Djibouti. Spelling this East African country is almost as difficult as pronouncing it, thanks to the silent "d" and the "i" that sounds like an "a." The one and only way to say Djibouti is "Ja-BOO-tee." And for more nations that are hard to spell, These Are the Most Misspelled Countries in the World.
Kyrgyzstan. There are a lot of consonants in the names of the seven Asian countries with the -stan suffix, especially Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. But the one that really seems trickiest is Kyrgyzstan.
The study found that we have most difficulty enunciating Irish names and foreign foods, but also get confused by creeping Americanisations. The hardest of all is the name Aoife, which generated 111,000 Google searches on how to say it over the course of the year.
And, with 7,000,000 listens on Forvo, the team found that Rio De Janeiro was the most difficult to pronounce city in the world. "Taking the top spot with a whopping seven million listens was Rio de Janeiro (Ree-oh dey zhuh-nair-oh)," the company noted.
In England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, India, Canada (usually), and New Zealand, Z is pronounced as zed. It's derived from the Greek letter zeta.
1) Maldives (MOHL-deevs)
Oh, you mean MOHL-deevs, like, that luxurious island paradise that nobody else except couples go. It's such a common mispronunciation, even Natalie Tran — back then the most subscribed YouTuber in Australia — called it “mel-dives” on her Lonely Planet series.
Want to Visit? Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki-maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitnatahu holds the world record for being the longest place name on the entire planet, at the length of 85 characters.
The longest English word
The longest word in English has 189,819 letters and takes 3 hours to pronounce. This is a technical term for the chemical composition of titin. Titin is the largest known protein responsible for maintaining the passive elasticity of the muscles.
Djibouti. Spelling this East African country is almost as difficult as pronouncing it, thanks to the silent "d" and the "i" that sounds like an "a." The one and only way to say Djibouti is "Ja-BOO-tee." And for more nations that are hard to spell, These Are the Most Misspelled Countries in the World.
1. Nauseous. “Nauseous” is a hard word to spell because of the number of vowels in the word and the pronunciation. It has a “sh” sound but does not have the letters s and h.
Like Asia, three European countries have eleven letters in their name: the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Vatican City.
Place with the Longest Single Word in the World
The place with the longest single word is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. At 85 letters, this Māori name for a hill in New Zealand is often truncated to Taumata.
Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya. Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill is officially the longest place name in Australia. Located in the Indigenous Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the north of the state of South Australia, the name is derived from 'where the devil urinates' in regional Pitjantjatjara language.
Most likely one of the longest Russian words is a chemical term, тетрагидропиранилциклопентилтетрагидропиридопиридиновая (tetragidropiranilciklopentiltetragidropiridopiridinovaya), which contains 55 letters.
Non-rhotic countries are England, especially the south-west; Wales; New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Black Africa, the Caribbean, except for Barbados; the American southern states, the Boston area of New England, and New York City vernacular speech; and Black English Vernacular in the US.
“Specifically” and “probably” are two of the most irritating mispronounced words, according to a survey. In the poll of 2,000 participants, by insights agency Perspectus Global, 35% of those surveyed said they find it most annoying when people mispronounce the word “specifically” as “pacifically”.
“Right here dude.” Dude, by now, is a word that transcends surf. From the coasts to the Midwest, Australia to the UK, usage of the word has become ubiquitous among English speaking youth across the globe. And yet, for a word so inextricably linked to surfing, it's one whose origins might come as a surprise.
bloke – man or guy
A stereotype of a typical Australian man: loves beer, sport and barbies. It's similar to “chap”or “fella”.
Fella. Bloke. Dude.