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From: Scrip Criagips <9340951c@student.gla.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "five sixths"
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stevemac@indirect.com (Stephen T MacGregor) wrote:

>  Slowing down doesn't help some people; there are sound combinations 
>that they simply cannot make.  I had a sergeant in the Army who simply 
>could not say "breakfasts" -- it came out something like "breakfusses".
>  Others have trouble with foreign names, like Pfeiffer and Knutson.
>
SC: I myself am unable to say the word "birthday" - whenever I try 
SC:there's a weird clicking noise that occurs during the "th" bit....


