NZSkep

I know a couple of canadians and whenever i try to say canada without stopping and thinking It always comes out canadia

Nostalgic Pushhead

poutine.

And anything with the ch sound german and scottish use. Lochhhhhhchcohcohochochochohcohcohochocho.

Worldtraveller

The german word for squirrel: eichhornchen (I know I spelled that wrong...) Been trying to get that right for years, and every time I try, it gives me an anurism.

I can't think of any words in english (common words anyway) that I have a problem with.

Cheers,
Lane

Nialler

NZSkip, I knew that GW was posting on IIDB under a pseudonym. You've just blown your cover, Mr President!

A question, though: do none of you people have regional accents? None at all?

If you were to listen to me speaking my native Dublin dialect, you would hear the following words several times a minute:

"Dese", "dat", "dis", "dose", and "de". We simply don't pronounce "th". Too much hassle. "D" is adequate for us. Amusingly enough, though, when many Dubs try to speak properly, i.e. in a vox pop interview for broadcast, they will often over-compensate, turning legitimate "d"'s and "t"'s into "th"'s.

Thus: "The thought of trying to join a think tank; this is terrible to me."

Becomes:

"De tought of thrying to join a tink thank; dis is therrible to me."

Also, in overcompensating, the "T" becomes way over-emphasised:

"Mutter" becomes "muTTer", with great emphasis on the "T"'s.

Jennx

I always had great difficulty pronouncing my ex husband's city of birth "Bakirkoy". (Baa-kir-ur-r-ir-r-koy). Turks pronounce the r-k throaty transition very quickly. That's the one word that always gave me away as an American very quickly.

EverLastingGodStopper

I'm from South Jersey, I can not pronounce "water." I know that all of you people say "waaaah-ter," but I say "wooder."

Enai

You've got it almost right, just the "o" needs to be an umlaut : Eichhörnchen.
Enai

Xorply

anomaly, usually because I have to put the word "an" in front of it in a sentence.

-X

Jennx

"Wooder" or "waa-dah"? As part of my everyday job, I have to say "water" with every patient. After 15 years in NYC, the natives could always peg me as not being a native New Yorker by the way I pronounced "water". I'd say "wad-dder" instead of "waadah" or "water".

Nostalgic Pushhead

Yeah I used to think macabre was pronounced "mah-kah-bray".

Worchester(shire) is a baffler, but I learned it long ago.