Words you can't say
 

The favourite word thread got me thinking about my most hated word, "koala". I just can't say koala bear unless somebody has said it first. It's the o and the a and the l, how does it work?!
So yeah, post away the words you can't say ^_^

I have issues with the word February ¬_¬

I don't tend to use words I don't know, so I forget they exist. Soooooo, there are none I can think of right now.

I can't say the word pedestrian :(

im with you people on the february one
&& therapy i saw it ferapy
i cant say my th's well
i get laughed at for how i speak apparently its cute coz i say
thin as fin
think as fink
&& stuff like that
specific is a hard one two
there is more but i cant think of them atm x

Phenomena gives me issues.
Phenomenon's even worse.

"February" is pretty tough. There's no room for the R in there.
"Proselytizing" always, always throws me off.
Oh, and "sixths." Physically impossible.

It makes me laugh when people say pacifically instead of specifically.
But when people say fillum instead of film...my blood just boils.

I used to not be able to say "funeral" it was like "fun-rural....fun-rural.....what???"


Also "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis " give me a bit of bother :D

i've always thought h'orderves was pronounced like whore-de-vores. lol and then i said it one time and everyone looked at me funny...and then i figured out that i was saying it wrong......

There's loads of words I can't say but I've forgotten them all, typical.

Validity. I can say it alright in my head, but out loud it just doesn't seem to work.

I always say 'epitome' as 'epi-tome' instead of like 'epi-to-mee' if that makes sense (probably not). I tried to be a smart arse a few years ago by using it whilst ranting about something and it completely backfired, the person was like "What? Do you mean [insert how it's properly pronounced here]" I was really embarassed :(

I have problems with 'February' and 'sixths' too.

i cant say methylated or millenium

Athenaeum

I cannot and never have been able to caramel or anything with the word caramel in it.

It gets on my nerves because everyone thinks they can fix it by going 'just say ca-ra-mel' thats great, but put it together and it comes out cra-men-el. Its impossible.

My friend can't say squirrel.

Theres loadsa words i cant say...but i cant spell them either lolz oh well

I can't say literaly and apparently I say exactly in a funny way. Most words that have a 'L' and end in 'LY' I have trouble saying. Not matter how many times I try.

Oh I dont like caramel just because you can say it like a billion different ways.

The word that always gets me (that I can actually remember) is "peculiar". Everytime I say it, I have to say it super slow and like 20 times to make sure I said it right hahah.

There's loads of words at uni i struggle to say along with everyone else but I can't remember them right now!

I also have problems with saying the 'th' sound. My maths teacher once shouted at me for it which it was really unfair, had me in tears n I still couldn't pronounce it right, grrr.

"Curriculum"

I say it "Cur-ric-li-um"

mmm, I saw pacifically instead of specifically but if I find myself say it I correct it.

My sister always sed Mazagine ...magazine=]

I cant say anenome it comes out An-nen-non-money
and i say squirrel funny....(comes out sc-whirl)
and I got laughed at because when I say "no" it comes out sounding Australian :/
what else...
I cant say regularily :/

I also have trouble saying NME (as in the magazine)
comes out as NMNE :/

In school, a couple of years ago, I had to read a chapter of a book out loud to the class (which I hate doing), and I couldn't say 'unfathomable'.
It was so embarrassing and my teacher took the mick for months...

I can pronounce it now, however =p

You can?

One that annoys me (broadening the thread slightly) is when people pronounce primarily pri-merrily, instead of putting the emphasis on the "pri".

And I'm always irritated by Fiona Bruce, the newsreader, who gets paid zillions for a not very demanding job and still can't pronounce thousands - her version comes out as "fahsends".

Tony (who's a pedantic bastard at heart!)

My teachers used to laugh at me because if I came across a word I couldn't say...I'd either replace it with "something I can't say" or go "flah" rather than even attempt it :P

People who can't pronounce words properly is a whole different thread, but this is my thread so... I hate when people say paracetamol, para-set-a-mol. It's a C not a S >.<
Oh and I just thought, I can't say similiarly either.

I can't say 'coat hanger' - it always, always comes out 'hoat canger'.

Fortunately people at home know what I mean now so when I scream: "I can't find a hoat canger" somebody can point me in the right direction!

Halleluiah. I ALWAYS add 'l' in weird places... Like "halleluliah" or "halleuliah"

Such a weird word. I still can't say it right even when I'm reading it!

I don't think there are any words that I use and can't say?

Hahah welll..theres the two or three that I know of..Im a big fan of exaggeration :tongue2:

[quote=nuke;739613]I used to not be able to say "funeral" it was like "fun-rural....fun-rural.....what???"


i am sorry, i am having trouble to pronounce fun-rural.
is it like 'fun' and then 'rural'?

tony, in primarily i have always put the accent in 'ma'
but i do not say pri-merrily
i just say pri-ma-rily

if that makes any sense lol

useless info i hadn't seen you in centuries! but of course, i can't blame you, since i am never here
hope you're doing good!

One that amuses me is the word phenylalanine (which is apparently an ingredient of pretty much everything) and is meant to be pronounced phenile-alaneen, which describes what it is, but I seriously can't stop pronouncing it is fenny-lala-nine.
Which amuses me because I'm a loser geek.

Haha heyy Im just peachy, hope youre good. I got so excited when I saw your posts. I actually took a break from here for a bit but im back now :hehe:

Jewelery (sp?) and hospital and ambulance are the ones i cant say...

I always pronounce 'jaguar' as "jag-wire". I don't know why, I can say it like it's supposed to be said, but I've been mispronouncing it so long that I just don't.

I can't say "franc"

I can say "euro" just fine though :-)

Too many.. tis why i like writing, i sound alot more cleverer ;]

i cant say 'pure'
i can only say 'pier' instead.

romp

I can't say most words with a 'u' sound. Like butch or brush. I can say them but I always forget how the U is supposed to sound. People find it very amusing.

proliferation

I'm intrigued, now! Haha.

But it is pronouned para-set-a-mol? How else would you say it? Para-ket-a-mol?!

para-see-te-mol.

I sometimes pronounce it like that I think.

The ones I can think of are squirrel, peculiar and particularly.

Impossibility, that's how you say it ^_^


Cleverer eh Josh? =P