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15 mar 2024 · The most confusing and hardest to pronounce Irish surnames. Is your surname on this list? Read our article to find out if yours made the cut.
15 mar 2024 · From Belvoir to Wriothesley, here are 25 British titles and surnames that don’t sound like they look. (Keep in mind, though, that names often have multiple pronunciations—and the correct way to...
10 sty 2022 · We have long been transfixed by the peculiarities of pronunciation of British surnames. If you have been puzzled by names such as Cholmondeley (‘Chum-ley’) or Londesborough (‘Londs-bro’) or Manwairing (‘Manner-ing’), you will find our list of surname pronunciations (below) fascinating.
5 paź 2023 · Thanks to the Irish language, Ireland has been graced with baffling, hard-to-pronounce last names, so let’s look at the most confusing ones that leave foreigners’ tongues twisted.
Americans try to pronounce 20 of the UK's most difficult surnames. We've assembled this list of difficult British and Northern Irish last names during our tr...
27 cze 2023 · Not only do our place names involve tongue twisters, but many of our given surnames are terrifying to get ahold of, not only for foreigners but for the Irish too. Here are the ten toughest Irish surnames to say correctly, and don’t worry, we will show you the right way to pronounce them too.
24 wrz 2018 · For Americans and Brits – those of us who can’t really roll our “r’s”, many very simple words in Polish are some of the hardest to pronounce. Bardzo (very), for example, which you need basically ALL THE TIME. Some of my least favorites are: tort (birthday cake) and targ (market).