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

submitted 6 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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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 days ago (6 children)

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

No one can.

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

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

[–] feinstruktur@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 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 5 days ago

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

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