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Here are some of my favourite words which are difficult to pronounce in English. Have fun!
refrigerator - nobody in the UK uses this word. We all call it the fridge. Much easier :-)
GIF
Pronunciation: “gif” or “jif”
GIF is one of those words that can be pronounced two ways. You can pronounce it “gif” OR “jif”
Sixth
Pronunciation: “siksth”
anemone
[ uh–nem–uh-nee ].
colonel
The word colonel came to English through French, where it was spelled coronel.
[ kur-nl ].
February
The word February is most commonly pronounced as if the first R is not present: [ feb-yoo-er-ee ], because R sounds and Y sounds are quite closely It is also correct to pronounce the R, as in [ feb-roo-er-ee ].
Worcestershire (sauce)
[ woos-ter-sheer ].
However most Brits who use this word simply refer to it as Worcester sauce
[ woos-ter].
Deteriorate
“dih-TEER-ee-uh-reyt”
ignominious: /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/, ihg-nuhm-in-ee-us: very embarrassing
How is it pronounced?
“ig-nuh-MIN-ee-uhs”, emphasis on the third syllable
sesquipedalian: /ˌseskwɪpɪˈdeɪliən/, sess-kwih-pid-ay-lee-in:
We use this to talk about someone who tends to use a lot of LONG words
