Pronounciation

[Sparx]

Are there any common words you just can not say?

My great grandmother could never say scissors. She always said 'sheers' to avoid saying it.

My grandmother can not say enamel.

I can't say 'rural'.


so what can't you say?

[Dragonlord11_7]

I hate saying "scissors" cause I have an accent saying it. So I call em skissors... lol. I hate the word "rural"... My accent makes it sound like I'm saying "ruler"... Plus, everyone thinks I'm already weird... being born in Ohio and having a NY accent.

[PlainJane]

Are there any common words you just can not say?

I can't say 'rural'.



I can't say that either. My other one is saddelry. I pronounce things weird anyway because my dad is from NY and my mom grew up all over the southern US. It's so funny when people try to figure out where I'm from. I have a typically northern accent, but occassionally a word like ya'll will slip out.

[Pearls]

Picture.

I pronounce it like more like 'pic-a-chure'.
My mom always points it out and laughs when I say it.

[Babyjustrun]

Today I had to voice a talkmail. I was sitting there trying to make sure I said recyclable(sp?) right.
I never say the word poltergiest right.

[StitchfansJr]

I can't say "borrow." Or "borrowers." I'm not good at saying my r's.

[Loves Disney]

I, surprisingly, can prounounce words fairly well. What I would consider ill-pronounciation is when I start talking with a Boston accent...despite my being at nearly the opposite end of the state lol. :rotfl:

There are a few words such as Manhatten that I cannot, for the life of me, say without a Boston accent. Luckily, there aren't many of those words and I don't have to say Manhatten on a daily basis lol. And no, I can say "park", "car" and "Harvard yard" just fine lol.

[Captain Brain]

I have a problem speaking when I get mad, I start speaking in a Northern accent, I don't even know where it came from. :teeth:

I can't say the word aluminum very well. With my trying to lose my normal accent, and the people around here who like to pronounce everything wrong, I can't ever say it right.

[Sparx]

I, surprisingly, can prounounce words fairly well. What I would consider ill-pronounciation is when I start talking with a Boston accent...despite my being at nearly the opposite end of the state lol. :rotfl:

There are a few words such as Manhatten that I cannot, for the life of me, say without a Boston accent. Luckily, there aren't many of those words and I don't have to say Manhatten on a daily basis lol. And no, I can say "park", "car" and "Harvard yard" just fine lol.
pak the cah in havah yahd. ;) sorry couldn't resisit.

I can't make fun of anyone's accent. Mine is terrible.

[rob'n]

I hate saying "scissors" cause I have an accent saying it. So I call em skissors... lol. I hate the word "rural"... My accent makes it sound like I'm saying "ruler"... Plus, everyone thinks I'm already weird... being born in Ohio and having a NY accent.


I love saying skisssors!!!!

[Babyjustrun]

I absolutely love Boston accents.
Too adorable.
I had the most fun say New Joisey a few weeks ago. It's just too fun.

[Captain Brain]

Like we say Joisey, accidents happen. ;)

[IrishTink]

i can't say ask to well it turns out being as.

[BeachBabi0]

i just can't say 'glue'. i don't even know why!

[HSMndLKfan92]

I've got a Jersey accent. Hurrah for Jersey accents!

The only word I have a problem saying is abominable.

I once couldn't say Apocalypse. (sp?)

I kept saying aCOPalypse.

This was last year.

[EeyoreFan1]

peculiar

[Johnny*Depp*lover]

i cant think of any words right now. but my sister calls pretzels, prenzels. its kinda funny. and when my other sister says Pirates of the Caribbean really fast, she calls it Pirates of the Parabbean.

[Dragonlord11_7]

I can not absolutely say "synonym" and "cinnamon"... I blame my parents poor speaking abilities. :rolleyes:

[Loves Disney]

My best friend says "cousint" lol and I have heard WAY TOO many people in MA call "Palmer" "Parmer" :rotfl:

I also hear A LOT of people leaving the "h" off of words such as "humor", "humid", and "human". The list goes on lol. In fact, several people from my own family knock the "h" off. lol.

[Babyjustrun]

I cannot say burger. It comes out booger.

[Loves Disney]

I cannot say burger. It comes out booger.

I would like a booger with extra fries...hold the mayo!

[HSMndLKfan92]

I cannot say burger. It comes out booger.

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Sorry. :guilty:

[Johnny*Depp*lover]

My best friend says "cousint" lol and I have heard WAY TOO many people in MA call "Palmer" "Parmer" :rotfl:

I also hear A LOT of people leaving the "h" off of words such as "humor", "humid", and "human". The list goes on lol. In fact, several people from my own family knock the "h" off. lol.

lol my sister says that too.

[StitchfansJr]

Now I can't even say cinnamon anymore!

[Lil_Tink]

Wow. I feel like an idiot. I just spent about 10 minutes trying to say rural. Yeah I cant. I also say my a's funny.

[Babyjustrun]

I can say rural fine.
Both in french and english.
Though I'm more likely to say it in french because of too many Sc.Studies classes with a french nut.

[Johnny*Depp*lover]

ha i cant say rural either

rural
rur al
ru ral
r ural

uhhh...!!

[Babyjustrun]

I used to have the hardest time saying particularly.
It's the larly that's hard to say.

[VolleyballQt07]

my g-pa cant say Massachusettes(sp?).


i too cant talk clear when i am mad................... :rotfl:

[Sparx]

What brought this up was in class today I spent five minutes trying to say rural. Much to my classmates amusement. :rolleyes:

[polysisterchick]

.... sadly, i have no accent and i'm good with my pronounciation skills.

*sigh*
i'm boring.

but there are random times i get a twinge of a northern accent on words (none in particular though)

[Mickey1122]

The only word that I say wrong is seconds. It always comes out as secons. I can sey everything else. Luckily, it doesn't come up in conversation very often.

The rest of my family is another story. I am the only one who can say 'peculiarly' and 'particularly.'

[Loves Disney]

What do you guys mean "northern" accent?

[Captain Brain]

Such as a mix of Boston, New York, and a dash of Joisey. :rolleyes:

[Loves Disney]

Such as a mix of Boston, New York, and a dash of Joisey. :rolleyes:

That is me all too often rofl.

[Captain Brain]

:rotfl2:

[aris320]

alot of people i know say the letter "H" and "hache".

me personally, i can't talk when i get angry or if i'm over-tired. its pretty funny! :)

[Narnian_Princess]

I can speak nearly every word perfectly, but there's one that I can't remember right now that I have a hard time saying.

As for accents, I have what I call an "American" accent; which is to say no accent. What's really sad is that I was born and raised for 8 years in Texas and nobody believes this because I can't even fake a Texas accent! :teeth:

[DisneyGirl421]

I've got the Jersey accent. (and no we don't say Joisey... haha)

I say water weird... I don't even know how to spell it out... i say it kinda like 'wuter'
All my friends in college make fun of me. :)

One of my friends cant say bagel... she actually says "bag-el" not "bay-gal" like it's supposed to be. and we make fun of her too. :) lol

[JackSparrow0791]

i pack the ca in the havarad lot and get a bowl of clam chowda :D

boston accent
t for those that dont no

[marypops!]

i usually say words how they are spelt... so like i never say yacht as "yott" I say it as "yart"

[MuNkY]

I say everything the right way, because everything I say is right.;)

Shelby has knowledge in this. Lol.

[Starfire]

I pronounce words like S's strangely when I'm talking fast which sometimes is often if i'm excited!

[Princess Ash]

Enclave

HOW ON EARTH DO YOU SAY THIS WORD?

En-CLAYVE
En-CLAV
On-CLAVE
On-CLAV

AAAAAAHHHH!

And my roommate says "Bawston and Gawd and Hawkey" for "Boston and God and Hockey"...she's from upstate NY, hehehehe!

[Loves Disney]

Enclave

HOW ON EARTH DO YOU SAY THIS WORD?
En-CLAYVE
En-CLAV
On-CLAVE
On-CLAV

AAAAAAHHHH!

And my roommate says "Bawston and Gawd and Hawkey" for "Boston and God and Hockey"...she's from upstate NY, hehehehe!

"On-clayve" stressing the "V". It is French.

[AllyGirlie]

I don't have trouble pronouncing many words, although when I was little I couldn't say floral...I'd say Fler-ul (I can say it now though).

My brother's the one who has trouble saying a lot of words..my personal favorite is orange..he says urange...I love it

[Babyjustrun]

I have issues where I always figure a word should sound french if it doesn't look english. xD
French gets to my brain dude.

[Captain Brain]

"On-clayve" stressing the "V". It is French.
Thanks, Cat, now to...Dictionary.com!

[Loves Disney]

Thanks, Cat, now to...Dictionary.com!

You don't trust me!? Wow, Brain...Thanks! lol.

[Captain Brain]

I need to find the dictionary so I can sound "smartical." :rolleyes:

[Captain Brain]

en‧clave  /ˈɛnkleɪv, ˈɑn-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[en-kleyv, ahn-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -claved, -clav‧ing.

–noun 1. a country, or esp., an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country.
2. any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one: a Chinese-speaking enclave in London.
–verb (used with object) 3. to isolate or enclose (esp. territory) within a foreign or uncongenial environment; make an enclave of: The desert enclaved the little settlement.


Hmm...Now to find a reason to say it....

[Missish]

I didn't use to be able to say 'necessarily'. I would say 'nece-celery'. I can say it now though, yey!

[PatriotsRule]

I say "picture" like "pitcher." It's so weird, I have no idea why I do that. No one else I know does.

[Loves Disney]

I say "picture" like "pitcher." It's so weird, I have no idea why I do that. No one else I know does.

Oh man it annoys the Bejesus out of me when people say "pitcher" instead of "picture"! lol.

[Captain Brain]

Oh man it annoys the Bejesus out of me when people say "pitcher" instead of "picture"! lol.
I have a friend who does that. My eyes twitch everytime I hear it. *twitch*

[Loves Disney]

I have a friend who does that. My eyes twitch everytime I hear it. *twitch*

I also can't STAND "figger" instead of "figure"; "Libary" instead of "library" and any other obvious mispronounciations! G'ah! lol.

[PatriotsRule]

Oh man it annoys the Bejesus out of me when people say "pitcher" instead of "picture"! lol.

Pitcher! Pitcher! Pitcher! Pitcher!

:rotfl:

[Babyjustrun]

I say picture differently everytime.
If I'm being lazy, I'll say pitcher, because I'm usually mumbling.
If I feel like it, I'll say it properly.
And if I feel like acting mental, I'll haul out all the syllables to say 'pic-a-ture'

[Captain Brain]

Pitcher! Pitcher! Pitcher! Pitcher!

:rotfl:
*twitch*

[Loves Disney]

Pitcher! Pitcher! Pitcher! Pitcher!

:rotfl:

You people are TRYING to kill me, aren't you... :stir: lol.

[PatriotsRule]

Almost forgot, if I'm being lazy or if I'm tired I stumble over a word with "sks" in it like "asks", or "masks." Slipping up with "asks" can sometimes be a problem :p

[Captain Brain]

I have trouble getting Ask and As to come out correctly, down here in hick town, people mispronounce everything. Luckily, my mother always taught me to speak properly. :)

[PirateChick93]

I can't three, it sounds like free lol

[Stitch&figment 4 eve]

I can't pronounce water it always comes out as "wuter". I can't say bagel either, but I do say Jersey and not Joisey.

[ktbutterfly2011]

My dad always says "Out of balance" like in a football game instead of "Out of bounds" bugs the crap outta me. He also says things like wash and Washington like "warsh" and "Warshington" that reealy bugs the crap outta me.

[Captain Brain]

I despise "warsh," it is pronounced "Wash." :sad2:

[Johnny*Depp*lover]

my grandma says 'birl' instead of "boil". and 'terlit' instead of 'toilet'. and 'piller' instead of 'pillow". ha and she says "crutch" instead of "crotch". lol i always laugh at her when she says that.

[Loves Disney]

my grandma says 'birl' instead of "boil". and 'terlit' instead of 'toilet'. and 'piller' instead of 'pillow". ha and she says "crutch" instead of "crotch". lol i always laugh at her when she says that.

Always? Does that imply that your grandma says "crotch" a lot? Um why? :rolleyes: lol.

[Johnny*Depp*lover]

Always? Does that imply that your grandma says "crotch" a lot? Um why? :rolleyes: lol.

she doesnt. i just heard her say it once. she was talking about how my cousins pants were too tight around the crutch. lol

[Princess Ash]

Apparently I can't say "Room"

I say "Rum" as in, we moved from "Rum to rum"

[BeachBabi0]

i think that it's kind of funny how people cant say normal things. ive already said, i cant say glue to save my life, so im not trying to insult anyone. i just think that when they made up...well, speaking, they could have used easier words :teeth:

[Sparx]

i think that it's kind of funny how people cant say normal things. ive already said, i cant say glue to save my life, so im not trying to insult anyone. i just think that when they made up...well, speaking, they could have used easier words :teeth:
You try finding a word for 'rural' on the spot. ;)

Most of the time I absolutly refuse to say it. I'll say "the R word that means the opposite of urban"

[BeachBabi0]

hah. thats funny. i honestly dont remember any words that mean rural right now. i cant say it either! but i do know there's at least one, we used it in my history class

[Narnian_Princess]

hah. thats funny. i honestly dont remember any words that mean rural right now. i cant say it either! but i do know there's at least one, we used it in my history class
How about "in the country"? No, wait, not a word. :p

I don't know! :teeth:

[Captain Brain]

Apparently I can't say "Room"

I say "Rum" as in, we moved from "Rum to rum"
Ash, what are we going to do with you? ;) :rolleyes: