Some of the words tied to this yearB次元官网网址檚 hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying them aloud, with stumpers ranging from the first name of B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� star Cillian Murphy to the singer SZA to the name of a sacred slab of sandstone used in the coronation of King Charles III.

This yearB次元官网网址檚 lists of the most mispronounced words in the U.S. and Britain were released Thursday by the online language learning company Babbel, which commissions The Closed Captioning Group in the U.S. and the British Institute of Verbatim Reports in the U.K. to identify the top words that news anchors, politicians and other public figures have struggled with.

Going through the lists provides a bit of a year-end review that ranges from scientific discoveries to entertainment to politics. Babbel teacher Malcolm Massey said the diversity of the words struck him, with words coming from several different language.

B次元官网网址淚 think a lot of it is due to how close our cultures have become because of how globalized things are,B次元官网网址� Massey said.

SZA, who for the upcoming Grammys and whose B次元官网网址淜ill BillB次元官网网址� was the this year, made the U.S. list. Her name is pronounced SIZ-uh, according to the experts at Babbel, who say the first name of another entertainer on the list, the Irish actor who as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, is pronounced KI-lee-uhn.

Other pronunciations making the U.S. list include:

B次元官网网址� The name of biotech entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate pronounced Vih-VAKE Rah-mah-SWAH-me.

B次元官网网址� Two volcanos B次元官网网址� MexicoB次元官网网址檚 pronounced Poh-poh-kah-TEH-peh-til, and HawaiiB次元官网网址檚 pronounced Kee-lou-EY-uh.

B次元官网网址� The late Karl LagerfeldB次元官网网址檚 cat, pronounced SHOO-pet, who garnered headlines as the Met Gala honored the late Chanel designer.

The in May helped put the pronounced Stown uhv Skoon, on BritianB次元官网网址檚 list, and get an honorable mention on the U.S. list. The sacred slab on which ancient Scottish kings were crowned was beneath the seat of the Coronation Chair when the crown was placed on CharlesB次元官网网址� head.

Other pronunciations on the U.K. list include:

B次元官网网址� The word padam, pronounced PAD-dahm, which comes from which refers to the sound of a heartbeat.

B次元官网网址� Bharat, pronounced BUH-ruht, an ancient Sanskirt word that means India in Hindi. Prime Minister Narendra ModiB次元官网网址檚 government that Indians should shed the name India and instead use its other official name Bharat.

The words listed show the topics people focused on enough over the last year B次元官网网址渢o really have something to say about it,B次元官网网址� said Kristie Denlinger, a lecturer in the linguistics department at the University of Texas in Austin. She said being exposed to an unfamiliar word enough can eventually help someone master it.

B次元官网网址淎nything that is kind of different from what a speaker is used to, they can learn how to pronounce things in different ways than what theyB次元官网网址檙e used to, it just takes more exposure,B次元官网网址� Denlinger said.

Massey said that as one learns a new pronunciation, itB次元官网网址檚 important to B次元官网网址渘ot stress perfection but progress over time, so practicing these words again and again.B次元官网网址�

In some cases, the correct pronunciation is in the eye of the beholder. Earning a place on the U.S. list was the last name of whose relationship with has . Whether Kelce should be pronounced with one or two syllables, Kels or KEL-See, has been a topic of discussion even in his own family.

Both the four-time All-Pro tight end and his brother, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, pronounce their last name as KEL-see. On an episode of their B次元官网网址淣ew HeightsB次元官网网址� podcast, they discussed with their father, Ed Kelce, how that pronunciation came to be.

B次元官网网址淚 got tired of correcting people,B次元官网网址� said Ed Kelce, who said that his co-workers always called him KEL-see.

Jason Kelce then asks: B次元官网网址淪hould we go by Kels or KEL-see?B次元官网网址� His father replies: B次元官网网址淒o whatever you want, I did.B次元官网网址�

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