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21 foreign words that British people just love to try to pronounce correctly
12.
Van Gogh
Bruschetta
Scheveningen https://t.co/XjjvB0eLfo— Anche i Dalek Cialtroni (@ancheicialtroni) September 9, 2024
13.
Baguette, paella, gnocchi, quesadilla, bruschetta, chorizo… I could go on … lol
— Elfie (@YourElfx) September 9, 2024
14.
Pain au chocolat
or if you were the lady in front of me at breakfast… “panny choclate”
— Clifford (@holte) September 10, 2024
15.
“Je ne sais quoi” https://t.co/ZndrxoyKE5
— Bénédicte Paviot (@BenedictePaviot) September 9, 2024
16.
Espresso, as in; “may one have an espresso please” pic.twitter.com/1aQraQDPL4
— Pastor Alex (@PastorAlexLove) September 9, 2024
17.
Brochure
— George S. Lakin (@GesLakin) September 9, 2024
18.
You may have hit the best one already…..Bits saying Champs Elysees always makes me laugh.
— BalancedViewsMedia (@BalancedViewsUK) September 9, 2024
19.
paella
— Basket of Cats (@Basket_of_Cats) September 9, 2024
20.
Not exactly the same thing but still excellent https://t.co/5tIYAlRvJm
— Sarah Millard (@millardsarah) September 9, 2024
21.
I believe Brits love to pronounce IKEA, Kopparbergs and smörgåsbord, but I haven’t yet heard anyone pronounce those words correctly. That’s ok though.
— Jenny Josefsson (@josefssonjenny) September 9, 2024
Don’t tell the French.
I heard someone pronounce a certain bread related item as ‘bag wet’ once and I cried.
— Donald (@answer_me_this8) September 9, 2024
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