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<\/a>\"Rolled tongue flikr<\/a>\u201d de Gideon Tsang<\/a> from Austin, USA - rolled tongue<\/a>. Sub licen\u021b\u0103 CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> via Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n English pronunciation is the language world\u2019s Cirque du Soleil with the way it often twists and turns and ties your tongue in a knot. As native speakers of the glorious land mine that is the English language, please let us assure you: the pronunciation confuses us too.<\/p>\n Imagine, if you will, what would happen if you let the letter c<\/i> loose on Tinder.<\/p>\n Hey there, I\u2019m looking for some noncommittal fun! There\u2019ll always be a third wheel in our relationship but I\u2019m so flexible you\u2019ll love me anyway. I can be <\/i>strong, weak<\/i><\/a>, or even <\/i>silent <\/i><\/a>depending on what you want from me and who we\u2019re with. I\u2019ll slither like a snake when I\u2019m in the company of a voluptuous vowel, but put me next to a consonant and who knows what crazy shenanigans I might get up to \u2013 call me!<\/i><\/p>\n Okay. Perhaps this wouldn\u2019t make a very good dating profile but hey, we\u2019re language and travel people, not dating profile professionals. But given how difficult it is to get to grips with the seemingly always changing pronunciation of our lovely English language, who knows: perhaps this is exactly what the letter c<\/i> would say if it were given a voice! We\u2019re not singling out c<\/i> especially after a bad break up but let\u2019s face it, we\u2019ve all known one of these characters in our time. We\u2019re not bitter. But we\u2019re not above internet shaming either...<\/p>\n In a recent Independent<\/a> article based on a Reddit thread<\/a>, ten words were voted the most difficult English words to pronounce. See if you agree. Like all us Brits<\/a>, the words we say (at least, the way we write them) are not always exactly what we mean (or how we say them).<\/p>\nDating profile of the letter <\/b>c<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
Tongue Twisting<\/b><\/h2>\n
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