Queue, schedule, vehicle - struggles of my life lol
Queue is just the name of the letter "Q".
But it "kyoo" might not be an easy sound depending on your mother tongue
Schedule (sk- or sh-) differs between countries/regions. So you're good either way.
"Subtle". I can not pronounce it in a way that it sounds different to "saddle".
Subtle is spelled weird, but rhymes with muddle. Do you also pronounce "mad" and "mud" the same way? With my accent they have the same first vowel sounds as saddle and subtle
According to the Macmillan they are [ˈsʌt(ə)l] vs [ˈsæd(ə)l], so the vowel changes slightly, but it depends on the speaker; I'm not native but I say saddle with a more open "a". But they're otherwise almost identical to me (in the British pronunciation included in the dictionary I hear a "t" both times, in the American one a "d" both times - which is how I say it too)
Genuine. I still wonder if I pronounced it correctly every time I use the word.
I've heard "rug" is weird for many Europeans
"Three" and "thread". Not because of the th, that's never been a problem (I learnt the basics very early in life when pronunciation was easy to learn), but because my mouth somehow wouldn't go from "th" to "r". It was only a few years ago when it suddenly clicked. Weirdly, I never had an issue saying "through" and "threat".
I tie my mouth into knots trying to pronounce world without sounding overly posh.
For some reason I always trip up when saying "I appreciate it"
I feel like a lot of people just drop the "I a" and say "'preciate it!", lol
(That's assuming you're using it like "thank you", and aren't just starting a sentence)
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