Words you absolutely cannot pronounce?
@MelodyRhapsodical (1248)
United States
May 28, 2007 9:53pm CST
Do you have any?
I have the hardest time pronouncing the word "Statistics." I get stuck with all the T's and S's and I sound like I have a stutter and I just do a 'statististstit' mess. I had a pretty embarrassing moment with that last night! So I just stick with nice, clean "stats". Haha! Good ol' improvisation! :) What about you?
5 responses
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
29 May 07
I can't say "roar" properly. I'm not sure why but the r's come out too 'soft' when I say it. not sure how else to explain it. It's strange because I have no trouble saying "rare" so it can't be JUST because of the r's.
(statistics isn't one of my favorite words to say either!)
@MelodyRhapsodical (1248)
• United States
29 May 07
Can you say "roam"? Hehe, I sound like my friends last night who then kept giving me other words to see if I'd pronounce them properly.. heh! (Woo and I'm glad stats isn't so fun for you either, maybe I'm not the only! LOL)
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
29 May 07
Roam, oar...all the other similar sounding words are just fine lol
My youngest daughter can't say the 's' sound at all...the poor thing can't even say sister or shush right, I can't even imagine how statistics would sound coming from her!
@jlara_gtr34 (3491)
• Philippines
29 May 07
hi there. :) there are these set of words which i really have a hard time pronouncing and those are words which have -ths as their ending. for example, truths, oaths, etc.
i really have a hrd time pronouncing the -ths part and it is really annoying. lolz. i dont know why i cant seem to pronounce it properly, i seem to have a normal tongue. lolz.
@MelodyRhapsodical (1248)
• United States
29 May 07
Oh that's similar to my cousin, she has problems with TH's. For example she says things like 'bafroom' (bathroom) or 'troof' (truth) but oddly enough she can say "oath" just fine. It's so weird how it works out that way.
LOL and I'm sure your tongue is just fine! Thanks for the response :D
@spiderdollar (298)
• India
29 May 07
Really speaking i can't remember any such word i have a good pronunciation power and i don't think there is any such word which i can't pronounce at all. it may happen with some foreign language but still now there is no such word at all.. but it is a very interesting discussion i will keep in touch with this discussion.
@MelodyRhapsodical (1248)
• United States
29 May 07
English is my second language (though I learned it very young) so I think it may be something to do with the way I pronounce things in general because of my first language (Spanish).
My excuse, anyway! =P
@cheekyvods (164)
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29 May 07
i seem to have difficulty in saying milleniem, dont know why but i always say it as minneniem. when i was younger i couldnt say animals it was always annimamlls, my little brother used to say middle funny aswell
@amyann16 (414)
• United States
15 Jun 07
Not that I need to use this often, because I don't smoke, but I absolutely can not say Marlboro. We have a neighbor that smokes and occasionally when we are hanging out, camping, etc and I run into town he will ask me to buy him a pack and I Hate it, because I can not say it!
