Tongue twisting English words

[Widow-Maker 60]

There are many words in the English language that seem to make our mouths and tongues do high level calisthenics.

 

What are your tongue twister words?

 

My nemesis is "tourist." I pronounce it "Turist" Somehow, I just can't seem to get everything going in the right direction all at once. 

 

My Dad had trouble with "ridiculous." He pronounced it "redicalus." When he didn't agree with something, he say, "That is absolutely redicalus." It always made me chuckle.

 

A dear friend of mine had trouble with "ask." It always came out "ax." He'd say, "I don't know, why don't you ax him?"

 

So, what words are troublesome to you? Please try to keep it as clean as possible.

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

"Pro", I pronounce it as "Pru"  :lol:

 

He pronounced it "redicalus." 

Harry Potter style  B)

[BlueDragon_tamki 3,204]

:lol:

well i sometimes say without realizing "impossibru" instead of "impossible"

 

all of my friends don't notice that

[omrot 2,327]

I just can't seem to pronounce the R in "wrote". It always comes out like "ruort" (don't ask how)

[Widow-Maker 60]

"Pro", I pronounce it as "Pru"  :lol:

 

Harry Potter style  B)

Hey! You're right. I hadn't thought of that.

[CooperO 7,956]

Pronounciation hhhh

I used to have an English teacher who pronounced that word as pronciasion.. :lol: I really felt like I was wasting my time there, for obvious reasons. :rolleyes:

 

Words I find kind of hard to say in English are mostly words with 'th' in them like 'think', 'three' etc. In Dutch, we don't have words with that sound so I'm not used to it. The fact that I rarely speak in English won't improve that.

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

I used to have an English teacher who pronounced that word as pronciasion.. :lol: I really felt like I was wasting my time there, for obvious reasons. :rolleyes:

 

Words I find kind of hard to say in English are mostly words with 'th' in them like 'think', 'three' etc. In Dutch, we don't have words with that sound so I'm not used to it. The fact that I rarely speak in English won't improve that.

I pronounce 'think' as 'sink'  :ph34r:

[BlueDragon_tamki 3,204]

I pronounce 'think' as 'sink' :ph34r:

wow XD

 

I sometimes pronounce "girl" as "gal" or "gurl"

Also "down" as "daown"

 

(you can only tell if I say it obviously :p)

[omrot 2,327]

I sometimes pronounce "girl" as "gurl"

Happens every time  :(

[r_EnglishGamer0 88]

Always got a problem with the letter "V"  :wacko:  :ph34r:

[Widow-Maker 60]

I was talking to another friend of mine, the other day. She has a problem sounding "sh" and comes out as "th." I won't mention the words here, but some come out sounding rather comical.

[arnav0506 2,777]

I pronounce math as meth. Le pro.

Edited September 1, 2016 by arnav0506

[ToHoYoNTaDa 1,147]

Pronounciation hh

 

I used to have an English teacher who pronounced that word as pronciasion.. :lol: I really felt like I was wasting my time there, for obvious reasons. :rolleyes:

 

Words I find kind of hard to say in English are mostly words with 'th' in them like 'think', 'three' etc. In Dutch, we don't have words with that sound so I'm not used to it. The fact that I rarely speak in English won't improve that.

 

 

Real word is "Pronunciation" instead of "Pronounciation" and this word is pronounced as "Pronciation"

[ToHoYoNTaDa 1,147]

Please also post a voice message here that how you speak respective works!

[BlueDragon_tamki 3,204]

^um how about no?

[DESTROYER_13 1,019]

Leviosa is a nightmare!

[falcosenna1 8,320]

Words I find kind of hard to say in English are mostly words with 'th' in them like 'think', 'three' etc. In Dutch, we don't have words with that sound so I'm not used to it. The fact that I rarely speak in English won't improve that.

Same goes for me. I really need to concentrate me on it, especially thr. Also this word: massachuchettes 

[joe2vega 1,259]

Edited September 7, 2016 by CooperO
Inappropriate word removed.

[sensei_tanker 3,098]

Say Moonwalk 10 times quickly

[Ninja 10,468]

Polytetrafluroetylene, it is usually found in hardware stores shortened to PTFE. Used to seal water pipe joints and usually comes in a roll.

 

I mean, are you interested?

[The-Operator219 1,929]

Funny thing, I was a reading books way above my grade level in first grade, so I would know words based on context and such but not how to pronounce them.

Some of which included: Cliché (Clicky), Fathom (Fat-hom), and Xylophone (Skylo-phony).

[Phoenix.Raised 5,992]

"knowledge"

 

I pronounce it sometimes without "k" :D

[splitterpoint 10,986]

I used to have an English teacher who pronounced that word as pronciasion.. :lol: I really felt like I was wasting my time there, for obvious reasons. :rolleyes:

 

Words I find kind of hard to say in English are mostly words with 'th' in them like 'think', 'three' etc. In Dutch, we don't have words with that sound so I'm not used to it. The fact that I rarely speak in English won't improve that.

This...

 

I pronounce words like that with a hard T, no T at all, or F instead of T; the classic dutch accent. :wacko:

 

3..

 

Tree

fhree

fghee

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