Learn Australian English in this pronunciation episode of the Aussie English Podcast where I teach you the 50+ difficult English words to pronounce. Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS Download MP3 + Transcript Watch the video here! AE 489: 50+ Most Difficult English Words to Pronounce G’day, guys. What’s going on? Welcome to this episode of Aussie English. Today, I have 50 or more different and difficult-to-say English words. Okay. So, these were chosen by you guys on The Aussie English Facebook page. I put out a little message saying, hard words in English, give me a suggestion for a video, and this is your list. So, I’m going to try and go through all of these. I’m going to try and say them, maybe explain a little bit of the pronunciation that’s going on for these words, and then I’ll give you an example sentence of me using the word that I want you to repeat this sentence so that you can practice your pronunciation with me. Okay? So, the definition will also be down the bottom there, guys, if you would like to know more about how to use each of these individual words. I hope it expands your vocabulary. Let’s get into it. Alright, guys. So. 1: encyclopedia. Encyclopedia. Notice where the emphasis is here. Okay. Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia. James has an encyclopedia. 2: colloquial. Colloquial. I speak with my friends using colloquial English. Colloquial. 3. This is a long one. This is a long one, okay? Antidisestablishmentarianism. Antidestablishmentarianism. Okay? So, to be honest, this isn’t one you’re going to use very often. It’s just kind of a joke, because it’s a very long English word, but an example of using this would be. This man supports antiestablishmentarianism. Antidisestablishmentarianism. See if you can say that fast, guys. 4: thirsty. Oh! thirsty. Thirsty. Notice with my Australian accent I’m not saying that ‘R’. Thirsty. Thirsty. Thirsty. I’m thirsty. I’m really really thirsty. 5: loyalty. Loyalty. Loyalty. Okay? Loyalty is an important trait. Loyalty. Loyalty. 6: colonel. Now, this is one that screws up a lot of people, even kids learning English. When they see this word and they’re like “Colonel? What the hell is a “colonel”?”. We would pronounce this as “colonel”. “Colonel”. Sort of sounds like a kernel of corn, right. Little bit of corn. Colonel. His father’s a colonel in the military. Colonel. 7: hungry. Hungry. Hungry. She is incredibly hungry. Hungry. 8: angry. Hungry – Angry. Okay? Say that with me. Angry. Angry. Why are you so angry? Angry. 9: ridiculously. Ridiculously. Notice where the emphasis is there. Ridiculously. This car is ridiculously priced. Ridiculously. 10: bespectacled. Bespectacled. Another one that is not that common. Funny word though. (It) means to have glasses on, right. Bespectacled. He is a bespectacled and studious young man. (He) loves to study and is wearing glasses. Bespectacled. 11: surreptitiously. surreptitiously. So, notice where those emphasis? emphases? emphasezes? Emphases. Notice where those emphases are. surreptitiously. Surreptitiously. Surreptitiously.