# Words that make you cringe when people pronounce the whole thing!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 17, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-make-you-cringe-when-people-pronounce-the-whole-thing/746385 "2016-02-17T22:48:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-make-you-cringe-when-people-pronounce-the-whole-thing/746385/121 "2016-02-27T14:35:40Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Like “salmon”?

English-speaking Thais are forever pronouncing it “sal-mon.” When I tell them the L is silent, they look at me like I’m from Mars. I can actually hear them thinking, “Stupid farang. Can’t pronounce his own language.”

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-make-you-cringe-when-people-pronounce-the-whole-thing/746385/122 "2016-02-28T00:16:36Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> I wonder how often folks in the UK deal with visitors trying to fully pronounce words like Leicester, Worchestershire, or Featheringstoneshaw 😉

I think you mean Leicester, Worcestershire, and Featherstonehaugh.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-make-you-cringe-when-people-pronounce-the-whole-thing/746385/123 "2016-02-29T19:03:02Z")

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Around here, forward has both Rs. What it doesn’t have is the w or a. It’s more like for-rrrd.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-make-you-cringe-when-people-pronounce-the-whole-thing/746385/124 "2016-03-02T01:12:38Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Wed nes day

Traditionalist that I am, I say “Woden’s Day.”

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