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激ムズ!英単語

Weekly Topic: A word in your native language which you find it hard to pronounce

Oct 4, 2022

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こんにちは!カフェトーク講師のBenです。

今回は発音が難しい英語!ということで、私が思う「激ムズ英単語」をピックアップしました。

やっぱり、RとLが重なったり、RRと続くと難しさは倍増しますよね〜

難しかった!簡単だった!感想をいただければ幸いです♪





Here's a list of words that are difficult to pronounce in the American accident. 

 
/rl/

squirrel : There's a squirrel at the window.

world: The world gets smaller every year.

rural: Rural America is quite unique.



/r/ /r/


brewery: The local brewery employs many people.


february: The class starts again in february.

library: I went to the library today.




/Metathesis/
( When the order of two sounds are reversed )

comfortable -> comfterble
It's quite a comfortable chair.

cavalry -> calvery
The army's cavalry is unmatched.

aforementioned -> afermentioned
Please refer to the aforementioned page.

introduce -> innerduce
We haven't been introduced.

prescription -> perscription
Prescription drugs are very expensive.

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