Can you pronounce 'squirrel'?

[Jamie (K)]

The Germans at a company where I teach English all think that squirrel is the most difficult word to pronounce. It even seems as if they measure someone's English ability partly based on whether or not they can say "squirrel".

This is kind of funny to me, because most of them also can't pronounce "the" and "three" correctly, but that doesn't seem to bother them.

[Ahmadov]

I can, but I am not sure whether you would agree with me after you hear me pronauncing it
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[Yankee]

I think the German word for that animal is much harder to pronounce.

[NinaZara]

Thanks Jamie, you made me look out the Japanese word for squirrel.It's reesoo.And yes, I can pronounce the word with no problem,thank you

Yankee,I agree to what you said.Though Jamie won't probably think so

[Englishuser]

Hi Jamie (K),

How do these Germans pronounce "the" and "three"?

Englishuser

[Jamie (K)]

For "the", they usually say [d@] or [z@], but right now I've got a guy who always pronounces it [di].

They generally pronounce "three" as either [tri] or [sri].

Instead of "another", they usually say "an udder", so it's not unusual for them to say something like, "I have an udder."

[Englishuser]

Hi,

Jamie (K):

[Pamela]

[Pamela]

[Torsten]

[Prezbucky]

Englishuser

I've come to understand that many Londoners (And other English folks) have changed the soft "th" to "f":

three = free

think = fink

etc.

As for how I pronounce squirrel:

Skwerl
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[Englishuser]

Hi Torsten,

You said:

[Englishuser]

Hi prezbucky,

You wrote:

[Prezbucky]

cool beans

John Terry and Rio Ferdinand (or is it Reo? crap!) come to mind from the Barclay's English Premier League Preview Show or whatever it is.
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[Torsten]