They Stumble Off The Tongue

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Yes, that'll do it. I find the dance name pronunciation of the word much more stumbly than the frothy white stuff, though. :-P

And while I'm at it...meringue. I can't pronounce this word without swallowing my tongue. Must be the "gue" thingue. ;-)

Those are terrific! I mean, terrifically bad. Thanks! ;-)

I'm with you on rural. What a terrible word.

I simply cannot pronounce rural. Murderer, terrorist, and squirrel are almost as bad.

I agree that aposiopesis is fun to say, once you know how. It's getting there that's troublesome. I can't stand indefatigable because it's supposed to emphasize fatigue but instead emphasizes fat. Finally, Glaucester is a nice name too but demands to stay on this list for virtue of the fact that is looks NOTHING like it sounds. I used to know a girl from Glaucester, and I made a point to mention it phonetically every time I saw her. Drove her plum crazy, it did.

aposiopesis and indefatigable are two of my favoritest words to say, hoo hoo hoo hoo. And Gloucester isn't bad if you say it right. Same with Worcester.

Ooh, that one's almost bad enough for the list, but it inspired me to add raring. :-)

roar has been one for me
this list is superb