A recent poll involving 2,000 individuals showed that an array of international terms tend to live Brits tongue-tied. Words such as “hygge,” “quinoa,” and that flaky French delight “croissant,” prove most challenging.
Even widely recognized French turns of phrase such as “rendezvous,” a simple “faux pas,” or the delectable “pain au chocolat” regularly confound British speakers.
The study uncovered that roughly 30% of participants often trip up over the pronunciation of foreign lingo and a quarter say place names are the hardest to get right ... Read even more
