NikkiBarber
Junior Member
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2010
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Danish
- Home Country
- Denmark
- Current Location
- United States
I speak English well enough for most people not to notice that I am not a native speaker but there are two words that I just can't seem to get right.
I don't have a problem with the "th" sounds that causes difficulties for so many foreigners but when it comes to adding the S at the end of "monthS" I am failing completely. If I add the S I lose the H.
I have tried repeating it after hearing my husband say it and it feels like I am tripping over my own tongue. The same goes for the "shr" part of "shrimp." That comes out "swimp" everytime. In seafood-loving New Orleans this makes me sound silly.
Is there any way for me to improve this? Obviously, "shrimp" is less of a problem than "months" since I rarely need to use it, but it still bothers me that I can't get these two words right.
Maybe there is a way to practise it. If not, does anyone have a suggestion for a different way of expressing myself without saying "months?" In some cases I can use X number of weeks, or X number of years, but many times this ends up sounding strange.
Thank you in advance for any help.
I don't have a problem with the "th" sounds that causes difficulties for so many foreigners but when it comes to adding the S at the end of "monthS" I am failing completely. If I add the S I lose the H.
I have tried repeating it after hearing my husband say it and it feels like I am tripping over my own tongue. The same goes for the "shr" part of "shrimp." That comes out "swimp" everytime. In seafood-loving New Orleans this makes me sound silly.
Is there any way for me to improve this? Obviously, "shrimp" is less of a problem than "months" since I rarely need to use it, but it still bothers me that I can't get these two words right.
Maybe there is a way to practise it. If not, does anyone have a suggestion for a different way of expressing myself without saying "months?" In some cases I can use X number of weeks, or X number of years, but many times this ends up sounding strange.
Thank you in advance for any help.