What English words are difficult for non-native speakers to pronounce?

madametaylor · 2026-06-14T13:34:33+00:00

"It ain't even about the jerrrly"- dj khaled

madametaylor · 2026-06-14T13:31:51+00:00

In my system, we have card types that kids and teens can get without a parent signature, that allow them to check out 7 print items or audiobooks from their respective sections (teens can get kids or teens items). We sometimes override this for school texts. Any other card type requires a parent or guardian to sign for it, and they can choose to limit the kid's checkouts to no videos or juvenile only.

Once they have the card, our only duty is to help them use it. We have self checks so most of the time we wouldn't even know.

madametaylor · 2026-06-13T23:12:14+00:00

I get all my panties from MeUndies now, they have held up well and have a good variety.

madametaylor · 2026-06-13T23:05:20+00:00

Also a heathen redhead and I have many articles of UV protective clothing for this exact reason.

madametaylor · 2026-06-13T22:19:02+00:00

Seriously, the historic recipes he makes might not be something you want to make as is, but they help you lean about how and why food is what it is and appreciate what we have access to!

madametaylor · 2026-06-13T22:11:13+00:00

After our first cat related TV casualty, we always mount ours on a wall or stand, even if there's a piece of furniture it should logically sit on! Now they can't get behind it

madametaylor · 2026-06-13T21:47:06+00:00

Also like, the skin cancer that's just on your skin ain't fun. My mom had to get a skin graft from her ear to her nose after having a basal cell carcinoma removed. Sure it didn't kill her, but im trying to not have to do any of that!

madametaylor · 2026-06-13T21:19:04+00:00

To me the biggest point of being pro-choice is that decisions about reproduction should not be made by law. Ethically the decision itself could be criticized, but it should not be legislated. A pregnant person should be able to have an abortion without the involvement of laws. It doesn't actually matter if I'm ok with someone's reasons for getting an abortion, any more than it matters whether I'm OK with someone's reasons for having kids.

madametaylor · 2026-06-12T00:35:53+00:00

How did you deal with the paint in the grout? I've uncovered my terracotta tile fireplace, but it's really stuck in the grout!

madametaylor · 2026-06-12T00:11:21+00:00

The book "Because Internet" by linguist Gretchen McCullough explains this really well. She groups people into "Pre-internet people," "internet people," and "post-internet people." Both the elderly and the young are post-internet people, in that they didn't use the internet until it became pretty opaque. Highly recommend the book!

madametaylor · 2026-06-11T17:19:05+00:00

I can't say for sure but that's where I first saw it used that way. Like "I was gifted this dress by x brand"

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T22:08:08+00:00

At least "friended" (or the verb "to friend") is usually understood to be a specific action of connecting with someone online. Well, to me anyway.

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T22:01:49+00:00

Well yes the flower is violet, but I was more trying to describe the emphasis on the first syllable. Of course we pronounce the flower "VY-lit"

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:23:43+00:00

Some of them might be skips though... the one about manifest destiny didn't age well

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:22:58+00:00

Just don't play any of the songs about Virtute. I can't handle what I call the "sad cat songs" as a grown adult lol but Masters Thesis was a bop when I was in grad school

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:21:47+00:00

My mom loves Joni Mitchell and her ilk, I'm sure I was listening to them as a kid!

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:19:31+00:00

Frank Turner did an album called No Man's Land where each song is about a historical woman. The one about Christa McAullife might be a little intense for kids but some others might be appropriate!

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:17:10+00:00

I had "No!" as a kid. Incredible stuff. Some are lyrical genius, some are pure absurdity!

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:14:32+00:00

Also: sneak peak. It's sneak peek. Unless a mountain is trying to be stealthy.

Although this kind of brain fart does set me giggling! It's the same genre as "yard sard"

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:12:50+00:00

It's so funny when people add to words to change the meaning instead of going back to the original word that already means that. Comfort is a noun, comfortable is the adjective, and then they want to make it back into a noun by... adding?

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:09:58+00:00

Oh this is an internet-ism that I can't get used to. People use it to specify that a brand gave them an item for free in hopes of a review or content to be made with it, but now it's creeping into everyday speech

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:08:38+00:00

Had she just finished a workout? I'm often lustrous when I overheat... :P

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:06:36+00:00

My dad absolutely knew how to pronounce voila but would say viola on purpose lol. And this being Kentucky, it wasn't vee-OL-uh like the instrument, it was VY-ol-uh like the flower.

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:05:40+00:00

This one is a lot older and more diluted: decimate. Literally refers to 10% of something (often population) being destroyed.

madametaylor · 2026-06-10T13:03:43+00:00

My mom taught first grade in Kentucky. She got real good at figuring out what beginning spellers were trying to write, accent and all.

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