The Hardest Words to pronounce!

otorhinolaryngologist

Sometimes I need to say “my sister is an otorhinolaryngologist”. But no one has got what I said so far.

The same word came up a few months ago with a student of mine!

The easiest solution is not to use that word at all! I know no one in the U.S. that attempts it -- except for medical students, perhaps! Americans simply say "an ear-nose-throat doctor", or even more simply, "an ENT specialist".

CJ

I find that non-native speakers never seem to say situation correctly.

I know you are interested in comments from non-native speakers, but I'll throw this post in for good measure.

Americans have difficulty pronouncing nuclear and realtor correctly.

I find rural, and occasionally statistics, difficult. I also find statisti

I hate a word I've first encountered in studying poetry. I can hardly pronounce it (though many people say I speak nearly like a native). Even now I can't remember it. See I makes my blood boil

onomatopoeia. . .

Hi,

Onomatopoeia.

Many of my students mispronounce the word 'kitchen' as 'chicken'.

Best wishes, Clive

Ah, yes!!! You're right! I had forgotten that bit about putting the kitchen on the table in the chicken.
(I know a native

I remember that when I started learning English I couldn't pronounce "understand". I always ended up saying "Amsterdam" (I think I learnt both words at the same time, I was about eight and we were learning the European capitals at school). Older people laughed their heads off each time I said it. We didn't start learning English at school until a few years later, and then was my turn to laugh

CalifJim:
"Americans have difficulty pronouncing nuclear and realtor correctly."

They don't have difficulty with those words, they just pronounce them differently.