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Is There A Word You Can't Say Properly?

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barry1010 | 17:34 Sun 03rd Mar 2024 | ChatterBank
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Mine is lure.  When I say it, it sounds really ugly and rhymes with 'sewer'.  Allure is even worse.

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I can't say vocabulary or urgulary

 

And I say lure as in sewer. Is that not how I should be saying it? 😂

^ that shoud say burglary.

 

Apparently I can't type it either. 

can you say sure? ...does that come out as shewer?

do you say Roger Moore or Roger Moower?

George W Bush can't say 'nucular', it comes out as 'new-clear'.

Most BBC presenters can't say 'secretary', they say 'sec-a-tary'.

I can't think of any word I can't say properly, my verbal articulacy is one of my most prized possessions.

Spelling ... that's another matter altogether!!

A lot of people can;t seem to say "Ask" these days.

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I say 'sure' to sound like shore with an e in the middle - one sylabub. 

please dont get ttt started on new clee ar

The word is nu-clee-er, yes many like GWB say Nucular! aaaaarrrrrggggghhhh!

I find saying "no" to another glass of wine difficult. 

I find saying "It's my round, everyone" to be very difficult.

😂😂 Chris!!!

The flower Anemone ...  always seem to say "an enemy"

Floccinaucinihilipilification

Luckily I only use it about 3 or 4 times a day.

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Roy, the abbreviation for that word is 'tat'

Instead of 'lure' say 'loor'.

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A lot of people can;t seem to say "Ask" these days.

I thought of you grizzling TTT when I read, that Wycliffe has used 'aks' in the 1382 Bible

.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible

ask and it shall be given you

Wycliffe 1382: Axe ye, and it schal be ȝovun to you.

Oh dear TTT you appear to be 650 years too late! Haw haw haw

(This is in answer to the reasonable question: " where he say dat den? where Wyclif ( who he anyway) say 'aks'? yeah, foo!")

Intregal

Febry

Corm beef

 

I know a guy in his 70s who still says chimley as if he was still 7.

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