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

submitted 5 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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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"sp" cluster can be hard. So can "sk" at the end of a word. Hence why you can get "axe" instead of "ask"

[–] goober@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Little kid me would agree about the difficulty with the "sp" cluster. "Spoon" came out as "psoon".

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Suh-poon is also reasonably common!

It if you speak Spanish, "Es-poon"!