„Massachusetts“, that one was mean 😄. In 8th grade I was forced to do a presentation about a sports team from Massachusetts (which included the city in the team name). I tried to avoid the pronunciation as often as possible with phases like „the team of this city“ and similar more creative things 😳. Back then I simply couldn’t say it, now it works 😄.
You are amazing! =) I am a Russian speaking person and now I am learning German and English. I know English a little better, since I started German relatively recently. And your videos are the most interesting, funny and positive! Thanks to both of you! Vielen Dank! Спасибо!
Dana that’s not fair! Your Husband is such a good sport! English is your muttersprache you should do a video where he has you pronounce German words correctly but no honorable husband which Stephan certainly is would never want to embarrass the love of his life! Stay Safe Frohe Weinachten
This reminds me when I first moved to the US. Some of these words were so hard to pronounce. I think I kinda got most of them now, after living here for 28 years.
His pronunciation is kick ass. The -teen and -ty thing for numbers confuses natives too. I wasn't sure whether my daughter said fifty or fifteen the other day.
But were is the institute of technology or for the faint of all: MIT. But I think some canadian town is even harder to pronounce, well because of native origin (Shasketswan or the like).
I was really stunned when I heard "schedule" being pronunced with an almost german style "sch" and a stressed "u" as in "you". Until then I only knew it the way you said it here. It might be a british thing ... it was on the Harry Potter audio books... 😅
Actually for „schedule“ there exist two different pronunciations: „skedule“ or „shedule“ depending where you‘re from. The latter is close to the German way to pronounce „sch“.
A sallet is a type of medieval helmet popular in the mid-15th century. It was most common in Germany but also became popular in Italy, France, and England. It covers the back of the neck and the upper portion of the face in the front and is often combined with a bevor which covers the lower half of the face, the front of one's neck, and the upper chest. A salad is a dish made of mixed vegetables with a leafy green as a base.
@@pierreabbat6157 Je suis allemande, je sais parler francais parce que j'ai l'appris à l'école pour 7 ans. Mais je ne connais pas ce mot et quand je le lis je ne sais pas comment prononcer le fin (normalement ce n'est pas de problème). Mais j'ai l'impression que c'est difficile à prononcer pour moi. I am German and I learned French in school for 7 years. I normally know how to read French but when I read this word I am not sure how to pronounce the end of it. It looks tricky to me though.
The one that comes to mind immediately is comfortable. Back in school nearly everybody said comfor-table (Komfor-Tisch) in the beginning, but after a year of the teacher saying that it's not said like this most of us said it correctly. And with the word "thesaurus" i immediately think "Mirosoft Word"... and that paperclip with eyes aswell.
In fairness to Stefan, I usually pronounce clothes the same as the verb close, and my phone has a hard time understanding “rural” when I say it (I’m a native English speaker from the Midwest 🇺🇸).
I just looked up the suggestion thing, cause it really bothered me. Even after 15 years around English natives I never realized some people pronounce it like you, Dana. Either way, both your and the other pronunciation are correct, one being the standard British pronunciation (suh·jes·chn) which is what most people in Europe would be taught in school and one being the American version (suhg·jes·chn)
Das Problem ist, dass die Schreibweise und die Sprechweise anders sind. Würde man microwaveable auf Deutsch schreiben, wie sie Englisch gesprochen wird, käme heraus: "Meikrowäfäbel". 😁
I understand why foreigner mispronounce "think" as "sink" and so forth, but I'm forever puzzled that their English teachers let them get away with it. If you can't pronounce the two "th" sounds, substitute either f & v, or t & d--but not s & z!
@@moonxshakti For a foreign speaker it's strange, but I've read the history of the naming of both states and now it makes sense. It's a bit like the different names for Germany in all the languages: They are all names of different tribes but Deutschland itself is the land of the people.
What I don't understand is why some people click the thumb down sign. It was a interesting and fun video. Thanks guys. (sorry, but people who live in the mid west say guys for everybody, instead of you all.) I'm originally from Colo.
For me, "clothes" is the ultimate challenge. Apart from "th", what is really difficult for German speakers is the difference between "v" and "w". Many of us can pronounce the English "w", but cannot differentiate the two sounds, so they pronounce "very" like "wary".
Rural reminds me of the 30 Rock episode where no one could figure out the title of Jenna's movie because the way she and others are saying it. The movie is called The Rural Juror.
This was always a fun game that my school and our partner schools in Germany loved to play! Us Americans had to say words in German and our partners tried to say words in English.
The hardest word for me to pronounce is "unnecessarily" I can never get it right unless I concentrate REALLY hard xD and even then it sounds weird to me.
As with many we learnt British English so many words I would pronounce a bit differently. When I was at school I had problems with refrigerator and vegetables. What I still struggle with is the whole family of enthusiasm, enthusiastic etc In Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.
Its not pronounced as it originally was thanks to the Great Vowel Shift. In Middle English though, same word is pronounced exactly as it would be in French because the shift hadn’t happened yet. Choir is now pronounced something like shore where in the Middle Ages, it would sound like schwa. Funny how pronunciation can change over time and it changes how people see a word even though the word has always remained the same!
When you say Thirty, the 't' gets pronounced more like a 'd' and and there's a strong emphasis on the first syllable. For 'Thirteen' both syllables get pronounces with almost equal emphasis, and the 't' is clearly pronounced as such.
One of my favorite ever choir directors is German, and although his English is *excellent* - he cannot not hear the difference between the words 'gerbil' and 'dribble'. 😄
It was tricky for me to pronounce "uncomfortable". That video really was fun! I'd love to see more of those. Could you show us the word first before one of you pronounces it? That will give us time to stop the video and try pronouncing it first without hearing it from you guys :).
Asterisk is a Latin word and it is used in the same way in German, but as it is much too complicated to pronounce S(ch)tern(s)chen is the better alternative (except when you need to sound posh). Also I admit, reading Asterix all the time when I see the word, before mentally auto-correcting me.
I had a lot of problems with the words "garage" and "refridgerator" when I was doing my high school exchange year in the U.S.. My pronounciation was waaaay to Britsh. Also when I told a friend, I was writing "a letter" - she did not get, what I was saying. Today I know how to really roll my Rs very American. But back then it was "British school English" ;-)
I would be interested in Stefan's vocabulary differences working in I.T. I am an RF engineer and Linux / network guy. I am not sure the appeal to a larger audience but I had to throw it out there anyways! 😁
Das ganze wäre noch interessanter gewesen wenn ihr immer direkt geprüft hättet, ob das Diktierprogramm Danas Aussprache versteht 😅 Bitte einen Teil 2 oder ein Update 🙏🏻👍💙
in both Britain and America, there are several different ways some of those words are pronounced. There isn't just one "British" and one "American" pronunciation. On top of that, some of the American ones actually sound kinda British and some British ones sound kinda American.
The “teen” words, tell him that we emphasize the second syllable, we give it equal stress to the other syllables. Probably because we otherwise mess up the thirteen with thirty etc. etc even amongst native english speakers.
For numbers, the distinction between -ty and -teen is difficult for native English speakers/listeners as well. It’s something to be careful about in phone conversations.
As a American and native English speaker rural and particularly are hard for me too. A slight southern drawl is not the kindest to pronounce English words with
It's extra difficult if you have specified several languages (in my case German, Norwegian, and English) as preferred languages in your phone settings. When I say "thirty", my phone thinks I am speaking Norwegian and am saying "40" ("førti", which sounds very much like "thirty" apart from the first sound). However, if I say "thirty squirrels", it understands me without a problem because the second word makes it clear that I am speaking English. My "th" may not be perfect, but it's also one of the sounds that microphones aren't very good at picking up properly.
Sixth really is a tough one. Even after years of practicing, it just doesn't come to me naturally. In addition, I was shocked, becuase I'd never heard the word ubiquitous before and I thought what could that possibly be??? So I checked it and... yeah, I mean, it's not some a term of specific professional vocabulary, but at the same time I do not think of it as a word of colloquial everyday language, so I'll take the liberty of not memorising it. XD I wonder, though, how come worcestershire sauce was not right at the top of the list for this? It's the most difficult thing to pronounce ever, I think.
Th is really hard especially at word endings or when followed by an s sound. I talk in English almost every day, and I am still butchering it. Also words originating from Norman French are hard, as it is usually hard to figure out the pronunciation based on the letters used to represent it. The second hurdle is the rhythm within the word, as they are different from Germanic words.Also in "undoubtedly" the "b" is not spoken. However, the German brain can see it and reads it and tries to put it in the word.
I know native English speakers who pronounce "clothes" like "close." As for "undoubtedly," that reminds me as well of natives who say "supposedly" as "supposably."
Rural is pretty hard. Most of these word's weren't, but for me it is really difficult to pronounce the english consonants "r" and "w". E.g. "wide" vs "ride" vs "write" or "rails" vs "Wales" vs "whales" - whithout knowing the context you could not differentiate which one I'm saying.
meint "squirrel" jetzt eigentlich das amerikanische Grauhörnchen oder das "gemeine Eichhorn - squiuurus vulgaris - baumbewohnendes Nagetier. buschiger Schweif, Fell rötlich braun" (Ulrich Roski)? an i love "dettermeind" ("determined") and the "sports atillities wieheikel" ("sports utilities vehicle" = SUV)... :-)
I hate "rural" but love using "floccinaucinihilipilification" (can pronounce that fast and fluently). And my squirrel's name is "Rudi"... which is funny, because I have given that same name to my robin (bird). I manage to keep them apart though...
Squirrels believe it or not have no trouble pronouncing the word "Stefan". In Squirrel-ish "Stefan" is the word for the little plastic ends of squirrel's shoelaces!
Many years ago I have been in the US and had brought a hair dryer with a German plug that, of course, did not fit into the US sockets. Therefore I wanted to buy an adapter plug. I asked a few people where there was a shop where I can buy a "pluck" and all of them looked really confused and finally said "Oh, you mean a plaaggg" (with a very soft g at the end). It was years later that I recognized my mistake, saying k instead of the soft g.
All my life I struggled with pronouncing words with an -ths at the end, like months. Do you say the th first, followed by an s? I know, you pronounced ´months´ in this video, but could you please give us a lesson or some help of how to pronounce it?? I´d appreciate it a lot.
Yes, you pronounce the th before the s--just like it's spelled. However, you can leave the th out in the plural--pronounce it like "munce." Plenty of Native speakers do.
I have trouble distinguishing the teens from the ty’s as well sometimes when speaking in English between people. I have to always ask my grandma if she’s saying 15 or 50.
Came specifically for squirrel because all my Austrian friends ask me to pronounce Oachkatzelschwanz. So my question for you is, is squirrel / squirrel tail hard in all languages or just German and English ?
@@jeffhands7097 hardly ever, except Germans who don't speak English (besides perhaps a few basic words or phrases). If you actually learn the language, like you do in school, the difference between the -two- _three_ words will become obvious and you are unlikely to confuse them and will also pronounce them correctly.
Dana, I love how proud you were when the phone got your words right 😍😂 Also how you appreciated Stefan's efforts 🥺
Dana whispering "eleven" was the secret highlight of the video.
I did not find any of the words hard to say.
„Massachusetts“, that one was mean 😄. In 8th grade I was forced to do a presentation about a sports team from Massachusetts (which included the city in the team name). I tried to avoid the pronunciation as often as possible with phases like „the team of this city“ and similar more creative things 😳. Back then I simply couldn’t say it, now it works 😄.
Ok, so the German version of “suggestion” is my English version.... never have I ever pronounced it “sug-gested” with two different kinds of g sounds
No, this was the world premiere of that pronunciation of the word.
@@finosuilleabhain7781 In French, it's sug-gestion. But in English that would sound odd.
I have always pronounced it with both.
Make up a sentence with "thesaurus".
"Yesterday the pterodactyl went to have tea with the saurus."
She talks like a stranger.
@@behl5749 The pterodactyl?
The Saurus and thesaurus have different 'th' sound
@@carudatta Die beiden leben in Deutschland und sie hat eine negative Einstellung.
You are amazing! =)
I am a Russian speaking person and now I am learning German and English.
I know English a little better, since I started German relatively recently.
And your videos are the most interesting, funny and positive!
Thanks to both of you!
Vielen Dank!
Спасибо!
Reminded me of the "rural juror" - Jenna's show, I think - from 30 rock which was pronounced like "RRR jrrr" :D
The way Dana just looked at him when he tried to pronounce "catastrophe" 😂
Great to see you two so happy! It's really contagious (:
Dana that’s not fair! Your Husband is such a good sport! English is your muttersprache you should do a video where he has you pronounce German words correctly but no honorable husband which Stephan certainly is would never want to embarrass the love of his life! Stay Safe Frohe Weinachten
This reminds me when I first moved to the US. Some of these words were so hard to pronounce. I think I kinda got most of them now, after living here for 28 years.
Try letting Dana pronounce German words. My husband has a really hard time pronouncing thin, think, through, thought
Her husband speaks good english
Try letting her pronounce these words and see if the app understands *her* ;-)
Dana is so nice. She even helped him out when he didn't know how long they are together. Stefan's biggest mistake in the whole video 🤣
great Stefan is back! 9:57 your face, abs. hilarious! Have a Happy Christmas you 2!
His pronunciation is kick ass. The -teen and -ty thing for numbers confuses natives too. I wasn't sure whether my daughter said fifty or fifteen the other day.
Ausprachehilfe für Massachusetts: Es klingt ähnlich wie "Messer-Schuh-Sets"
OMG that is SO helpful :D
Her hubby speaks good English with prounciation
Alles richtig, aber die Frage ist, warum argumentiert die wie eine Einwanderin, die ihren deutschen Mann vorführen will.
@@behl5749 Was sich neckt, dass liebt sich :)
But were is the institute of technology or for the faint of all: MIT. But I think some canadian town is even harder to pronounce, well because of native origin (Shasketswan or the like).
I've had difficulties with speedometer, odometer, parameter, kilometer for a long time. "inevitability" is another good one.
I was really stunned when I heard "schedule" being pronunced with an almost german style "sch" and a stressed "u" as in "you". Until then I only knew it the way you said it here. It might be a british thing ... it was on the Harry Potter audio books... 😅
Actually for „schedule“ there exist two different pronunciations: „skedule“ or „shedule“ depending where you‘re from. The latter is close to the German way to pronounce „sch“.
Stefan, let Dana say the German translation of „squirrel“ in her part.
Although I think the British "shedule" is harder to pronounce than "skedule"
A sallet is a type of medieval helmet popular in the mid-15th century. It was most common in Germany but also became popular in Italy, France, and England. It covers the back of the neck and the upper portion of the face in the front and is often combined with a bevor which covers the lower half of the face, the front of one's neck, and the upper chest. A salad is a dish made of mixed vegetables with a leafy green as a base.
2:08 that face he makes, like oh great here we go with a word i can't say lol
I love the fact that Germans can’t say squirrel and Americans can’t say Eichhörnchen.
Can Germans say "écureuil"?
@@pierreabbat6157 Je suis allemande, je sais parler francais parce que j'ai l'appris à l'école pour 7 ans. Mais je ne connais pas ce mot et quand je le lis je ne sais pas comment prononcer le fin (normalement ce n'est pas de problème). Mais j'ai l'impression que c'est difficile à prononcer pour moi.
I am German and I learned French in school for 7 years. I normally know how to read French but when I read this word I am not sure how to pronounce the end of it. It looks tricky to me though.
And the Non-Bavarians can't say "Oachkatzl".
@@lichtgestalt609 I can say but it just sounds hideous to me :/
Nein danke
The one that comes to mind immediately is comfortable. Back in school nearly everybody said comfor-table (Komfor-Tisch) in the beginning, but after a year of the teacher saying that it's not said like this most of us said it correctly.
And with the word "thesaurus" i immediately think "Mirosoft Word"... and that paperclip with eyes aswell.
These are great! I always have trouble saying "railroad" 😆 🚂
„rural“ is like „squirrel“ 😫
The first part of “rural” should sound the same as “Ruhr”.
In fairness to Stefan, I usually pronounce clothes the same as the verb close, and my phone has a hard time understanding “rural” when I say it (I’m a native English speaker from the Midwest 🇺🇸).
I just looked up the suggestion thing, cause it really bothered me. Even after 15 years around English natives I never realized some people pronounce it like you, Dana.
Either way, both your and the other pronunciation are correct, one being the standard British pronunciation (suh·jes·chn) which is what most people in Europe would be taught in school and one being the American version (suhg·jes·chn)
I really love the videos where he joins you. Happy holidays to you😊
Me: Squirrel
My phone: Euro.
Me: I don't have a phone.
I need to try out my German skills this way. :D
My German friends have a really hard time saying “microwaveable”. Gut gemacht Stephan!
Das Problem ist, dass die Schreibweise und die Sprechweise anders sind. Würde man microwaveable auf Deutsch schreiben, wie sie Englisch gesprochen wird, käme heraus:
"Meikrowäfäbel". 😁
eeeeeendlessly entertaining!!! More
"What are you sinking about?" - Agate Bauer
I understand why foreigner mispronounce "think" as "sink" and so forth, but I'm forever puzzled that their English teachers let them get away with it. If you can't pronounce the two "th" sounds, substitute either f & v, or t & d--but not s & z!
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My writing squirled (an ornamental flourish) when Stefan said squirrel. Here they're called Eichhörndli. All the best, Rob in Switzerland
What really baffles me is the difference between Kansas and Arkansas in the pronounciation.
I was proud when I misread Arkansas at 6 or 7, til I realized..
@@moonxshakti For a foreign speaker it's strange, but I've read the history of the naming of both states and now it makes sense. It's a bit like the different names for Germany in all the languages: They are all names of different tribes but Deutschland itself is the land of the people.
Dana: obviously positively excited
Stefans Face: I love this Woman, but there are moments, like this very moment, where I could .....
What I don't understand is why some people click the thumb down sign. It was a interesting and fun video. Thanks guys. (sorry, but people who live in the mid west say guys for everybody, instead of you all.) I'm originally from Colo.
nobody says "rural" like that lmaoooo RER-rAL RER-rAL she definitely over-pronounced that word for the phone. this was so funny
For me, "clothes" is the ultimate challenge. Apart from "th", what is really difficult for German speakers is the difference between "v" and "w". Many of us can pronounce the English "w", but cannot differentiate the two sounds, so they pronounce "very" like "wary".
For me, the ultimate challenge is The Sixth Sense. No matter how often I try, I will never be able to say it...
Rural reminds me of the 30 Rock episode where no one could figure out the title of Jenna's movie because the way she and others are saying it. The movie is called The Rural Juror.
I HAVENT SEEN YALLS VIDEOS IN FOREVER!! Im subscribed but havent seen a video in a long time. TH-cam did me dirty 🥺🥺
I'm Swiss (from the German part of Switzerland) and I find "error" very hard to pronounce.
The funniest video for some weeks :)
This was always a fun game that my school and our partner schools in Germany loved to play! Us Americans had to say words in German and our partners tried to say words in English.
The hardest word for me to pronounce is "unnecessarily" I can never get it right unless I concentrate REALLY hard xD and even then it sounds weird to me.
As with many we learnt British English so many words I would pronounce a bit differently.
When I was at school I had problems with refrigerator and vegetables. What I still struggle with is the whole family of enthusiasm, enthusiastic etc
In Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.
I was waiting for "Arkansas" because that one threw me for a loop when I first heard it.
That hairpet at 2:39 really says something! :D
"choir" was one of the most difficult words for me to pronounce
Its not pronounced as it originally was thanks to the Great Vowel Shift. In Middle English though, same word is pronounced exactly as it would be in French because the shift hadn’t happened yet. Choir is now pronounced something like shore where in the Middle Ages, it would sound like schwa. Funny how pronunciation can change over time and it changes how people see a word even though the word has always remained the same!
Klingt doch wie Quweia :-)
think of it as if it was written "quire", like in "inquire"
When you say Thirty, the 't' gets pronounced more like a 'd' and and there's a strong emphasis on the first syllable. For 'Thirteen' both syllables get pronounces with almost equal emphasis, and the 't' is clearly pronounced as such.
One of my favorite ever choir directors is German, and although his English is *excellent* - he cannot not hear the difference between the words 'gerbil' and 'dribble'. 😄
allen sprachafinen Menschen kann ich das Buch nur empfehlen, es ist viele Lacher wert und eine super Analyse der deutschen Sprache! gute gemacht Dana
Some in the states say "Undoubtedly," just like you did. You're good. 😊😅
It was tricky for me to pronounce "uncomfortable".
That video really was fun! I'd love to see more of those.
Could you show us the word first before one of you pronounces it? That will give us time to stop the video and try pronouncing it first without hearing it from you guys :).
The natural growth of the flower... is sometimes negligible. 😁
And the lights all went down in Massasuchettes.... Thanks for the 'Ohrwurm' :-D
Squirrel, negligible ubiquitous (never heard that word before) and clothes gave me a hard time.
Why clothes though?
Ubiquitous means everywhere. Where's your Latin ? Ubi means where. Ubi sunt Gaudia.:-)
You guys are so nice couple! Just looking at you is a joy!
I cannot say "asterisk" for the life of me! It always turns out as a Gaulish warrior...
Asterisk is a Latin word and it is used in the same way in German, but as it is much too complicated to pronounce S(ch)tern(s)chen is the better alternative (except when you need to sound posh). Also I admit, reading Asterix all the time when I see the word, before mentally auto-correcting me.
I had a lot of problems with the words "garage" and "refridgerator" when I was doing my high school exchange year in the U.S.. My pronounciation was waaaay to Britsh. Also when I told a friend, I was writing "a letter" - she did not get, what I was saying. Today I know how to really roll my Rs very American. But back then it was "British school English" ;-)
I would be interested in Stefan's vocabulary differences working in I.T. I am an RF engineer and Linux / network guy. I am not sure the appeal to a larger audience but I had to throw it out there anyways! 😁
Das ganze wäre noch interessanter gewesen wenn ihr immer direkt geprüft hättet, ob das Diktierprogramm Danas Aussprache versteht 😅 Bitte einen Teil 2 oder ein Update 🙏🏻👍💙
In British English many of these words are pronounced differently again.
in both Britain and America, there are several different ways some of those words are pronounced. There isn't just one "British" and one "American" pronunciation.
On top of that, some of the American ones actually sound kinda British and some British ones sound kinda American.
Here are some words that I sometimes read and always forget how to say them: tongue,syringe, anaesthetization, sew..
The “teen” words, tell him that we emphasize the second syllable, we give it equal stress to the other syllables. Probably because we otherwise mess up the thirteen with thirty etc. etc even amongst native english speakers.
Yeah both of you are on. Like seeing the the 2 of you together.
For numbers, the distinction between -ty and -teen is difficult for native English speakers/listeners as well. It’s something to be careful about in phone conversations.
As a American and native English speaker rural and particularly are hard for me too. A slight southern drawl is not the kindest to pronounce English words with
67 years in the US & I still can't say 'variety'....LOL
Mit "wide variety" hat unsere Englischlehrerin uns geärgert.
Even for this American, Massachusetts is a word I've always struggled with saying. And I'm pretty good at pronouncing most words.
About the -gg- in suggestion: maybe it's like -cc- in flaccid. Some people actualize the first c, others don't.
It's extra difficult if you have specified several languages (in my case German, Norwegian, and English) as preferred languages in your phone settings. When I say "thirty", my phone thinks I am speaking Norwegian and am saying "40" ("førti", which sounds very much like "thirty" apart from the first sound). However, if I say "thirty squirrels", it understands me without a problem because the second word makes it clear that I am speaking English. My "th" may not be perfect, but it's also one of the sounds that microphones aren't very good at picking up properly.
I love how you clear your throat before showing off :D
Merry Christmas :)
Sixth really is a tough one. Even after years of practicing, it just doesn't come to me naturally. In addition, I was shocked, becuase I'd never heard the word ubiquitous before and I thought what could that possibly be??? So I checked it and... yeah, I mean, it's not some a term of specific professional vocabulary, but at the same time I do not think of it as a word of colloquial everyday language, so I'll take the liberty of not memorising it. XD I wonder, though, how come worcestershire sauce was not right at the top of the list for this? It's the most difficult thing to pronounce ever, I think.
Th is really hard especially at word endings or when followed by an s sound. I talk in English almost every day, and I am still butchering it. Also words originating from Norman French are hard, as it is usually hard to figure out the pronunciation based on the letters used to represent it. The second hurdle is the rhythm within the word, as they are different from Germanic words.Also in "undoubtedly" the "b" is not spoken. However, the German brain can see it and reads it and tries to put it in the word.
I know native English speakers who pronounce "clothes" like "close." As for "undoubtedly," that reminds me as well of natives who say "supposedly" as "supposably."
If you want to pronounce the "b" you could say "indubitably" - it means the same.
@@jackybraun2705 Very good idea. A Sherlock Holmes word. Love it.
I´m really not able to speak "available" or "unavailable". What synonyms I can use?
Rural is pretty hard. Most of these word's weren't, but for me it is really difficult to pronounce the english consonants "r" and "w". E.g. "wide" vs "ride" vs "write" or "rails" vs "Wales" vs "whales" - whithout knowing the context you could not differentiate which one I'm saying.
9:55 Stefan's look at the camera spoke 1000 words! LOL!!!!! He is a great sport.
Learned that in the US schedule is pronounced skedule wheras in the GB it is pronounced schedule ...
Nice job!
meint "squirrel" jetzt eigentlich das amerikanische Grauhörnchen oder das "gemeine Eichhorn - squiuurus vulgaris - baumbewohnendes Nagetier. buschiger Schweif, Fell rötlich braun" (Ulrich Roski)?
an i love "dettermeind" ("determined") and the "sports atillities wieheikel" ("sports utilities vehicle" = SUV)... :-)
I hate "rural" but love using "floccinaucinihilipilification" (can pronounce that fast and fluently).
And my squirrel's name is "Rudi"... which is funny, because I have given that same name to my robin (bird). I manage to keep them apart though...
He did a really good job. 😉👍
Squirrels believe it or not have no trouble pronouncing the word "Stefan". In Squirrel-ish "Stefan" is the word for the little plastic ends of squirrel's shoelaces!
Aber der beliebteste Vorname bei den Eichhörnchen ist und bleibt Magnus, nicht Stefan 😁
Thank you for this video. Canadians and Brits say suggestion like Stefan, sujestion, whereas Americans say sugjestion.
I have always pronounced clothes as close.. I think very common. Who pronounces the "a" in extraordinary?
Does the contraption distinguish between accents?
My favories ...
- unrecognizable
- infamous
- assorted
- prohibited
- emphasis
- threshold
- thoroughly
- processes
"Pathetic" is a very difficult word for me at least.
Many years ago I have been in the US and had brought a hair dryer with a German plug that, of course, did not fit into the US sockets. Therefore I wanted to buy an adapter plug. I asked a few people where there was a shop where I can buy a "pluck" and all of them looked really confused and finally said "Oh, you mean a plaaggg" (with a very soft g at the end). It was years later that I recognized my mistake, saying k instead of the soft g.
You're lucky nobody sent you to a butcher shop.
Maybe "catastrophe" should have been on the list. Stefan mispronounces it, yet Dana doesn't correct him.
That was great fun!! 😂👍❤️👍😂
You both are so funny 😄
There were many hard ones, but mostly the the and s in close vicinity are too hard! And how on earth do you pronounce dishevelled?
All my life I struggled with pronouncing words with an -ths at the end, like months. Do you say the th first, followed by an s? I know, you pronounced ´months´ in this video, but could you please give us a lesson or some help of how to pronounce it?? I´d appreciate it a lot.
Yes, you pronounce the th before the s--just like it's spelled. However, you can leave the th out in the plural--pronounce it like "munce." Plenty of Native speakers do.
Please more videos with you and Stefan together!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious would be a fun one to hear Stefan try. 😎
How about antidisestablishmentarianism?
When you see thesaurus think dinosaur. His 'sword' was very close. Stefan did very well.
I have trouble distinguishing the teens from the ty’s as well sometimes when speaking in English between people. I have to always ask my grandma if she’s saying 15 or 50.
Came specifically for squirrel because all my Austrian friends ask me to pronounce Oachkatzelschwanz. So my question for you is, is squirrel / squirrel tail hard in all languages or just German and English ?
In Arabic it’s easy. It’s pronounced sinjab
Make that "Oachkoatzerlschwoaf"!
Lol, yup. First rule of Dialekt, at least 50% of the vowels must be O. 😀
The French " écureuil" might be difficult for some.
I'm surprised no one thought of "love" and "laugh"...
And how about "interesting"?
I know right I pronounce it the exact same way haha
Yes, and how often do Germans pronounce “live” and “life” the same, and therefore confuse the.two words.
@@jeffhands7097 hardly ever, except Germans who don't speak English (besides perhaps a few basic words or phrases). If you actually learn the language, like you do in school, the difference between the -two- _three_ words will become obvious and you are unlikely to confuse them and will also pronounce them correctly.