Does it annoy you when you cannot pronouce something?

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I just usually totally avoid using that word or write it down because I dont like trying to say words that I know I cannot say correctly
 
Never get "R" right.

Originally my name was beginning with "R". When I could not say it by age 9, they changed it to one of my middle names. I am still sad about it.

Now my older granddaughter has my original name, and lucky I have nicer child than I had parents, since it honors me and no one cares if I can't say it.

So I don't avoid what I can't pronounce, except in the public eye I try not to talk.
 
Like in class once the teacher was asking me to pronouce somethin in front of the class but i refused cos i knew i was going to be laughed at because I didnt know how to pronouce the word.
 
I have problems with some words also...."guarantee"...."genetic"...words starting with "g" a lot...."specific"....is hard also...but don't give up!....Whenever I read, I also like to "mouth" the words. My boys do correct me at times, and I say "thank you" and keep repeating it until I get the word right. It's a challenge! Not one I'm afraid of.
 
Wow, that is tough and embarassing for hearing and D/deaf alike.

I usually give it a try.
 
I am 25 years old and for the life of me I still cannot correctly pronounce spaghetti. I just call them noodles when I'm talking. Thankfully however my parents know what I am referring to based on the context clues.

For instance: I think we should have noodles and garlic bread. This translates to I think we should have spaghetti.

Then: I'll cook some ramen noodles over the stove. It is exactly what I said.

I still sometimes have trouble pronouncing right, sometimes it will come out "wight".
 
DeafLissa90 said:
I just usually totally avoid using that word or write it down because I dont like trying to say words that I know I cannot say correctly
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Yes it does annoy we like HELL when I can't pronouce a word! And my spelling is so poor I can't write the word down! My street address is pain to
pronouce! it start with a "Z" and has a "S" in it too! I can't hear sounds very good.
 
My speech is bad I have a real hard time saying anything :roll:
 
Dixie said:
I am 25 years old and for the life of me I still cannot correctly pronounce spaghetti. I just call them noodles when I'm talking. Thankfully however my parents know what I am referring to based on the context clues.

For instance: I think we should have noodles and garlic bread. This translates to I think we should have spaghetti.

Then: I'll cook some ramen noodles over the stove. It is exactly what I said.

I still sometimes have trouble pronouncing right, sometimes it will come out "wight".
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Let's try "spaghetti" Dixie.....say....spa...get...ee........Now, if ya can help me "say" lasagna....(it's a hard one!) I cannot pronounce it.
 
Yes, big time. I need to carry an electronic dictionary with me if I had one ugh! I couldn't pronounce panini :giggle:
 
YES! I just write down words I have no idea how to pronounce. it doesm't help i suck at spelling either. :P
 
It annoys me greatly. What I do to get around this is to use a different word in the place of the one I can't pronounce.
 
Bottesini said:
Never get "R" right.

Originally my name was beginning with "R". When I could not say it by age 9, they changed it to one of my middle names. I am still sad about it.

Now my older granddaughter has my original name, and lucky I have nicer child than I had parents, since it honors me and no one cares if I can't say it.

So I don't avoid what I can't pronounce, except in the public eye I try not to talk.
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Even though I grew up with hearing most of my life, I've always had difficulty pronouncing words that contain the letter "R" and "S." (My CI audi said this was due to the mild hearing loss I've had since age 3.) Now that I have CIs, this has improved since I'm now able to clearly hear myself when I pronounce them.
 
Being newly Deaf, my speech is still quite clear, although I'm told I've developed a Deaf "accent". However, when I meet new patients or residents, or find a disease name I'm unfamiliar with, I have no clue how to pronounce it. My terp helps with signing it phonetically, but without her, I'm floundering.
 
I had an IEP as kid for speech and language and still can have trouble pronouncing "r's" and certain words. As kid, I had trouble with majority of consonants and according to parents spoke very late.
 
I'm a linguistics major, with a huge interest in phonetics (for some stupid reason!) so words that I can't pronounce is a regular encounter. Thankfully, like DeafDoc, I have the worlds best interpreter who lets me speech read her, explains how to say things, lets me place my hand on her throat to feel the voiced and voiceless qualities of the sounds, etc. Without her I would be lost.

I don't mind trying depending on the situation but I use ASL to communicate most of the time. If I am speaking I avoid words I can't pronounce. Names are the worst. For my profs, I normally name them via subject, ie. Ling prof, history prof, etc. That gets difficult when you have more than one linguistics course a term though hehe. It confuses the others!
 
dogmom said:
I had an IEP as kid for speech and language and still can have trouble pronouncing "r's" and certain words. As kid, I had trouble with majority of consonants and according to parents spoke very late.
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I didn't start learning how to talk (or walk for that matter) until I was 3. My previous HA audis as well as my CI audi think this had to do with the mild hearing loss I had at the time. According to my CI audi, even mild hearing loss can negatively affect a child's ability to speak.
 
I didnt really talk properly until Reception because I was in school full time and had access to a TOD who helped me develop my speech.
 
DeafDoc1 said:
Being newly Deaf, my speech is still quite clear, although I'm told I've developed a Deaf "accent". However, when I meet new patients or residents, or find a disease name I'm unfamiliar with, I have no clue how to pronounce it. My terp helps with signing it phonetically, but without her, I'm floundering.
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My captionist used to do something similar in my college lectures. If there was a word my professor used that I was unfamiliar with or could not hear well enough to understand, she would fingerspell it to me tactually. Even though I could voice for myself, I responded by signing back to her to confirm the information she shared with me. This was a great system for us because I didn't have to worry about interrupting the professor as he or she was speaking by having my captionist speak loud enough to be heard. I could have always referred to the written transcript my captionist typed, but at the time, I did not have a Braille display which would allow me to do this.
 


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