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These are the most mispronounced words in the US

The Independent·Owen Scott·3 days ago
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The words most often mispronounced by Americans have been revealed in a new study.

​The survey found that people across the country struggled with everything from dog breed names to popular dishes, as well as country names and even a famous word from a hit Disney movie.

​However, the word most people turned to Google for help in pronouncing was ‘Worcestershire sauce’, according to the study by online puzzle platform Unscrambler .

A condiment that shares its name with a county in England , it is also known as a key ingredient in a Bloody Mary cocktail .

The name of the luxury car brand 'Porsche' was one of the most commonly searched pronunciations (AFP/Getty)

​Unscramblerer’s study analysed Google Trends data from January 1 until October 20 and focused on searches that included prompts such as: “How to pronounce” and “How do you pronounce.”

​Over 321,600 searches for the pronunciation of Worcestershire sauce were made during that period, which is over 30,000 more than the word that landed in second…

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