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网友吐槽10大最难英语单词

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爱思英语编者按:据悉,“reddit”网站日前历时两周,收集了超过5000名用户的调查意见反馈,这些受访者来自世界各地。

网友吐槽10大最难英语单词

“reddit”网站经统计梳理出了最难发音的10个英语单词,它们分别是:“伍斯特郡”(Worcestershire)、“合唱团”(Choir)、“松鼠”(Squirrel)、“海葵”(Anemone)、“地峡”(Isthmus)、“第六”(Sixth)、“企鹅”(Penguin)、“上校”(Colonel)、“耳鼻喉科”(Otorhinolaryngologist)和“农村的”(Rural)。

值得一提的是,“松鼠”和“农村的”这两个词的发音对于很多德国人来说都挑战,有不少德国网友表示完全不能发出准确的音,还有网友介绍说,“松鼠”这个单词曾是二战期间用于检测德国间谍的方法。

榜单上出现的其他的一些词,包括'brewery' 和'edited',对一般英国人而言太简单了。其它的,包括'phenomenon 和'February'都是臭名昭著的绕口词,甚至对英国本土人而言。排名前十的最后两个单词是Derby,发音为’darby’(让外国人很困惑),还有'heir'。

当然,试着去念不熟的单词,我们都会有很多很尴尬的过失。也许,没有比约翰·特拉沃尔塔在2014年的奥斯卡上的发音错误更丢人的,全世界的人都知道他把伊迪娜·门泽尔的名字念成了阿黛尔·达奇姆。我们也别忘了本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇,获得奥斯卡提名的英国著名演员,在2009年英国广播公司自然纪录片上把单词'penguin'读成了'peng-wing'。

世界最难单词发音“难”在哪?来看看世界各地网友的奇葩吐槽贴你就明白啦!

@dinkleberg24:没有比“冰箱”这个词更难读的了……

my dad worked with an asian lady that really struggled with the word refrigerator. she went over and over it and couldn't get it. but she was super excited when my dad suggested she call it an "ice box" instead.

@hornytoad69:最难度的单词总会被音译成各种奇葩的发音,比如'Worcestershire'

Worcestershire. To the USA, anyway. I've heard a few funny pronunciations.

Wor-kester-shire

Whats-dis-here

wooster-shire

@callthewambulance:因为喜欢足球我知道了英国很多城市、球星以及一些常用词的标准发音,但是!搞不清楚为什么‘Derby’的发音会和‘dahr-bee’一样……

@DawkTux:最难读的单词还是那个叫“莱斯特广场”的鬼地方……

Same with Leicester Square... i've heard Ley chester Square way to often.

So I follow enough football to know things like how to pronounce most cities, players, and general pronunciations that are used in the UK, but there is one I will NEVER understand.

@_username__:在德国没有比“松鼠”这个词的发音更诡异了……

i lived in Germany and worked at a company which had a bunch of Azubis. one day i remember they were all asking me who said "squirrel" the best. I can hear the repeated, multi-voiced pronunciations now. hahaha

@never_any_cyan:Annemm... amennome... annemmoneme... fuck.

@bearwoodgoxers:作为一个印度人,“Hamburger”的发音就是一个永久的痛!

I'm Indian and bilingual, and I can almost pull off American and British accents with no problems. I say almost because for the life of me I cannot say the word Hamburger.

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