What's that one word that always trips you up?

[quartertone]

Whenever I encounter "personality" my mouth sort of takes a nap and just gives up.
My tongue seems to hang just a touch too long on the roof of my mouth at the "na", and the subsequent "li" gets squashed, and the "ty" falls into the void of sounds unspoken.

What's your I-hate-that-word word?

[redrun]

"protestantism" takes me at least a half dozen takes, usually more. I can say its component parts, but try to stick it all together and it comes out sounding like the scientific name for a peculiar flowering plant, if I'm lucky.

[mightyfelix]

However, as in:

"It is a simple word, however, she was never quite able to speak it fluently."

It usually comes out as "hoover" or "howver."

[annise]

Mine seems to be more common than I thought - I often hear it when I listen to LV. It's when saying ask, task, mask. I always still say aks, in spite of years of older siblings' laughter.

Anne

[MissJennyVoices]

The word "deadeningly" tripped me up for the longest time in a recent recording. Its like "brewery" - you can't say it without sounding like you've just left one!! I just sounded drunk every time I tried to say it. Had to actually step away & come back to get it right. That was my first as I've made only 2 contributions so far, but I'm sure there will be many more words that trip me up.

[txphred]

Thucydides
As Sylvester the Cat would say:
"Thuferin' thuckatash! It's Thucydides!"

Fred

[lightcrystal]

If I am tired I say draughts/drafts as "drats".

For all the old timers who remember a certain kids' cartoon show: drats! double drats!

[SamKool]

Worcestershire
My god I had to use auto correct to write it let alone say it. The problem is there is no one pronounciation for this

[lightcrystal]

Worcestershire
My god I had to use auto correct to write it let alone say it. The problem is there is no one pronounciation for this

I go to Forvo. I'd say it like woostershear

[SamKool]

Worcestershire
My god I had to use auto correct to write it let alone say it. The problem is there is no one pronounciation for this

I go to Forvo. I'd say it like woostershear

Some people are like
War-ches-ter-shire

[redrun]

In the US, my first exposure to "Worcestershire" was for a particular steak sauce; named, I assume, for the place in the UK.

This salty seasoning with the long 'w' name was dubbed "watch-your-sister" sauce, much to said sibling's annoyance. And we dutifully watched that she didn't get too much.

[Peter Why]

Just to clarify Worcestershire a little .... that "wooster" has a similar vowel sound to "put" or "pull".

.. and, by the way, I have an excellent recipe for a vegetarian equivalent (the commercial sauce has anchovies in it). I make a couple of litres every year or two.
Peter

[txphred]

Here are a few great English place names:

Great Barugh and Little Barugh – BARF
Ratlinghope – RATSHUP
Godmanchester – GUMSTER
Beaudesert – BELZA
Aveton Gifford – AW-TON D'ZHIFFERD
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