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English as a second language learners: what words were really hard for you to pronounce? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 4 days ago by RockySalad@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If English wasn't your first language, maybe if you learned English later in life, were there any words that you had a really hard time learning how to pronounce? Do you think that had to do with the sounds made in your first language?

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[–] Ftumch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"The". The "th" in "the" is the only sound in English I can think of that doesn't have a very similar counterpart in Dutch. The closest you could get using just Dutch phonemes would be "zuh" or "duh".

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Of course, we have two th sounds just to make things more fun

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

But dutch people area native English speakers