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crypto@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I’m told “écureuil” is an infamously hard word for non-natives. It’s funny that one of the hardest words to pronounce in English in my opinion is “squirrel”. At least for a beginner.

To answer your question, I was thinking about words with nasal vowels, which are non-existent in English.

Enfant”, “informatique”, “un brin brun

My own first name has a nasal vowel and in my experience talking to native English speakers, it’s seems like a challenge to them.

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