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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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[–] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Worcestershire sauce

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

English as my first language and I can’t get that one right either.

No one can.

[–] Pumafred9@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Wuh ster shuh. I live in that county, it's definitely over-hyped.

[–] feinstruktur@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh, one really pronounces the 'shuh' part? I was told it's just the first two syllables.

[–] ProfessorScience@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Just the first two syllables would be Worcester, which is also a place.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You don't say the last 'R'? I've always said it 'woo - stur - sure' or 'wi - stur - sure,' depending on how fast I say it.

I'm American though.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's because you're American. That's how you say it with an American accent. Like think about how Brits say "sure" vs how Americans say "sure". Americans pronounce the R far more.

[–] Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Americans are harder on their R's where they're written, but Brits take the R's out and put them softly in other places where they aren't written (to the American ear)

[–] stray@pawb.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It helps to break it up.

worce - ster - shire

"Worcestershire sauce is the worst."

"Thousand island is worster."

"'Worster'? Sure."

[–] RockySalad@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

I say it wuss tuh sure

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

odd, I never had an issue with WarChester sauce.