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Spider Jerusalem

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5. Words Americans can't pronounce:

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sun Aug 12, 2012, 06:48 PM

Aug 2012

Baroque (which is French and pronounced more like "ba-rock" than "burr-oak&quot
Van Gogh (which is "Van Guff" or "Van Goch" and not "Van Go" because it's Dutch)
Iraq (it's "ee-rock", not "eye-rack&quot
Iran ("ee-rahn", not "eye-ran&quot

there are probably a lot of others I can't think of at the moment...

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How do you pronounce it? [View all] Tanuki Aug 2012 OP

Thank you!! ellaydubya Aug 2012 #1

For starters dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #2

Aluminium has a distinctive odour and colour krispos42 Aug 2012 #6

thank you very much for this CatWoman Aug 2012 #3

There's a great YouTube channel called Pronunciation Manual... SidDithers Aug 2012 #4

Words Americans can't pronounce: Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #5

Italian krispos42 Aug 2012 #8

As a woman from the Mediterranean... a la izquierda Aug 2012 #13

I'd say, instead, that English pronunciation doesn't always track the language being borrowed. Jim Lane Aug 2012 #10

Bad example Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #16

There are numerous examples Jim Lane Aug 2012 #18

We're not talking about words that are pronounced differently *IN ENGLISH* though. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #19

You seem to assume that there's only one correct English pronunciation of a word. Jim Lane Aug 2012 #20

That's a great resource. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #7

Here's the site I use frogmarch Aug 2012 #9

I know how to pronounce it... I ordered fuckin' Gelappannow Erose999 Aug 2012 #11

Thanks to SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy, I know how NOT to pronounce 'therapists' pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #12

Squidbillies stole that. AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #15

I could really use that for my work. AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #14

Bookmarked; thanks! gkhouston Aug 2012 #17

That's awesome! THANKS! Care Acutely Aug 2012 #21