Top 10 Hardest Words to Pronounce
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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. An informal (read: not scientific) online poll with 5,000 responses listed the 10 most difficult English words to pronounce. Here are 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)