What is the word in English...

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Javier has trouble with bear and bird. He says them the same. My brother's name is Trent and he says it like shrimp.

[eau_xplain 2]

I guess I can't pronounce my name. I leave a work-related voice message and almost everyone who returns my call looks for Danielle. Which is so different from my real name.

[Marilyn. 340]

well according to my hubby I say Yahoo funny

I am Canadian by the way...

LOOOOOL i heard it when i read it its ok, im from spokane washington, i say yahoo the same as you canadians say it

YeahWho??

[SteveLaura 0]

I say "strawbries" instead of "strawberries". My WI wife says "ruff" instead of "roof".

[Mrs.J06 4]

I say "strawbries" instead of "strawberries". My WI wife says "ruff" instead of "roof".

Oh my god, my husband says "ruff", too, but he's from Iowa...

I have trouble differentiating between the "w" and "v". Also, I can't say aluminium right, but the, who can?

[kisschick1976 0]

I'm the USC and I can't say:

Owl

Towel

Trowel

Bowel

Vowel

Roy Orbison

[LiszyandKenny 5]

I think the one that I really have a hard time with is...... RARE... damn word

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I have a problem with big fuzzy headed dog in portuguese!

caba SUUUUUUUUUDA! ! I think?

Edited June 28, 2007 by CarolsMarc

[Nessa 23]

I guess I can't pronounce my name. I leave a work-related voice message and almost everyone who returns my call looks for Danielle. Which is so different from my real name.

You know, the same thing happens to me, people don't understand, ask me to spell my name, and Vanessa is a common name here in the States. It gets even worse when I say Nessa.

[no name 1]

Hubby gets weird looks every single time he asks for 'water'. He keeps reminding me it's not 'wadder' like we Yanks say it.

And at Starbucks, if he says 'I'd like a tall bold please' they always say WHAT? like 4 times. He'll give up & say ok, 'a drip coffee'.

Edited June 29, 2007 by devilette

[mendeleev 68]

Clothes.

"Th" is really hard from Russians, but, damn-it, she learned how to say "th".

So, clothes is a two-syllable word for her

[William33 110]

Let's reverse this concept for a moment...

I have been working on Bahasa Indonesian for 5 years and have finally realized a decent grasp of it. However, I still struggle heavily with proper enunciation of certain words.

For example:

Panjang Tangan (translated: long hand or thief, inside joke here.)

When I say words with n and g together, it gets garbled big time. My wife gets a kick out of it though.

I have learned that from birth, we develop our language skills with specific movement of the mouth in the process. Even breathing plays a significant role. If one does not learn that style of speaking early in life, one will struggle to get it right, unless they are exceptional with language abilities.

With that said, I have met people in my past employ that can speak 5-6 languages fluently. By fluently, I am referring to the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) 1-5 Scale.

1 = basic words and conversation, while 5 = Native tongue.

Fluency is achieved at the 4 level.

All of my educational language was in Latin..I guess it helped with English.

Anyway, I have struggled with several languages, but I try hard.

I suspect our foreign spouses do also.

Any thoughts on a USC learning a foreign language?

[LuzyC 0]

Having a hard time with P and F ..

Soap sounds like soft

Comfortable sounds like convertible

Comforter sounds like computer

Fish sounds peace

Part sounds fart

Pack sounds like F... Nvm

Folks sounds like polk (as in polka dots)

back home in PI , Gary like to learn Filipino language and I just love his accent too..one time he wonder what people tell to driver everytime we pay the jeepney or bus fare..we have to say ''BAYAD KO ''means my fare , since he likes to try the language I made him pay for our fare..he say the word and it sounds like ''BAYAG KO''(in english it means 'my testicles or testis'').. everybody really laugh on it ..!

*sorry for the word*

[eric&gen 0]

BAYAG KO lol i know that word very well.

[LuzyC 0]

BAYAG KO lol i know that word very well.

:lol: