'Phenomenon' is the most mispronounced word
“phenomenon”是英語中最容易發錯音的單詞
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.
這個單詞來自於一個關於術語的研究。“phenomenon” 比較拗口，大部分人在讀的時候經常混淆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”(麻醉師)一詞在最容易發錯音的單詞榜單中名列第二，其發音難度在於Th和詞末T音素之間的快速轉換。第三難讀的是“remuneration”(報酬)一詞，經常被人們錯讀為“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.
由於拼寫中包含眾多的T和S，“statistics”和“ethnicity”分別是第四和第五難讀的單詞。
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名接受調查的人中，有一半承認自己在聽到別人發音錯誤的時候都會糾正他們，四分之一的人認為發音錯誤是智力欠缺的表現。
But suprisingly in the list of admissions, Britons admitted that February was the 12th hardest word to spit out.
但令人吃驚的是，在排名列表中英國人認為February這一單詞在這張榜單中排名第十二。
A spokesman for Spinvox, a voicemail to text message service, which carried out the research, said: "Many words are difficult to say and when we struggle to pronounce a word correctly it makes us self-conscious about the way we speak.
語音轉文字短信服務公司Spinvox發起了此項研究，該公司發言人說：“許多單詞都很難發音，當我們努力發出單詞的正確讀音時會自我意識到自己發音的方式。”
"A word one person finds easy to say, maybe difficult for the next person. Although it's worrying that some people find basic words such as February difficult to say."
“某一個人感覺易讀的單詞，可能對另一個人來說就很難發音。然而人們覺得像February這樣最基礎的單詞難讀，這一點十分堪憂。”
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.
超過三分之一的受訪者表示，為了不讓自己看起來特別傻，他們會避免使用自己讀不清楚的單詞。
Top 20 mispronounced words:
20個最難讀的英文單詞：
1. phenomenon (fi-nom-uh-non) [fɪ'nɒmɪnən]n. 現象
2. anaesthetist (uh-nes-thi-tist) [ə'nisθətɪst] n. 麻醉師
3. remuneration (ri-myoo - nuh-reyshun) [rɪ,mjuːnə'reɪʃ(ə)n]n. 報酬
4. statistics (stuh-tis-tiks) [stə'tɪstɪks] n. 統計
5. ethnicity (eth-nis-i-tee) [eθ'nɪsɪtɪ]n. 種族劃分
6. philosophical (fil-uh-sof-i-kuhl) [fɪlə'sɒfɪk(ə)l]adj. 哲學的
7. provocatively (pruh-vok-uh-tiv) [prəu'vɔkətivlɪ]adv.煽動地
8. anonymous (uh-non-uh-muhs) [ə'nɒnɪməs]adj. 匿名的
9. thesaurus (thi-sawr-uhs) [θɪ'sɔːrəs]n. 寶庫;辭典
10. aluminium (al-yuh-min-ee-uhm) [æl(j)ʊ'mɪnɪəm]adj. 鋁的
11. regularly (reg-yuh-ler-lee) ['rɛɡjəlɚli]adv. 定期地
12. February (feb-roo-er-ee) ['febrʊərɪ]n. 二月
13. particularly (per-tik-yuh-ler-lee) [pə'tɪkjʊləlɪ]adv. 特別地
14. hereditary (huh-red-i-ter-ee) [hɪ'redɪt(ə)rɪ]adj. 遺傳的
15. prioritising (prah-awr-i-tahyz-ing) [praɪ'ɒrɪtaɪzɪŋ]v. 優先處理
16. pronunciation (pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn) [prə,nʌnsɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n]n. 發音
17. prejudice (prej-uh-dis) ['predʒʊdɪs]n. 偏見
18. facilitate (fuh-sil-i-teyt) [fə'sɪlɪteɪt]v. 促進
19. hospitable (hos-pi-tuh-buhl) [hɒ'spɪtəb(ə)l]adj. 熱情友好的
20. onomatopoeia (on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh) [ɒnə(ʊ)mætə'piːə]n. 擬聲
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