Açaí, chipotle and gnocchi – and other words you are probably mispronouncing

Squirrel: a two-syllable word that doesn’t rhyme with anything. [The Guardian. "Send us your money!"] The English language can seem designed to trip us up, whether we’re greeting a colonel or travelling to Worcestershire. Here are some of the biggest stumbling blocks

1 reportother

Claim audit

No BS check run yet — press ⚖ to extract this story's claims and verify them against independent sources.

All coverage