
06-Mar-2006, 19:41
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Re: What word do you think is the hardest to pronounce??? Quote: |
Originally Posted by juacro sorry, but it is not what I meant...I wrote FOCUS to give a sample of the hardest words to pronunce. My intention is to show the similarity with the expressions "fuck us" or "fuck you". I´m a Spanish speaker and those words represent confussions sometimes.... | I know what you`re sayin`, juacro. I think Spanish has about five pure vowel sounds with major differences among each one. English has at least fourteen pure vowels with subtle differences among many of them. While you may have some difficulty hearing the difference between "focus" and "f__k us", I can assure you there`s a huge difference to native speakers. All I can tell you is to listen more carefully and you`ll probably be able to hear these differences. Keep in mind that not being able to put all these English vowels into your English pronunciation makes most Spanish accents very harsh & unpleasant to listen to. But, I HAVE heard Spanish speakers who can do well when speaking English; so it`s certainly not impossible. The one that bothers me most is the English "i" as in "hit", "bit", or "with". If you say "The dog bit me", that makes sense. But if you pronounce this lax "i" like "ee", the sentence takes on a different meaning, such as "The dog beat me". See? |