Do you have trouble SAYING certain words(Inspired by Lovely2CU)

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

"Male and Mail" sound the same when I say them. "Field" is another word I have trouble with!

 

[Saffron]

I have a problem saying cultured, as in cultured pearls. I seem to throw an extra L in there and say cultureled.

 

[Disney Doll]

I've never been able to say linoleum.

 

[CamColt]

I always say Mitchubichi for Mitsubishi.

 

[tiggerlover]

There are two for me, library and drawer. They tend to sound like liberry and draw. (I am told that is due to my NY accent....which I don't think I have any more.)

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

I tend to say are and our the same way, no matter how hard I try.

 

[honeywolf7]

"Male" and "mail" are supposed to sound different? I always say "arnge" instead of "orange" and I used to say "vurld" instead of "world."

 

[Gail T AGAIN]

camColt, I do the same thing, maybe that is the Mass. way of saying that.

 

[Lovely2CU]

There is something I have trouble saying, but (for the life of me) I can't think what it is at the moment.

I can't believe what I just did; when I started typing this post, I wrote "sumething" instead of "something"!

 

[mickeyfan1]

Minnie Mouse, Universal Studios, MCI, Sprint.............

OOOps, you mean like mispronouncing them? I say ofTen rather than ofen, after all there is a "T" in it, and I say idear rather than idea, because I was born in Mass, and it's the only thing that stuck from listening to my mother's family. I try not to say y'all, and I try to keep my southern accent to a minimum.

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

He-he-he !
I also have trouble with "wheel"-sounds like "will" when I say it !
honeywolf-they tell me they are suppose to sound different, I have truly tried!

 

[Dopey Sharon]

Originally posted by BibbidiBobbidiBoo


honeywolf-they tell me they are suppose to sound different, I have truly tried!

Whoever told you that are wrong. They are homophones...words that sound alike but are spelled different.

 

[Wendy]

From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: mail
Pronunciation: 'mA(&)l

Main Entry: male
Pronunciation: 'mA(&)l

Yep, they're pronounced exactly alike. I imagine you're saying them just fine. I think you need to give your friends a lesson in pronunciation.

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

Problem is I don't pronounce them mA(&)l at all I do sort of a one sounded thing that rhymes with "tell". The above is like 2 sounds-I'm pitiful ! Maybe everyone around here makes them different with southern accents? Don't tell me wheel and will are homophones! My DH kids me ruthlessly about my inability to distinguish differences between the two ! Wheel is more of the 2 sounds and will is one.