Can You Pronounce These 40 Words? Lots of New Yorkers Struggle To

For those who speak to the public as I do, it can sometimes be frustrating when mispronouncing a word. It happens more times than I'd like.

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Sometimes, it may be because I was rushing while reading something on the radio, and my mind was going faster than my mouth. But there are some words, no matter how hard I try, I just can't pronounce them correctly.

For example, I avoid the word 'Anonymity.' It comes up from time to time in a news article I'm reading, and it just throws me. For example, the article may read like this - "The person spoke to our reporter about the incident on the condition of anonymity since nothing has been officially confirmed."

I get around it by saying something like "The person spoke on the subject after being guaranteed not to be identified since the allegations have not been officially confirmed.

Sports names? Forget it. Thank goodness for Google's pronunciation tool. I used it all the time. I recently asked on social media the question - "What's a word that you always mispronounce?" Well, a few I knew would be a no-brainer, but some surprised me.

Check out below, what some of our listeners struggle with pronouncing, or hear others mispronounce.

Pam S. - Porcelain
Nicole K. - Architecture. I keep putting texture in there
Jeffrey K. - Worcester
Chris C. - It's a chimney, not a Chimley. it's a Flue, not a Flume. I hear these on a weekly basis
Jessica S. - Ask, not axe
Alicia P. - Mitsubishi
Joan W. - Aluminum and Exacerbation
Richard H. - Charcuterie
Sheila K. - Forsythia
Tesha G. - Cinnamon
Sherry K. - When I was much younger I would confuse the words
Prosecute and Persecute
Carmen F. - Wolf (sounds like “woof.”) But I do it on porpoise
Mike C. - My biggest speech issue is Hay Bales. I always say Bay Hales without thinking
Mary D.- Phenomenon
Joel S. - Quid pro quo
Renee R. - Worcestershire
Lainey T. - Licorice
Pat D. - Otsiningo
Linda L. - Gastroenterologist
Tom M. - I can't say Italian. I say Etalian
David R.- Binghamton
Lori L. - Tioughnioga River
Daniel W. - Antidisestablishmentterism
Kristine F. - Scenerio
Karman H.- Rural
Roxie B. - FebRuary
Diane L. - Advocate
Nancy H. - I cannot pronounce Memoir
Alicia M. - Hearth
Vicky D. - Iron
Wayne B. - Specific not Pacific
Timothy M.- Roof. Around here it’s a ruff
Carla C. - Interpret
Linda D. - New Berlin, or so says my husband. It is a small town in Upstate New York
Marcy D. - Thoracic
Michelle L.- Ambulance
Pam B. - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Angela K. - Hydrangea