TOP 10 HARDEST WORDS TO PRONOUNCE
Worcestershire. Can you say it? Of British origin, Worcestershire sauce is a fermented liquid condiment used to season everything from chili to Welsh rarebit. It is also one of the 10 most difficult words to pronounce, according to computer guru and talk radio host Kim Komando. Citing an informal (read: not scientific) online poll with 5,000 responses conducted by a reddit user named JustATreeNut, Komando has listed on her web site the ten most difficult English words to pronounce. And Worcestershire is number one. The top 10 hardest words to pronounce and how to say them in parentheses:
- Worcestershire (wuss-ter-sheer)
- Choir (kw-eye-er)
- Squirrel (sk-whirl)
- Anemone (uh-nem-uh-nee)
- Isthmus (is-muss)
- Sixth (siksTH)
- Penguin (pen-gwen)
- Colonel (ker-nal)
- Otorhinolaryngologist (oto-rhino-laryng-ologist)
- Rural (roor-ull)
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