As a nonnative English speaker, I still struggle with some words despite living in the US for fifteen years. Reading this thread not only made me laugh but also feel less alone and self-conscious. Solidarity
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Replying to @zerdeve
I still struggle even though I've been speaking English for 30 years.
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Lol it’s the least straightforward language i know to pronounce
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After about my first 3-4 years in the UK I think, I mastered how to pronounce non-words. So I now know how to say, e.g., every medication in both Cypriot Greek and English. So it's cALpol in UK, but calPOL in Cyprus, mefeNAmic in English, mefanamiKO in Greek, on and on.
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You'd think it's a useless skill, but I take a lot of medications.
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To be clear though, I don't drink calpol, in case anybody was worried.
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I Googled it just to check, because I doubt you have it in the US and this is in the news. I'm dying.
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