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| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4670 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes  Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 9 of 14 05 December 2012 at 4:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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squirrel is easy...[ˈskwɚɻʷəɫ]
as difficult as murderer. Edited by Medulin on 05 December 2012 at 4:26pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tennisfan Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5362 days ago 130 posts - 247 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: German | Message 10 of 14 05 December 2012 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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My second year of college I had a Japanese room mate who spoke English well but with a very heavy accent.
He told me he could never understand the difference in pronunciation between "church" and "judge." 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Haksaeng Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6200 days ago 166 posts - 250 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 11 of 14 06 December 2012 at 7:24am | IP Logged | ||
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When I say "sixths" it sounds sort of like "six" but with the final "x" dragged out, like "sixx." I actually do form the "th" sound but it's not quite audible, so I think any non-native should just bluff their way through it, forget about the th and just say sixx confidently and nobody will notice.
"Months" sounds like "munts" with a very soft t. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6911 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 12 of 14 06 December 2012 at 10:07am | IP Logged | ||
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It's probably easier to eat a third of a pizza, than two sixths. ;)
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| Surtalnar Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 4398 days ago 52 posts - 67 votes Speaks: German*, Latin, English, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Arabic (classical) | Message 13 of 14 08 December 2012 at 10:28am | IP Logged | ||
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For me as a German speaker "squirrel" is very easy and no problem. But th-sounds are for us like for most speakers of other European languages a big problem.
Instead of "month" I say "monf" and instead of "sixth(s)" I say "sixt". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6441 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 14 of 14 08 December 2012 at 12:18pm | IP Logged | ||
When I say either words, it tends to be with an articulated th, and neither 'sixx' nor 'munts' sound right to me, though they don't stand out as horribly wrong compared to some of the non-native alternatives - especially ones that add another syllable. Native English accents vary in how much one can avoid th without sounding odd. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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