wearPhenomenon(最难读正确的英文单词)

2021年1月24日发(作者：忠告)
'Phenomenon' is the most mispronounced word

“phenomenon”
是英语中最容易发错音的单词

The word came first in a study of terms that are tricky to get your tongue around,
with most people mixing up the letters M and N on a regular basis.
这个单词来自于一个关于术语的研究。
“phenomenon”
比较拗口，
大部分人在读的时候经
常混淆
M
和
N
的音。

'Anaesthetist' came second because of quickly moving between the TH to the
letters T at the end. In third place was '
remuneration
', which is often
mispronounced as 'renumeration'.
“anaesthetist”
（麻醉师）一词在最容易发 错音的单词榜单中名列第二，其发音难度在于
Th
和词末
T
音素之间的快速转 换。第三难读的是
“remuneration”
（报酬）一词，经常被
人们错读为< br>“renumeration”
。

With the numbers of Ts and Ss in the word, the fourth most difficult to
pronounce was '
statistics
' and '
ethnicity
' was in fifth place.
由于拼写中包 含众多的
T
和
S
，
“statistics”
和
“ ethnicity”
分别是第四和第五难读的单词。

Almost half of the 3,000 people surveyed admitted they often correct someone
if they say something in the wrong way and a quarter of people said they
thought mispronunciation showed a lack of
intelligence
.
在
3000
名接受调查的人中，有一半承认自己在听到别人发音错误的时候都会纠正他们，
四
分之一的人认为发音错误是智 力欠缺的表现。

But suprisingly in the list of admissions, Britons admitted that February was the
12th hardest word to spit out.
但令人吃惊的是，在排名 列表中英国人认为
February
这一单词在这张榜单中排名第十二。

A spokesman for Spinvox, a voicemail to text message service, which carried
out the research, said:
pronounce a word correctly it makes us self- conscious about the way we speak.
语音转文字短信服务公司< br>Spinvox
发起了此项研究，
该公司发言人说：
“
许多单词都很难 发
音，当我们努力发出单词的正确读音时会自我意识到自己发音的方式。
”


Although it's worrying that some people find basic words such as February
difficult to say.
“
某一个人感觉易读的单词，可能对另一个人来说就很难发音。然而人们觉得像
February
这样最基础的单词难读，这一点十分堪忧。
”

More than a third of people even say they avoid using words they know they
struggle with altogether so they do not end up looking stupid.