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Speaker 1 (00:00):
One six point seven light FM covey Christine and produce
(00:03):
a Christen on this Friday morning, seven ten. And we
have a list, Christine. You have in front of you
a Google list of the ten words that are tough
to pronounce.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, and apparently we don't always do them correctly.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Yeah, you want to run through the top ten because
I I'm kind of nervous about it, because so am I.
The list is about words we don't pronounce right, and
we're doing the list on the radio.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
It makes you overthink, right, it's the problem.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Like number one on the list is croissant, and in
French we say it, it's croissan It's croissan is how
you're supposed to say it, but we all.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Say croissant croissant. But the thing is, wouldn't you feel weird?
You know? Sometimes you order chicken salad on a croissant,
right added DELI, wouldn't you feel strange? Like just walking
in and going yourself have chicken salad on a croissol
in the middle of midtown.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I just it's like you're showing off or something.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah, I'll mis pronounce.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
I'm with you. Yeah, Uh, what's the other one? Here?
A se see, I wasn't even attempting it.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
We've got that one down. I had to learn it.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
I don't even know what that word is used for.
What do you use that word?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Bulls?
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I E. Now, this one's on the list schedule.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Because in the UK they say schedule.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Schedule please. In the US it's schedule.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I know it.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
What is your schedule?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
I've actually talked to business folks who have said schedule
to me. I can't even say it that way right,
it won't even come out of my mouth.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
But yes, the car Porsche is on the list. Two syllables.
It's not Porsche, it's Porsche because.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
That little E on the end in German would be pronounced.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
But again, you kind of feel weird if you.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Just tuned into it. We're in the middle of the
Google list of the ten words that are tough to pronounce.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
This is this is dangerous.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Number five is genre.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah. I don't think that one's tough.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I don't think it is either. You think it's tough, Kristen.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Genre Raw and raw are the two different pronunciations.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
How am I supposed to say it? Like?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
What either is acceptable?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Either as acceptable genre? Genre genre genre. It's the same thing.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, Christine, do you number six?
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Why do you do this to me?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Well, I mean it's I think it's.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Gyroscope, gyroscope, gyroscope, it's what euroscope?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
It's not a gyro We go through this all the time, restaurant. Yeah,
it's a it's not a gyro Euro is money?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Is it a euro? Or a euro?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Or a euro? Maybe maybe it's a euro? Is there?
FETI season it?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
I like it?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
That's you know, now, number seven? I legit. Always have
a problem, and who wants to do it? I'll try it,
go for it worst, your sir, wors the Worcestershire sauce.
That's the most accepted pronunciation in American English. It's sure shore.
(03:04):
What's the shore? Where's the shore? The Worcester Worcester shore.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
It's like going to Wooster right right when you I
used to say word Chester or something.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah, if I remember at a state restaurant, I never
say that. I just say can I get some lilliam parents?
Because that's Worcester.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
It is that the all right?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
We have two more, three more. Another word people have
a tough time pronouncing is entrepreneur. I think that's actually
rather easy.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
But that's easy.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
It's more. It's like on even though it's e n,
it's entrepreneur. Am I saying it wrong?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
No? No, you're right, I'd like to be one.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
And now back to Massachusetts, so riveting you did you
mentioned Massachusetts earlier?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well, I talked about.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
The town in Massachusetts, Worcester.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Worchester, the actual state like Wooster is how they say
it locally? Right?
Speaker 1 (04:03):
How are you supposed to say Massachusetts?
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Massachusetts? Massa chew chew chew, bless you Massachusetts? Thank you? Okay,
stress on the third syllable?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
And finally we got hierarchy.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Where's the title?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
And aol?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Are you okay?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Christ?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Hierarchy it's high higherarchy, No hierarchy.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
What says here? It's high h I G s. They
put a phonetic.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
High hierarchy oh or or hierarchy.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
High rookie the way they put it, though phonetically they
put high ar key.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Man, we're so lucky right now looking up if you're
actually two men in this moment, can you text us
if you're listening right now? Four four three six three,
We'll love to hear from you. There you go.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I'm gonna fumble every single word for the rest of
the morning.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
We're going to overthink this so much.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yes, can you order me a Cussan
One six point seven light FM covey Christine and produce
(00:03):
a Christen on this Friday morning, seven ten. And we
have a list, Christine. You have in front of you
a Google list of the ten words that are tough
to pronounce.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, and apparently we don't always do them correctly.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Yeah, you want to run through the top ten because
I I'm kind of nervous about it, because so am I.
The list is about words we don't pronounce right, and
we're doing the list on the radio.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
It makes you overthink, right, it's the problem.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Like number one on the list is croissant, and in
French we say it, it's croissan It's croissan is how
you're supposed to say it, but we all.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Say croissant croissant. But the thing is, wouldn't you feel weird?
You know? Sometimes you order chicken salad on a croissant,
right added DELI, wouldn't you feel strange? Like just walking
in and going yourself have chicken salad on a croissol
in the middle of midtown.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I just it's like you're showing off or something.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah, I'll mis pronounce.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
I'm with you. Yeah, Uh, what's the other one? Here?
A se see, I wasn't even attempting it.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
We've got that one down. I had to learn it.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
I don't even know what that word is used for.
What do you use that word?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Bulls?
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I E. Now, this one's on the list schedule.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Because in the UK they say schedule.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Schedule please. In the US it's schedule.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I know it.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
What is your schedule?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
I've actually talked to business folks who have said schedule
to me. I can't even say it that way right,
it won't even come out of my mouth.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
But yes, the car Porsche is on the list. Two syllables.
It's not Porsche, it's Porsche because.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
That little E on the end in German would be pronounced.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
But again, you kind of feel weird if you.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Just tuned into it. We're in the middle of the
Google list of the ten words that are tough to pronounce.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
This is this is dangerous.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Number five is genre.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah. I don't think that one's tough.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I don't think it is either. You think it's tough, Kristen.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Genre Raw and raw are the two different pronunciations.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
How am I supposed to say it? Like?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
What either is acceptable?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Either as acceptable genre? Genre genre genre. It's the same thing.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, Christine, do you number six?
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Why do you do this to me?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Well, I mean it's I think it's.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Gyroscope, gyroscope, gyroscope, it's what euroscope?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
It's not a gyro We go through this all the time, restaurant. Yeah,
it's a it's not a gyro Euro is money?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Is it a euro? Or a euro?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Or a euro? Maybe maybe it's a euro? Is there?
FETI season it?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
I like it?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
That's you know, now, number seven? I legit. Always have
a problem, and who wants to do it? I'll try it,
go for it worst, your sir, wors the Worcestershire sauce.
That's the most accepted pronunciation in American English. It's sure shore.
(03:04):
What's the shore? Where's the shore? The Worcester Worcester shore.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
It's like going to Wooster right right when you I
used to say word Chester or something.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah, if I remember at a state restaurant, I never
say that. I just say can I get some lilliam parents?
Because that's Worcester.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
It is that the all right?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
We have two more, three more. Another word people have
a tough time pronouncing is entrepreneur. I think that's actually
rather easy.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
But that's easy.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
It's more. It's like on even though it's e n,
it's entrepreneur. Am I saying it wrong?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
No? No, you're right, I'd like to be one.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
And now back to Massachusetts, so riveting you did you
mentioned Massachusetts earlier?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well, I talked about.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
The town in Massachusetts, Worcester.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Worchester, the actual state like Wooster is how they say
it locally? Right?
Speaker 1 (04:03):
How are you supposed to say Massachusetts?
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Massachusetts? Massa chew chew chew, bless you Massachusetts? Thank you? Okay,
stress on the third syllable?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
And finally we got hierarchy.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Where's the title?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
And aol?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Are you okay?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Christ?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Hierarchy it's high higherarchy, No hierarchy.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
What says here? It's high h I G s. They
put a phonetic.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
High hierarchy oh or or hierarchy.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
High rookie the way they put it, though phonetically they
put high ar key.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Man, we're so lucky right now looking up if you're
actually two men in this moment, can you text us
if you're listening right now? Four four three six three,
We'll love to hear from you. There you go.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I'm gonna fumble every single word for the rest of
the morning.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
We're going to overthink this so much.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yes, can you order me a Cussan
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