โฒ 84 โผ English as a second language learners: what words were really hard for you to pronounce? (discuss.tchncs.de) submitted 11 months ago by RockySalad@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments If English wasn't your first language, maybe if you learned English later in life, were there any words that you had a really hard time learning how to pronounce? Do you think that had to do with the sounds made in your first language?
[+] sireuz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (3 children) Queue is just the name of the letter "Q". But it "kyoo" might not be an easy sound depending on your mother tongue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] derpgon@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (2 children) I feel its more like "kyuu", or have I been mispronouncing it all the time? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago "uu" would just be "oo" (most likely) in English, generally. I'm not sure what the difference would be permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago Kyuu is perfect! permalink fedilink source parent [โ] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 11 months ago Schedule (sk- or sh-) differs between countries/regions. So you're good either way. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (3 children) Queue is just the name of the letter "Q". But it "kyoo" might not be an easy sound depending on your mother tongue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] derpgon@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (2 children) I feel its more like "kyuu", or have I been mispronouncing it all the time? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago "uu" would just be "oo" (most likely) in English, generally. I'm not sure what the difference would be permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago Kyuu is perfect! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] derpgon@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (2 children) I feel its more like "kyuu", or have I been mispronouncing it all the time? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago "uu" would just be "oo" (most likely) in English, generally. I'm not sure what the difference would be permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago Kyuu is perfect! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago "uu" would just be "oo" (most likely) in English, generally. I'm not sure what the difference would be permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 11 months ago Schedule (sk- or sh-) differs between countries/regions. So you're good either way. permalink fedilink source parent