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 vGl-CoW Belgium. November 16 2004 02:43. Posts 8270 | Profile Blog # |
For me, probably anything with a "th" sound, like teeth or something.
I just end up pronouncing it "t" usually ;( |
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| comabreaded United States. November 16 2004 02:45. Posts 2086 | Profile Blog # |
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. |
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| TS-Rupbar Sweden. November 16 2004 02:48. Posts 1053 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Tnargav Poland. November 16 2004 02:59. Posts 174 | Profile # |
hard to me is
earlier <--this is only word |
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| RoTaNiMoD United States. November 16 2004 03:16. Posts 558 | Profile Blog # |
| When I was in Argentina for a month, I found out that it's very hard for Spanish-speakers to say words such as iron and Ireland. That's one that really surprised me as I'm not sure what's so unique about them, but they definitely had problems with it. |
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| exalted United States. November 16 2004 03:18. Posts 3611 | Profile Blog # |
| shit and sheet sounds very different and are as clear as the examples that Teroru provided, quite simply, shit sounds like shit, and sheet sounds like sheet like fleet or beat or skeet or feet and shit or hit or fit...yeah... |
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| Piece_Of_Pie Australia. November 16 2004 05:24. Posts 169 | Profile # |
as a small child i used to pronouce hospital as horse-piddle
im embarresed that wrote that in a public forum now.... |
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| distinguishing between "warm" and "worm" is the ultimate english pronunciation test ^^ |
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| Malmis Sweden. November 16 2004 06:19. Posts 1569 | Profile Blog # |
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious(Means ~ fantastic)
Link
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 Legionnaire Australia. November 16 2004 06:32. Posts 4328 | Profile # |
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)
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| RamenStyle United States. November 16 2004 06:32. Posts 1929 | Profile # |
Ppl i know from Spain have a difficulties when saying a word that starts with s-consonant.
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 sexyLast edit: 2004-11-16 06:41:16 |
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| tenbagger United States. November 16 2004 06:33. Posts 1289 | Profile # |
| I've always found it funny when koreans try to pronounce a word that starts with the letter F. |
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| Fedaykin Netherlands. November 16 2004 06:40. Posts 2002 | Profile # |
| I find February a tough word to pronounce, I tend to skip the r and make it sound a little like 'febuary'. |
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| Fedaykin Netherlands. November 16 2004 06:46. Posts 2002 | Profile # |
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 |
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| raidern_br Brazil. November 16 2004 06:47. Posts 602 | Profile # |
| i dont have any difficult reading, but when i'm going to speak i get full of doubts if what im saying is correct |
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| raidern_br Brazil. November 16 2004 06:52. Posts 602 | Profile # |
On November 16 2004 06:32 RamenStyle wrote:
Ppl i know from Spain have a difficulties when saying a word that starts with s-consonant.
Like the name Spain itself. The always include an "ae" before. "ae-spain" instead of spain, "ae-stick", "ae-stupid", and so on.
thats obvious, be cause spain in spain its España, and the "E" doenst have sound of "ee", but "ae" (like you said)
stupid in spain = estupido (at least it is in portuguese)
than its obvious that when they are going to say 'spain' they want to say 'Espain' |
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| RamenStyle United States. November 16 2004 06:56. Posts 1929 | Profile # |
On November 16 2004 06:52 raidern_br wrote:
Show nested quote +On November 16 2004 06:32 RamenStyle wrote:
Ppl i know from Spain have a difficulties when saying a word that starts with s-consonant.
Like the name Spain itself. The always include an "ae" before. "ae-spain" instead of spain, "ae-stick", "ae-stupid", and so on.
thats obvious, be cause spain in spain its España, and the "E" doenst have sound of "ee", but "ae" (like you said) stupid in spain = estupido (at least it is in portuguese) than its obvious that when they are going to say 'spain' they want to say 'Espain'
The problem is beyond that. Im givng a spanish kid english lessons and seems impossible to him to pronounce just spain. He needs to inlude that prefix. Is like japs that need to include a vowel after a consonant. It takes a lot of time to correct that. |
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 IntoTheWow is awesome. November 16 2004 07:02. Posts 31040 | Profile Blog # |
In its spanish it is wrong to speak pronouncing the s very hard.
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. |
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| Chibi[OWNS] United Kingdom. November 16 2004 07:06. Posts 10598 | Profile # |
lmao
lmao
i have a good one
i live with an arab and he pronounces TOURISM as TERRORISM
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| Chibi[OWNS] United Kingdom. November 16 2004 07:08. Posts 10598 | Profile # |
| i used to not be able to pronounce r so people would have fun time giving me sentances to say like mr. roe rapes the wicked rabbit etc |
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| Delux Hungary. November 16 2004 07:08. Posts 75 | Profile # |
Maybe not english but here is one of my favorite words (german):
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. |
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| Famouzze November 16 2004 08:16. Posts 971 | Profile # |
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?Last edit: 2004-11-16 08:18:40 |
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| Delux Hungary. November 16 2004 09:43. Posts 75 | Profile # |
| I don't know if you have to roll in spanish, but if I get it right, rolling your tongue is the hard r I was speaking of. And it is used in many slavic languages too. |
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| Shiv France. November 16 2004 10:14. Posts 447 | Profile # |
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...Last edit: 2004-11-16 10:14:33 |
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| Sky101 United States. November 16 2004 10:35. Posts 1749 | Profile Blog # |
Oh yeah, right about the Chinese. They pronounce "T" or "Th" as "Ts" instead.
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" |
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| shinigami Canada. November 16 2004 10:39. Posts 423 | Profile Blog # |
English people usually pronounce japanese names like Sasuke as "Sah-soo-key",
whereas the actual pronunciation is "Sah-soo-kay".
Stupid romanji... |
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| Mandalor Germany. November 16 2004 10:39. Posts 2164 | Profile Blog # | |
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| shinigami Canada. November 16 2004 10:41. Posts 423 | Profile Blog # |
Koreans have trouble saying fork.
It comes out "pork"! ^__^;;
Edit: Well, more like "Poke!"Last edit: 2004-11-16 10:41:32 |
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| Chibi[OWNS] United Kingdom. November 16 2004 10:46. Posts 10598 | Profile # |
DISASEMBELATE
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| Sky101 United States. November 16 2004 10:48. Posts 1749 | Profile Blog # |
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? |
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| Jim Sweden. November 16 2004 13:05. Posts 1965 | Profile # |
three(it always sounds like free when I say it)
horse(it always sounds like whores when I say it
vitamin(sounds like white in the beginning) |
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| maleorderbride United States. November 16 2004 13:09. Posts 2916 | Profile # |
Id agree that almost any word with a hard "RA" (r) sound in them are hard for most asians to pronounce.
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.Last edit: 2004-11-16 13:10:27 |
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| shinigami Canada. November 16 2004 13:12. Posts 423 | Profile Blog # |
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! |
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| zooBie India. November 16 2004 13:32. Posts 122 | Profile # |
... isn't it deoxiribonucleic acid,
de oxi ribo nucleic acid
yea
de·ox·y·ri·bo·nu·cle·ic acid (d-ks-rb-n-klk, -kl-, -ny-)
(Biochemistry, Biology, Genetics)
n.
DNA. (www.thefreedictionary.com) |
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| Silvanel Poland. November 16 2004 13:56. Posts 1759 | Profile Blog # |
I know that we are currently disscusing English. But Polish is full of immpossbile to pronounce words. It is a real horror for any non slavic outlander. And for slavic people simply hard to pronounce. English is realy easy in comparison to polish, thank god that you dont have to learn our language.PPP
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| Delux Hungary. November 16 2004 14:25. Posts 75 | Profile # |
On November 16 2004 13:56 Silvanel wrote:I know that we are currently disscusing English. But Polish is full of immpossbile to pronounce words. It is a real horror for any non slavic outlander. And for slavic people simply hard to pronounce. English is realy easy in comparison to polish, thank god that you dont have to learn our language. PPP
Talk about Hungarian as a foreign language (the grammar usually simply freaks out everyone)
Like: "prepositions" go to the end of the word
You can change word order any way you want, but getting ever different meaning phrases
A whole lot of stupid-looking letters áéúóüöíűő (the last two are the most problematic, not every browser handles them correctly even after the iso and ascii standards have been set)
Pronounciation is quite easy, given you know how to "produce" the correct vowel/consonant (especially "r" ), as every single letter has to be pronounced (like you were spelling a word in English).
[Edit: yeah this site is also incompatible with those two letters I mentioned ]Last edit: 2004-11-16 14:31:30 |
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| MoltkeWarding Canada. November 16 2004 14:28. Posts 4641 | Profile Blog # |
Hunarian is probably the last foreign language anyone would learn, along with Finnish.
I have a personal interest tho, but I bet there's not a single Hungarian university course in the country. |
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| Fedaykin Netherlands. November 16 2004 14:38. Posts 2002 | Profile # |
Hungarian and Finnish are indeed alike... same basic make-up I guess.
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 |
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| fjfjfjfj United States. November 16 2004 14:57. Posts 32 | Profile # |
| just open up a science book and say a really long word at random |
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| fjfjfjfj United States. November 16 2004 14:57. Posts 32 | Profile # |
| oh, btw, it's deoxy-ribonucleic acid |
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| BlaZnDReaMe United States. November 16 2004 15:00. Posts 52 | Profile # |
| 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... |
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| Soun Poland. November 16 2004 15:19. Posts 373 | Profile # |
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. |
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 Liquid`Drone Norway. November 16 2004 15:22. Posts 19274 | Profile # |
dutch is easy to write/read imo
but pronunciation is fucking impossible. de trein is geel geschildert
wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf.
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| Soun Poland. November 16 2004 15:29. Posts 373 | Profile # |
| 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? |
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| ReTrooper Germany. November 16 2004 15:30. Posts 526 | Profile # |
hrhr german is worse!
Try "du schrumpfst!"
Also funny is hearing french people trying to pronounce my last name, "Höche". *g* They don't say the "h", they tend to cut off the end "e", they dunno how to pronounce an "ö" and they have only the "ch" left!  Last edit: 2004-11-16 15:34:34 |
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| Delux Hungary. November 16 2004 15:44. Posts 75 | Profile # |
Eeeeeeasy
Well I had some time to practice it
Someday I'll learn Spanish too. It sounds cool. |
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| subtle United States. November 16 2004 16:08. Posts 187 | Profile # |
Well these aren't terribly obscure, but I still think they'll mess over someone who is just learning English:
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. |
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| listal United States. November 16 2004 20:00. Posts 228 | Profile # |
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 ttLast edit: 2004-11-16 20:07:48 |
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| KOFgokuon United States. November 16 2004 21:17. Posts 11267 | Profile Blog # |
my mom has a lot of trouble saying dwarf
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| useLess United States. November 16 2004 21:27. Posts 4781 | Profile Blog # |
Antidisestablishmentarianism is SO third grade. It was only cool back then, and when youre one of the few who knew what it was and how to spell it.
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| Minam_Lee Korea (South). November 16 2004 23:20. Posts 59 | Profile # |
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... |
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| ahk-gosu Korea (South). November 16 2004 23:28. Posts 2099 | Profile # |
| he waited in his room all week to learn that word. |
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| Minam_Lee Korea (South). November 16 2004 23:29. Posts 59 | Profile # |
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
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| Minam_Lee Korea (South). November 16 2004 23:30. Posts 59 | Profile # |
it's very difficult to me to pronounce "months"
and to listen "can" "can't" |
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| mindspike Canada. November 16 2004 23:38. Posts 1895 | Profile Blog # |
| Therefore from this thread...pronounciation difficulty is relative...depends on what your first language is |
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| exalted United States. November 16 2004 23:40. Posts 3611 | Profile Blog # |
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 |
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| baal November 17 2004 00:27. Posts 10486 | Profile # |
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. |
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| Mora Canada. November 17 2004 00:36. Posts 5190 | Profile Blog # |
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. |
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| TvP On Guillo Denmark. November 17 2004 01:08. Posts 646 | Profile # |
On November 15 2004 22:50 Manifesto7 wrote:
FLOCCINOCCINEHILIPILIFICATION
The act of declaring something worthless.
Thanks Mr Townsend in Gr 10 english.
FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION*
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| dork Canada. November 17 2004 02:08. Posts 2207 | Profile # |
| when i was young, i always had trouble pronouncing "specific" it'd turn out "pacfic" |
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| Piece_Of_Pie Australia. November 17 2004 02:25. Posts 169 | Profile # |
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)
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| FrEaK[S.sIR] November 17 2004 07:03. Posts 2373 | Profile # | |
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| exalted United States. November 17 2004 08:56. Posts 3611 | Profile Blog # |
| discombobulate is definitely a real word, /nerd hell its' a magic card /nerd |
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| Norway United States. November 17 2004 14:18. Posts 337 | Profile Blog # |
| I use to have a problem with "Soldier" i always pronounced it Shoulder (in like Gr 2) |
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| Pumpkin United States. November 17 2004 14:41. Posts 1141 | Profile # |
| All my vietnamese friends couldn't say the words math, bath, etc.. Was really funny because they would try so hard to pronounce them correctly. In contrast, I must look like a fool to italians when I converse with them. Hard words to pronounciate from the top of my head: George, and Bush. Last edit: 2004-11-17 14:44:27 |
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| Muhweli Finland. November 17 2004 15:17. Posts 5328 | Profile # |
| let's spread this shit over the bitch |
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| karelen Sweden. November 17 2004 15:23. Posts 2390 | Profile # |
Massachusetts
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| BlaZnDReaMe United States. November 17 2004 15:25. Posts 52 | Profile # |
learn to ride a moto man, if ur in a taipei i can give u phone number for a canadian guy that rents them out for $2,500 NT a month, about a hundread dollars, all are very nice, and quite new..
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
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| BlaZnDReaMe United States. November 17 2004 15:29. Posts 52 | Profile # |
Also, how did you go about going to university in Taiwan? How much do you pay? Are you there as one of the 60 americans that are chosen every year to study for free in Taiwan? What kind of VISA were you given, a 6 month renewable student VISA? Be open minded and take everything in that comes at u in taiwan, its the world of dreams brotha..
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 |
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| ProudCappi United States. November 17 2004 15:31. Posts 366 | Profile # | |
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