One Irish title, particularly, took the highest spot.
A rating of the toughest phrases for British individuals to pronounce has been printed and two Irish names have taken the primary and two spots on the listing.
As reported by The Occasions, a examine from on line casino operator Slotbox analysed common Google search phrases over the previous 12 months to find the phrases British individuals most battle to say.
Topping the listing was the Irish title Aoife (ee·fuh), which noticed 9,000 searches a month.
Within the second place with 7,000 searches a month was one other Irish title – Saoirse (sur·shuh).
Coinciding with information occasions, the third and fourth positions had been taken by Omicron (aa·muh·kraan) and Kyiv (keev).
In the meantime, the Brazilian fruit acaí (ah·sigh·ee) discovered itself in fifth place.
Amongst the remainder of the highest 10 had been two different Irish names – Niamh (neeve) and Siobhán (shiv·awn).
“This listing would possibly spotlight how many people have been wrongly announcing on a regular basis phrases with out realising, and even worse, it highlights our mispronunciations of names,” a Slotbox spokesperson mentioned.
“The affect of present occasions can be seen, with many Brits wanting to search out the right pronunciation of Kyiv and Omicron to contain them in topical dialog.”
You may see the listing of the highest 10 most mispronounced names under:
- Aoife
- Saoirse
- Omicron
- Kyiv
- Acaí
- Niamh
- Siobhán
- Gyros (yee·ros)
- Nguyen (n·win)
- Schedule (shed·yul)
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Originally posted 2023-07-15 14:53:19.