Watch Germans Try to Pronounce the Word Squirrel

Watch Germans Try to Pronounce the Word Squirrel
A version of this post appeared on The Week: itsnoteasy Say my name! Photo by Thinkstock. A few years ago, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson pointed out that the best way to expose a German spy would be to ask them to say the word "squirrel," because "no ...
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BASSfest folks have a tough time pronouncing "Chickamauga"
There are no "N's" or "W's" in it. Pronounce it phonetically with hard consonants all the way around [chik-uh-maw-guh]. Go here and Dictionary.com will even say it out loud for you. Will the mispronunciations matter in the grand scheme of things? No ...
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