Hello, everyone. I’m Chris from Learn British English free.
This is British English Accent Training Lesson number 49
and it’s about the ten hardest words to pronounce in English.
This has come from a thread on the popular website, Reddit, last year,
which was summarised by the British newspaper online, The Independent.
I’m from the south of England, so what you’ll be hearing
is my British accent from that area of the country specifically.
And thanks to my colleague, Jo, for bringing this
to our attention in the English Language Group.
I’ve included the captions (subtitles) for you
to read along.
And also the phonetics from the International Phonetic Alphabet,
included in the captions and also
in the description to the video.
So please have a look, you can read along
and check out the pronunciation there to help you practise.
I’ll say each one two or three times, nice and slowly.
Some of these words are very unusual,
but I’m not going to go into the meanings or definitions,
I’m simply going to practise the pronunciation.
Let’s get started then:
Rural /ˈrʊə.rəl/
Otorhinolaryngologist /ɒtəʊ'raɪnəʊ'lærɪŋ'gɒləʤɪst/
Colonel /ˈkɜː.nəl/
Penguin /ˈpeŋ.ɡwɪn/
Sixth /sɪksθ/
Isthmus /ˈɪsθ.məs/
Anemone /əˈnem.ə.ni/
Squirrel /ˈskwɪr.əl/
Choir /kwaɪər/
Worcestershire /ˌwʊs.tə ˈsɔːs/
Those were the ten hardest English words to pronounce.
What did you think?
How did you do?
Were they the hardest words
or are there others that you’re aware of
and that you find difficult?
Please leave a comment and let us know.
Thanks for watching, I hope I did ok.
Some of those words were very unusual and difficult,
I found it hard myself.
So don’t worry, keep trying,
and “practice makes perfect”.
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Thanks once more, take care and good luck with your English.
Keep studying hard and keep trying with these ten words.
Take care for now.
Bye bye.